Natural Science

Northeastern is an exciting place to study the sciences. We offer state of the art labs and the nation’s best co-op program. Our renowned professors are committed to involving undergraduates in their research to prepare you for work or graduate school. And we’re located in one of the world’s hotspots for innovative biotechnology firms.

You can study natural sciences through a variety of majors, from applied physics to pharmacy. These include several dual majors, such as computer science and biology and electrical engineering and physics, which really broaden your co-op horizons.

Study and research in the sciences increasingly crosses two or more disciplines, and our co-op opportunities within these areas are correspondingly interdisciplinary. In the biological sciences, you’ll find co-op positions with world-renowned health care institutions as well as neighborhood health clinics, and with multinational pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies as well as nonprofit research labs.

Because physics and chemistry are important to the development of biotechnology and biomedicine, students in these sciences frequently obtain co-op positions in these areas. Physics students often work in settings devoted to research and applications of optics, lasers, imaging, and sound analysis. Chemistry students work in biomedical and pharmaceutical firms, research labs, and with industrial and consumer product firms. 

Environmental science is also rich in co-op opportunities in the Boston region. As a student interested in this area of science, you can pursue co-op positions in geotechnology and environmental geology, marine environmental research, water resource management, and environmental engineering.