What can I do with a degree in Philosophy?
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 Philosophy prepare students for the world of work?
A degree from Warwick opens up doors to a number of career paths. We can help you build the right skills for your future. And we can do that from the moment you start your degree.
Studying Philosophy will help you to be able to pay close attention to detail and understand complex problems. You will analyse and articulate the underlying and complex issues of debates. You will think in the abstract and construct sound arguments. You will consider social and ethical issues in a structured way. You will use these skills to be logical, influence ideas and decisions.
Studying philosophy helps you:
- analyse and construct sound arguments
- distinguish fine differences between views and find common ground
- present ideas convincingly through well-constructed, systematic arguments
- write clearly and persuasively
- generate ideas and come up with solutions to problems
- be open to new ideas and ways of thinking.
You also gain general transferable skills including:
- self motivation and the capacity for independent study and thought
- the ability to prioritise work and meet deadlines
- flexibility and creativity
- the capacity to identify, absorb and sift complex information
- team working
- increased knowledge of IT
What do Philosophy graduates do?
Job roles across industries:
- Research assistant
- Civil service Fast Streamer
- Teacher
- Political Consultant
- Journalist
- Wealth Management and Investments Graduate Analyst
- Financial Analyst
- Business Analyst
- Strategy Analyst
- Communications Assistant
- Trainee Social Worker
- Events Assistant
- Project Manager
- Army Officer
- Sales Negotiator
- Chef
Companies and organisations across the globe:
- Civil Service
- British Army
- NHS
- Bank of England
- Financial Conduct Authority
- Competitions and Markets Authority
- Accenture
- EY
- Deloitte
- PwC
- JP Morgan
- Goldman Sachs
- Barclays
- Bloomberg
- University of Warwick
- Teach First
- British Council
Further study:
40% of philosophy undergraduates go on to Graduate level study in courses such as:
- Continental Philosophy
- Economics
- Global Governance and Diplomacy
- International Technology Management
- International Development
- Public Policy
- Global Health
- Magazine Journalism
- Political Economy of Europe
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.