Careers support 

The services we offer to support your career development include:

• one-to-one appointments to help you with your career direction, give feedback on job applications, offer insight into the job market and prepare you for interviews
• workshops to support your career development and job hunting
• employer events attracting recruiters and alumni from a rich range of sectors
• support for finding internships and parttime jobs
• specialist careers consultants to support PhD students through appointments, events and workshops.

Support for international students

• We offer a programme of support for international students throughout the year, which involves talks on how to find graduate work in the UK and an International Students Week featuring external speakers.
• Students can search for jobs across the world with our international jobs database, as well as browse our guides on getting work in particular markets.
• All students have access to a rich programme of employer events and career development workshops, running across the University year. 

Support after graduation

Our careers support continues after you leave Queen Mary.

• All graduates have access to our Careers and Enterprise services for two years after graduation.
• You can have -
  free one-to-one appointments in person, over the phone or via Skype
  Attend our employer events
  use our online psychometric testing and mock-interview software
  access our jobs board – over 3,000 employers uploaded vacancies in 2018/19.

Queen Mary graduates have gone on to work in these organisations:

• Accenture • Allen & Overy • Arup • AstraZeneca • Baker McKenzie • Barts Health NHS Trust • European Central Bank • Fintech Innovation Lab • Google • HSBC • IBM • Institute of Cancer Research • Institute of Dentistry • J.P. Morgan • Jaguar Land Rover • Lloyds Banking Group • Natural History Museum • Penguin • PwC • Queen Mary • Save the Children • Shell • Stella McCartney • Thales • Thomson Reuters • World Economic Forum ...and many more!

Careers success

93% of our postgraduates are in work and/or study six months after graduation. 84% of those in work/study are in highly skilled work/study (most recent DLHE Survey of 16/17 leavers)* 

Enterprise support

Many students and graduates across Queen Mary start or grow their own business or social venture each year. In 2018/19, Queen Mary gave out £45,000 in seed funding to help students start new, or grow existing businesse

• 2 Years PSW is applicable after the course completing (Bachelors level or above).

Degree

•  At least a pass in a full first degree that is equivalent to a UK undergraduate degree
•  We will consider most degree subjects
• We expect applicants to have passed all final year modules. Awards with failed modules in the final year of academic study will be considered on a case by case basis at the discretion of the academic department

Diploma of Higher Education

• A UK Diploma of Higher Education (Level 5) with at least 55% overall, or the overseas equivalent
• We will consider most subjects areas
• We expect applicants to have passed all final year modules. Awards with failed modules in the final year of academic study will be considered on a case by case basis at the discretion of the academic department

India

We normally consider the following qualifications for entry to our postgraduate taught programs: Bachelor Degree (minimum 3 years) from selected institutions.

• UK 1st class degree: 70% to 80%
• UK 2:1 degree: 60% to 70%
• UK 2:2 degree: 50% to 60%

Offer conditions will vary depending on the institution you are applying from.  For some institutions/degrees we will ask for different grades to above, so this is only a guide.