Your Career.
‘Our graduates are skilled, experienced, confident and capable of pursuing successful careers in many different professions.’ Careers in Archaeology
Recent graduates have followed careers in: • Financial services • Retail and administraton • Health Service • Information technology • Environmental work • Journalism • Teaching • and, of course, Archaeology
About 5,000 people in Britain earn their living as archaeologists - in universities, museums, archaeological units, heritage parks, or working for either national or local government. Our commitment is to produce first-class graduates who recoup their investment in their degrees. We aim to ensure that: • You are taught by academics of international standing in research. • You succeed in gaining the best possible degree through an environment of first-rate teaching and stimulating degree programmes. • You are supported in your personal and skills development. • You are given work experience opportunities and contact with potential employers. • You develop the confidence and communication skills that will make you an asset to employers.
Our graduates hold positions across the archaeological profession, including commercial units, national and local government, the charitable sector and many university departments. While the majority follow careers in British archaeology, Sheffield graduates work all over the world including the USA, Canada, France, Norway, Greece, and Australia.
We are particularly proud of our graduates. Sheffield graduates are confident in their knowledge of the subject area, critical and creative thinkers who are capable of working in teams or individually, and expert in the effective communication of their work. Our graduates are highly valued wherever they choose to build their futures. Employers recognise that, in addition to a rigorous academic training within an unusually broad-based framework, a degree course in archaeology also provides students with a variety of skills and the ability to work as part of a team.
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