Employers and employment

Whatever you plan to do after your degree, we are here to give you guidance and
support. That’s why around 90%* of UCL undergraduate students enter work or further study within six months of graduating.

Realise your ambitions

We know you will invest considerable time and money undertaking a degree at UCL, and do so to boost your career or undertake further study in the UK or abroad. We take your future ambitions seriously and will help you realise them with individual and
group activities.

Our team of professional consultants can discuss your options and assist your progress. UCL students are highly regarded and targeted by employers, who value their academic achievements and the skills they gain through extra-curricular activities and work experience.

Every year about 300 organisations attend events arranged by the UCL’s Careers Service, so you’ll greatly benefit from coming along to one.

Subject-specific activities

Every academic department has a specialist careers consultant who helps run a bespoke programme of activities, from talks about career options, to the experiences of previous students and alumni.

Meeting employers

As UCL is consistently ranked as one of the world’s very best universities, employers
are keen to meet our students and discuss the opportunities they offer. We run seven
careers fairs each year covering sectors such as Law and Finance, and employers
regularly give presentations at UCL. Other activities include eight sector-specific ‘themed weeks’ which may include employer forums, networking events,
talks on how to get into the sector and one-to-one advice sessions.

Helping to enhance your capabilities

Our Careers Service and UCLU run a joint programme of skills development activities.
These involve employers coming onto campus to coach you in areas such as
leadership, negotiation and problem solving, while helping you with the application
process, from CV writing to mock interviews with feedback.

Just the job – vacancies and information online

JobOnline and International JobOnline are UCL’s job vacancy sites, promoting
about 5,000 jobs a year to students at the university, as well as work experience and
intern opportunities. We also have a fully resourced and comprehensive careers
information room.

Careers without frontiers

For international students, we have specialist careers consultants who manage a multi topic programme aimed at supporting you when you leave UCL. In addition, we run a series of webinars which enable you to interact with international recruiters without leaving campus. UCL Careers Service is part of The Careers Group, University of London, and you can also attend events hosted by them.

Career destinations of UCL graduates six months after graduation*

careers pie chart *All data taken from the ‘Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education’ survey
undertaken by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA), looking at destinations of UK and EU graduates in the 2010 cohort.

OTHER**

On this chart the heading 'Other' represents a grouping of activities in which personal circumstance or choice has influenced the graduate's immediate options. The grouping includes students who are:

  • due to start a job within the next month of the survey date
  • travelling (for example, taking a gap year)
  • looking after the home or family/ temporarily sick or unable to work
  • seeking work or further study
  • not employed but NOT looking for employment, further study or training
  • permanently unable to work or retired.

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