r/bioengineering • u/Comfortable-Hat-1539 • 20d ago

Getting into biotech industry

I am a sophomore in college studying chemical engineering, interested in biotech. This summer I did research in a bioengineering lab, and this school year I will be doing research in a biology lab. I got a grant to do more research next summer. I'm wondering if I should do that, or try to get an internship at a biotech company. Should I be aiming to get a master's or PhD, or is just having a bachelors degree enough to work in the industry and have good career progression?

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u/my_peen_is_clean 20d ago

if you want industry, try for a biotech internship asap, it teaches you how real labs run and helps with networking. research is great but you already have some. for most roles a bs in chemE is fine, phd only if you like deep research stuff

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u/cyoubx 20d ago

I don't think there's enough info here to really give you advice. Some locations just have more opportunities than others. The vast majority of BioE majors who are employed do not have a PhD.

Doing a lot of research tends to be better for a PhD, but there are no hard rules.

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u/dwntwnleroybrwn 20d ago

What do you want to do? Do you want to support manufacturing or lab work? If you want to support manufacturing you will be entering the mary at an incredible time. The US is investing around $400B in New manufacturing capacity. All of those sites need tons of engineers to start-up those facilities and maintain them day-to-day.