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).

• A-Level Grades AAA at A-Level. This must include A-Level Maths and a second science subject at A-Level, preferably Physics, Electronics, Chemistry or Computing. Excludes General Studies and Critical Thinking.
• IB International Baccalaureate Diploma with a minimum of 36 points overall, including 6,6,5 from three Higher Level subjects. This must include Mathematics at Higher Level, and either Physics or Chemistry, also at Higher Level.
• Access HE We consider applications from students with the Access to Higher Education Diploma in a Physics and Mathematics based discipline. Entry will normally be to the BEng or BSc. The minimum academic requirement is to achieve 60 credits overall, with 45 credits at Level 3, of which 33 credits must be at Distinction and 12 credits at Merit or higher. Applications are considered on a case by case basis.
• GCSE Minimum five GCSE passes including English at grade C or 4.
• EPQ Alternative offers may be made to applicants taking the Extended Project Qualification.
• Contextualised admissions We consider every application on its individual merits and will take into consideration your individual educational experiences and context. More information on how academic schools and programmes use this information as part of the admissions process