Holders of the proposed degree will be able to further their studies locally or abroad by reading for a postgraduate degree at M.Sc. and PhD level. In this respect, graduates will eventually also have the opportunity to further their studies at postgraduate (M.Sc. and PhD) level within the same department (Department of Biology at the University of Malta). The opportunities for employment are numerous, given the availability of both long-standing careers such as ones involving teaching and laboratory work, as well as of new career opportunities such as those within the field of applied biotechnology in industry and research, and of environmental biology in research, planning, management and monitoring of living resources and the environment. Potential employers in Malta include industry (in particular, ones dealing with biotechnology and pharmacology), the aquaculture sector, private environmental consultancies, and governmental entities and authorities, such as the Malta Environment and Planning Authority and the Fisheries and Aquaculture Department of the Ministry for Sustainable Development, the Environment and Climate Change.