Your career choice can be closely related to your degree - but it doesn’t have to be! What careers are directly relevant to your degree? Are there areas where it might be useful, but not essential? What about if you want a graduate job but don't want to use your subject knowledge? Find out what your options are. What are your broad options with a degree? When it comes to employment, the answer is - a lot. The UK labour market is such that your choices are not restricted by the subject you have studied. If you look through graduate vacancies, you'll see that a large number of employers - as many as 60% - will accept graduates of any discipline. What jobs are related to your degree? The Prospects website lists degree subjects and, for each one, outlines jobs where the degree subject is essential, and jobs where it would be useful but not essential. Each section also includes profiles of various related jobs, how to get work experience and typical employers for the field. Most undergraduate degree subjects are covered, for postgraduate subjects look at the career options on the degree finder page of the University or get inspiration from Alumni using the advice below. Postgraduate taught programmes degree finder What can I do with my degree? (Prospects website) Get inspiration from alumni Exploring the career paths of alumni is a great way to generate career ideas. You can search alumni by job, course, employer, sector and location using the search function on the University of Edinburgh page on LinkedIn. There is also a private University of Edinburgh Alumni group on LinkedIn with over 20,000 members: University of Edinburgh Alumni Group on LinkedIn (private group) Search for University of Edinburgh Alumni on LinkedIn What do graduates do? What do graduates do? is a detailed report that examines graduate destinations across the UK. The data is from the Higher Education Statistics Agency's Graduate Outcomes Survey and is produced by Jisc and AGCAS.Download the most recent report here:What Do Graduates Do? (Prospects) Graduate Outcomes Survey As part of the Graduate Outcomes Survey, all graduates from UK universities are surveyed 15 months after graduation to find out what they are doing. The information from the survey can provide inspiration or reassurance when thinking about your options after university.The Discover Uni website provides a detailed breakdown of graduate destinations for all undergraduate courses at the University of Edinburgh. View the graduate destinations for your course on Discover Uni This article was published on 2024-05-14
