Career Options
The following list of job titles is from the National Occupational Classification (NOC) which provides generalized summaries of occupations from across Canada.
The list below is not exhaustive and there are more possibilities that you can pursue with your degree. Some of the positions mentioned in the list (*) may require additional training and/or certification to join the occupation.
We also recommend attending a speaker series, speaking with organizations at a career fair or employer information session, and finding job shadow or mentorship opportunities to get many more ideas.
You can find out about career fairs, mixers, job shadowing, and mentoring programs the Career Centre offers on our website and on campusBRIDGE.
Do you need additional training or education in this field to pursue a specific position? Determine if there are additional requirements in Alberta by looking for an occupation on Certifications in Alberta.
List of NOC Occupational Choices
Business, finance and administration occupations
- Financial and investment analysts* (11101)
Natural and applied sciences and related occupations
- Acoustics physicist* (21100)
- Aerodynamicist* (21100)
- Astronomer* (21100)
- Astrophysicist* (21100)
- Architect* (21200)
- Biophysicist* (21100)
- Chemical physicist* (21100)
- Communications research scientist* (21100)
- Computer systems analyst (21222)
- Data scientist (21211)
- Electrical and electronics engineering technologists and technicians* (22310)
- Engineering physicist* (21399)
- Mathematical biophysicist* (21100)
- Medical engineering biophysicist* (21100)
- Medical physicist* (21100)
- Nanotechnology physicist* (21100)
- Nuclear physicist* (21100)
- Optics physicist* (21100)
- Physics research scientist* (21100)
- Quantitative analyst (21211)
- Systems security analyst (21220)
- Reactor physicist* (21100)
- Remote sensing research scientist* (21100)
- X-ray physicist* (21100)
Occupations in education, law and social, community and government services
- Curriculum developers * (41405)
- Energy policy analyst (41400)
- Patent agent (41400)
- Physics professors - university* (41200)
- Physics teachers – secondary school* (41220)
- Scientific consultant (41400)
- Technology transfer officer (41400)
Occupations in art, culture, recreation and sport
- Multimedia illustrator* (52120)
- Technical writers (51112)
*may require additional education
NOC numbers are also searchable in a variety of career-related databases such as the Job Bank, and the Alberta Learning and Information Service’s (ALIS) OCCInfo (occupational profiles for Alberta) and Wages and Salaries (Alberta salary information).
Updated March 2025