What can I do with a degree in Engineering?
Why Warwick?
- Our graduates are some of the most targeted by the UK’s top graduate employers (annual Graduate Market report produced by High Fliers Research)
- Warwick is consistently ranked in the top 10 of major university league tables (Times and Sunday Times; Guardian)
- Employment destinations of recent graduates*: discoveruni.gov.uk/
What do graduate recruiters look for?
- A good degree from a good university
- Work experience
- Involvement in extra-curricular activities
- The ability to describe and articulate your unique achievements and skills
How does Engineering prepare students for the world of work?
Here are some of the transferable skills gained by students studying Engineering and sought by graduate recruiters:
- Individual and critical thinking
- Presentation skills
- Communication skills
- Research skills
- Leadership skills
- Teamwork skills
- Organisation skills
What do Engineering graduates do?
Sectors where graduates were working include:
- Engineering
- Manufacturing
- Technology
- Finance and Consultancy
With many graduates entering:
- Civil Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering
- Software Engineering occupations
Sample employers include:
- Arm
- Aston Martin Lagonda
- Atkins
- BAE Systems
- Barclays
- Cisco
- Dyson
- Ford
- Jaguar Land Rover
- J P Morgan
- Maclaren
- Mercedes AMG
- Microsoft
- Network Rail
- Nissan
- Siemens
- Science and Technology Facilities Council
Further Study
Graduates from engineering have previously chosen to complete further study with some opting to complete PhD study.
What our graduates say
“More than anything, I found University teaches you how to manage your time and work with various personality types. Whilst you are studying towards your chosen degree, there are many soft skills that University teaches you that prepares you for the real world. University is very good at making you adapt to uncertain or changeable scenarios, and that adaptability is exactly what you need to be able to work with various projects teams and various personality types of different ages, experience and opinions.
I was brought into the company as an Industrial Placement Systems Engineer. I completed just over a year on the Industrial Placement scheme, undertaking various placements and understanding how everything I had learnt in my academic career fitted into the real world. I was fortunate to experience different areas of the business and provide genuine business support to ship upgrade periods, resolve real large scale engineering issues and design and implement solutions. I rejoined on the graduate scheme…It's been really exciting to see how proper engineering tasks get delivered in the real world when you have large stakeholders involved."
Alisdair Irvine – Mechanical Engineering BEng, BAE Systems
Opportunities available at Warwick include:
Careers support from our professionally trained staff, opportunities to meet recruiters and attend events, help finding work experience and free careers support after graduation.
Derived from the HESA Graduate Outcomes survey, carried out approximately 15 months after successful completion. Contains HESA Data: Copyright Jisc 2024. Jisc cannot accept responsibility for any inferences or conclusions derived by third parties from its data.
*discoveruni.gov.uk/ includes information from the national Graduate Outcomes survey, carried out approximately 15 months after graduates complete their course. For some career paths, graduates need to gain relevant experience, often at non-graduate level. It may therefore take some graduates longer than others to secure a graduate-level job.