Alumni are those who have previously studied, done research or worked at Lund University. As an alumni you can be part of Lund University's alumni network, which is a resource for your future career and where you can get involved in activities for future students at Lund University. 

At the Department of Chemistry we would like to keep in touch with our alumni, to know where our students end up. When you have finished your education please get in touch with our student office (studentexp [at] kemi [dot] lu [dot] se) when you get at job. If you want to get involved there are possibilities to participate in introduction days and other events to inspire our current students with what you are currently working with. 

Alumni survey at the Department of Chemistry 2019

During 2019 a survey of the current occupation of alumni that graduated with a bachelor's or master's degree in chemistry 2013-2017 was carried out. It included 95 students, out which it was possible to determine current occuptation for 81 of them. It showed that the majority fo those who study a bachelor's programme in chemistry go on to do a master's. Of those that went on to a master's 51% then started a PhD, 26% of which did so at Lund University. 

The number of PhDs in the above chart is lower than the total number of PhDs as some of them had already finished by the time the survey was conducted.

The job market in Sweden is often said to be good for chemists, something that was confirmed by this survey where 84% of those whose current occupation could be determined did something chemistry related, either further studies as a master's student or PhD, or work. Only 8 people were unemployed and of those 5 had been unemployed for less than 6 months. Those working with chemistry held the following positions: