Find out what graduates do
Explore more on next steps for graduates and the variety of possible options / career paths available to you.
UCL student destinations and graduate outcomes
Whether you are part way through your degree or have already finished your studies, whatever your situation, discover more about what individual graduates have gone on to do following their degree. Find out which sectors / job roles UCL graduates are working in 15 months after they leave UCL and which employers they are working for to learn more about the broad range of potential options open to you.
- You can filter our ‘Graduate Outcomes Survey’ results data by level of study, UCL department or by individual degree programmes.
Access UCL’s Graduate Outcomes data
Guides to exploring your options after graduation
If you are considering your options after graduation more generally, Career Discovery provides information and resources designed to help you.
Our UCL guides include:
- What’s next after graduation and Alternatives to graduate schemes
- Degree result disappointment and Leaving university without a degree: What next?
- Changing or leaving your course and Making the best of a degree you don’t enjoy
- Advice for career changers
- Postgraduate study and funding
- Options for PhDs and early career researchers outside of academia
Career Discovery also includes a broad range of informative articles from targetjobs. Search for key words such as ‘options’, and ‘career planning‘ to view a full list of available resources.
What Do Graduates Do?
You may also be wondering, what can I do with my degree? This series of guides from Prospects is a great starting point for exploring career options following your degree. Discover relevant job roles, key employers, work experience opportunities, further study, and graduate destinations whilst reflecting on the skills that you have gained from your studies.
For more detailed labour market information, the What Do Graduates Do? 2025/26 report from Prospects and AGCAS provides an insight into the UK graduate labour market. This information can help you to consider your options after university and to plan for an evolving graduate labour market.
In 2024, graduate outcome data was collected from over 179,000 UK first-degree graduates who completed their studies in 2022/23 (15 months after course completion).
The report provides data and analysis from the survey, including:
- An overview of the graduate labour market
- A detailed breakdown of graduate destinations by degree subject area
The report also includes expert insights on the following topics:
- Helping graduates to pivot their career
- The importance of student placements for transitioning into the workplace
- Reaching students who are disengaged with careers services
- A regional perspective on skills-based recruitment
- Helping graduates find less visible jobs
- Key trends in graduate recruitment
- Digital skills for non-STEM and non-tech graduates
What Do Graduates Do? 25/26 report
Additional information
- The Discover Uni website provides information on universities including employment and destinations, student satisfaction and entry requirements. It also allows you to compare course data for different institutions.
- Many departments will provide information about alumni, links with professional associations and typical career paths in the information they provide for prospective students. You can find this by specific degree programme or by subject area using the UCL Prospectus.
Get one-to-one to explore career options
If you are in the process of discovering what career path you might wish to take, you can book yourself a career conversation appointment, where you can discuss your options with a member of the UCL Careers team.
