You can become a Medical Scientist with this degree. This course can provide a good 'startup' career path in R&D field, but unfortunately, there's a very limited job opportunity in Malaysia. Most R&D institutes/drug companies abroad hire candidates with a PhD or at least someone who has specific high technical proficiency with experience (example: mass-scale purification; antibody design etc). If you've decided to take up this degree to become a scientist, I suggest you look further into some postgrad programs as well. The key is to know what you really want and remain firm to your choice while being dynamic to the current employer needs.

You can land a job in the manufacturing field (food, medical equipment, pharmaceutical) in Malaysia with your degree, but mind you, there will be a tight competition with other science graduates as well (biology, microbiology, biotechnology, or biomed engineering) which may have a specific skill set that you didn't learn at school.

You also can apply to work in a diagnostic field (mostly hospital, private labs) with your degree, but there is also an abundance of MLT graduates (especially diploma holders; most with high technical proficiency) out there.

You can check whether your program is accredited or not here or here.

Like any other courses out there, you need to put your very best effort in what you do. Study hard and good luck.

Please don't put a limit on your potentials. The undergraduate environment is not the same as your old school's. Neither does the job field later on. Think something like you're given a second chance in life to make things right. Like I said, study hard and you'll see wonders.

There's a spectrum of disciplines in biomedical sciences. Some can be less popular than others but none of them is less important. They all require not only the necessary knowledge and skills to excel but also some passion. You'll be given a glimpse of most disciplines in class which you will choose to embark your career/postgrad later on.

Yes, R&D is very limited to mostly research academia institutes and a handful of private companies but we're still growing. Anyway, what's wrong with doing research in a small university lab if you can use it as a stepping stone to join a multinational company or a bigger research group abroad later on?


Yes and no. In SPA, there's specific post for science officer for different backgrounds (MLT/Biomed/Microb) and you can only apply to your specific background. However, I got to know an old friend of mine got a job as a science officer in a microbiology lab at a KKM hospital right after graduating. He graduated with a first class degree in genetics from UM. Another close friend of mine got his first job as an MLT tech at a private lab. He's a first class graduate in biology from UK.

Your past failure won't define your future. Oh ya, they were just average students at school. Both of them completed their PhDs with graduate-on-time (GOT) a few years back, now working as a senior lecturer and another one postdoc abroad. Both of them are still miles behind being 'successful' but now they have established themselves is more than anything, right?