• Question: Hi what is a good thing to study in college and univeristy to give many opportunties for job options?

    Asked by Sadie on 1 Dec 2025.
    • Photo: Eliza Karlowska

      Eliza Karlowska answered on 1 Dec 2025:

      Depends what you like to do! Maths or Physics will definitely open a lot of job opportunities in the future. You can work in research, data science, software engineering, finance, education, technology. Those degrees will teach you problem solving, data analysis, programming. Like any other degree, they will also teach you teamwork (for group projects), time management and communication skills.

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    melissau commented on :

    I think the best thing to study is something that you enjoy and that interests you. If you decide that STEM subjects are ‘your thing’ then studying any one of these will open lots of doors to future jobs and, as Eliza says, at university you’ll learn lots of other skills that are just as important for your future working life as your technical skills. A friend of mine studied chemical engineering at university and her first job was as a chemical engineer for a manufacturing company and while doing that job she realised she was interested in logistics, so she moved into a logistics job within that company and since then she’s moved to a job with Amazon, which has nothing to do with chemical engineering! So that’s a good example of when your degree is a good springboard into work but it doesn’t necessarily have to define what you do for ever, if you decide to change direction.