What can I do with a degree in Liberal Arts?
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 Liberal Arts prepare students for the world of work?
Here are some of the skills gained by students studying Liberal Arts and sought by graduate recruiters:
- Capacity for intellectual leadership
- Practical skills for generating original research
- Critically innovates across disciplinary boundaries
- Competence in designing bold and creative solutions
- Ability to see an issue from multiple perspectives
- Capacity for self-directed learning
- Aptitude in quantitative and qualitative data analysis
- Resourceful and adaptable in different situations
- Scientifically, culturally, and digitally literate
- Able to engage in complex ethical decision-making
- Active and engaged global citizen
What do Liberal Arts graduates do?
Sectors where graduates were working include:
- Administration, Management & Consultancy
- Advertising Marketing & PR
- Education
- Public Sector (inc. Social Care)
- Retail & Distribution
- Creative & Media
Sample employers include:
- Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)
- NatureScot
- Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
- University of Oxford
- Warner Bros. Studios
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.