Graduate Careers
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The Association of Graduate Careers Advisory Services (AGCAS) is the professional association for higher education (HE) careers practitioners and those involved in the provision of careers and employability education, information, advice and guidance to current or prospective HE students and graduates. |
Career Profiles
The opportunities that may be open to you once you graduate, by course subject
- Accountancy and finance
- Agriculture
- Anthropology
- Archaeology
- Architecture
- Art and Design
- Biochemistry
- Biomedical Sciences
- Biology
- Biotechnology
- Building-Construction Management
- Business Studies
- Chemical Engineering
- Chemistry
- Childhood Studies
- Civil Engineering
- Classics
- Combined Arts
- Communications Engineering
- Community-Youth Studies
- Computer Science-Information Technology
- Criminology
- Ecology
- Economics
- Education
- Electrical-Electronic Engineering
- English
- Environmental Science
- Estate Management
- Fashion
- Film and Photography
- Fine Art
- Food Science
- Genetics
- Geography
- Geology
- Graphic Design
- Health Studies
- History
- History of Art
- Hospitality Management-Hotel and Catering
- Humanities
- International Relations
- Landscape Architecture
- Law
- Leisure-Recreation Management
- Linguistics
- Materials Science-Technology
- Mathematics
- Mechanical Engineering
- Media Design-Production
- Media-Communication Studies
- Medicine
- Microbiology
- Modern Languages
- Multimedia
- Music
- Nursing
- Performing Arts (Dance-Drama)
- Pharmacology
- Pharmacy
- Philosophy
- Physics
- Physiology
- Politics
- Process and Manufacturing Sector
- Product-Industrial Design
- Psychology
- Public Administration-Social Policy
- Regional-Area Studies
- Religious Studies-Theology
- Sociology
- Sports Management-Science
- Statistics
- Textile Design
- Travel and Tourism
- Zoology
What Do Graduates Earn?
Getting a job is one thing, but will it be a well-paid job? Graduate starting salaries vary between subjects.

- £28,896 - Medicine
- £25,726 - Economics
- £23,644 - Mathematics
- £22,278 - Computer Science
- £21,447 - Business Studies
- £20,938 - German
- £19,968 - Philosophy
- £17,674 - Music
Career Case Studies
Student recruitment can take many forms and here we have a number of case studies, to show you the options and opportunities available.

- Name: Purvi
- Degree discipline: Aerospace Engineering
- Home location: Essex
- Time on Scheme: 1 year
As a DESG graduate, I am currently doing a three month placement with Typhoon IPT. My key objective in this placement is to programme manage the Acquisition, Logistics and Introduction-to-Service of the Typhoon Secure Radios capability.


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