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Why choose UCL?
Help with your career The team of professional consultants at UCL Careers can discuss your options and help you to plan your next move. In addition, every academic department has a specialist careers consultant who runs a bespoke programme of activities, from talks about career options, to panel discussions on the experiences of previous students. –– Every year about 800 employers/organisations attend events arranged by UCL Careers, including careers fairs, employer presentations and sector ‘themed weeks’ including talks, networking events and one-to-one advice sessions. –– The Skills4Work programme, run by UCL Careers with Students’ Union UCL, provides coaching in areas such as leadership, negotiation and interview skills. –– Our JobOnline message board promotes around 2,500 jobs, work experience and internship opportunities a week to UCL students. –– UCL Talent Bank puts you in touch with employers who are actively recruiting UCL students in small and medium-sized organisations. –– We offer a range of globally focused talks and events catering to both international students and those looking to work overseas. –– Our graduates can access our services for up to two years after leaving UCL! Find out more: ucl.ac.uk/careers skills4work.net UCL Careers blog – blogs.ucl.ac.uk/ucl-careers Facebook – facebook.com/uclcareers Twitter – @UCLCareers
Our central London location means that there are plenty of opportunities for placement, internships or more permanent employment.
Career destinations of UCL graduates six months after graduation* This shows the first career destinations of UK/EU students six months after their graduation from UCL in 2016. The median starting salary of those graduates in full-time work is £25,000. 1%
2%
Full-time work (49%)
8%
Part-time work (9%) Work and study (1%)
30%
49%
Study (30%) Due to start work (1%) Unemployed (2%) Other^ (8%)
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9%
* All data taken from the ‘Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education’ survey undertaken by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA), looking at the destinations of UK and EU graduates in the 2016 cohort. ^ ‘Other’ represents a grouping of activities in which personal circumstances or choice has influenced the graduate’s immediate options, this includes those: due to start a job within the next month of the survey date; travelling (e.g. taking a gap year); looking after the home or family/temporarily sick or unable to work; seeking work or further study; not employed but not looking for employment, further study or training; permanently unable to work or retired.