Careers and Employability
Careers and Employability
Our graduates have gone on to work for organisations in: academia and teaching; pharma industry; chemical and material industry; science consultancy; banking and finance.
Our department has a dedicated professionally qualified Senior Careers Consultant offering impartial advice and guidance together with workshops and events throughout the year.
Robyn Doherty
Scientific Research and Communication
"You will have lots of support available to you, great facilities around you and the opportunity to make life-long friends."
Our employability rankings
6th in UK
6th most targeted University by UK's top graduate employers
(The Graduate Market in 2025, High Fliers Research Ltd)
32nd in the World
32nd in the world for our employer reputation
(QS Graduate Employability Rankings 2022)
Career Support (MSc)
Your career path is unique to you, so our Student Opportunity: Careers team offer personalised support to help you develop your skills, plan or develop your career path and get experience.
You can access a variety of support services from Student Opportunity at any point during your time at Warwick and after graduation.
Careers in academia
If you’re looking to pursue a career in academia or just to hone your research skills, we can support you to develop your academic practice through our extensive range of workshops, events and one-to-one support.
Our Masters Skills Programme (MSP), Researcher Development Training and Transferable skills programme allow you to learn at your own pace and choose the options that suit you best.
How we support you
- Real-time and recorded webinars and virtual workshops, including contributions from graduate recruiters
- Help with job applications and interviews
- Face-to-face and online courses to help develop your skills, including leadership, enterprise and communication
- Access to 1,000s of employer vacancies targeted at Warwick students and graduates
- Careers Fairs, which may be hosted virtually; these will help provide information on topics including CVs and Applications, Interviews, LinkedIn Profiles and Assessment Centres
- Bespoke support from Senior Careers Consultants linked to specific academic departments