Prospective Undergraduate

Careers and Employment Opportunities

"The best thing is that the whole course has provided me with the skills required to reach my potential in my chosen career" (Graduate Trainee in Finance, 2003 Geography graduate).

Career planning and employability starts when you enter the University. The University's Centre for Career Development offers a range of lectures and workshops which helps prepare you for gaining valuable work experience (internships) and eventual graduate employment or further study on graduation. We are able to tailor our careers advice for you, with organised sessions on issues such as

• making the most of university
• making the most of work experience
• preparing CV's
• writing application forms
• preparing for interviews

The broad sweep of Geography as a discipline and the range of options available within the undergraduate programme at Nottingham ensure that Geography graduates have a wide range of career opportunities open to them. Nottingham Geography graduates are increasingly popular with a wide range of employers who appreciate the range of personal and transferable skills in terms of team work, field work, presentation skills, technical abilities as well as more conventional numeracy, computer and literacy skills. A number of graduates stay on at university to study for a higher degree (MSc/MA/PhD). Others enter cognate professions such as consultancy, public service, law and teaching (examples here include environmental consultants, law conversion courses, and PGCE). Some students enter media organisations (BSkyB, Beyond Interactive, Mosquito, Research International), finance and consultancy firms (Anderson, HSBC, Ernst and Young, Baker Tilly) and the IT sector (IBM, SEMA Group). Many opt for graduate employment careers in blue chip organisations such as Boots, BA, Marks and Spencer and BP, whilst some enter the voluntary sector or work overseas in development or aid organisations. Our record over 70 years demonstrates that there are no boundaries to what our graduates achieve or the career paths that they choose to pursue!

For information on recent graduates and their student and alumni experiences, visit the 'Student Profiles' page. For information on what sorts of careers our graduates have visit the 'Graduate Destinations' page.