Supporting your career development
Nottingham University Business School offers careers and professional development support that is designed to help you succeed in a global environment and achieve your career aspirations. Our exceptional teams of careers consultants and professional development staff guide and support you in:
- evaluating your skills, interests and motivations
- maximising opportunities to gain experience, develop skills and build connections
- navigating your next steps, by either gaining work, changing careers, starting a business or further study
Our connections with the global business sector are extensive and mean that you will be able to engage with some of the world’s largest companies and successful SMEs while studying with us.
Undergraduate students on a placement
Undergraduate placement year
A placement year is available to the majority of undergraduate students studying at Nottingham University Business School, allowing you to gain essential industry experience before graduating.
Placement years are a great way to put your learning into practice and take place between years two and three of your degree - adding an additional year to your degree course.
Benefits include:
- improving your employment prospects
- creating industry contacts and develop professional networks
- understanding different sectors of business to tailor your future career choices
- gaining real industry experience
- having the chance to meet future employers
Undergraduate students relaxing in The Digital Centre of Excellence
Digital skills
Enhance your learning and develop your digital skills alongside your programme of study to equip you for the world of work and enhance your career prospects at the Digital Centre of Excellence.
The University of Nottingham is working with some of the world’s leading business software providers - SAP and Microsoft - enabling you to become cloud and data ready in an increasingly digital world.
Located in Business School South Building on Jubilee Campus, the Digital Centre of Excellence has been designed to support the integration of digital partner technology into existing and new taught courses, provide a physical teaching space for modules with digital content and support students engaged in digital partner certifications.
We are helping our students become more cloud and data-ready by:
- integrating market-leading digital systems into many of our courses so that you will become familiar with the types of systems you are likely to use in the workplace.
- offering the opportunity for you to take industry-recognised qualifications alongside your degree programme, to enhance your digital capability, differentiate your CV and help you stand out to future employers.
External view of the Ingenuity Centre, Jubilee Campus
Unlock your business potential at the Ingenuity Lab
The Ingenuity Lab is where students and alumni of the University of Nottingham can explore their business ideas and start their own enterprises. We are based at the Ingenuity Centre on the University of Nottingham Innovation Park on Jubilee Campus.
The Lab offers a friendly and inspiring environment - our support can help accelerate your business growth into the marketplace and towards entrepreneurial success.
Our ambition is to create an innovative community of entrepreneurs, working together to develop ideas, encourage radical innovation and produce exciting new start-ups.
Dr Terri Holloway
Ingenuity Lab Manager
Students celebrating at summer graduation
Business School Alumni
The Nottingham University Business School alumni community is a powerful network of over 26,000 graduates across the globe.
You may physically leave the university when you graduate, but you will always be part of the Nottingham University Business School family.
Whether you want to share ideas, develop your professional network, inspire the next generation or simply stay in touch with former classmates and tutors, your global alumni community enables you to stay permanently connected.
We help you personally and professionally. Our dedicated team offers a wide range of benefits and services to help you in your personal and career development including advice and support from our Postgraduate Careers Service and access to online vacancies - whether you're seeking new opportunities or recruiting for positions yourself.
