Whatever your career aspirations, we can help you stand out from the crowd.

Our Best University Employability Strategy award from the Target Jobs National Graduate Recruitment Awards 2018 recognises that students from all backgrounds achieve consistently outstanding outcomes at York. Our excellent provision of careers and employability support helps to ensure these outcomes.

Shape your future
During your time studying at York, we offer tailored support and advice to help you understand your options and plan for a career you’ll thrive in.

The following range of York Futures activities has been carefully created with your career journey in mind. From one-to-one advice and skills programmes to careers fairs and internships - we’re here to support you towards your goals. Whether that's graduate employment or further study, we're here to help.

Discover your strengths
Find out more about yourself, and identify careers that suit your strengths with the York Strengths Programme.

Take part in York Strengths to discover what you’re good at, what you love to do and how to use this knowledge to plan your time at York and gain the skills and experience that employers want.
Join York Strengths Online, our interactive course that enables you to discover (and review) your strengths at your own pace, and in a place to suit you.
Come to a York Strengths Development Day session and get feedback from specialists to help you develop your strengths.

Make the most of opportunities outside the classroom, to get a better sense of the career that's right for you. There's lots to try:

broaden your skill set through volunteering, societies and clubs
discover work experience opportunities
develop your business ideas with Enterprise at York, who offer funding and workspaces to make your ideas a success
visit the Careers Team to receive expert careers advice and support to kick start your career journey.

Tap into our culture of innovation and make the connections to kick start your career:

meet employers at a range of campus events and annual careers fairs
engage with professional alumni networks and find a career mentor through York Profiles & Mentors
connect with business advisers through Enterprise at York
gain summer internships or paid project-based internships with local employers
engage with top employers through our network, including recruiters at Aviva, BT, Deloitte, L’Oréal and Santander.

2 Years PSW

• Include the name(s) of the supervisor(s) whose research groups your are interested in joining, and the project title if you are applying for a specific project. You can list more than one. 
• There is no need to provide a full research proposal although applicants not applying for advertised projects should given an indication of areas in which they would be interested in working.
• Include a personal statement including your experience, interests and motivation for wanting to work in your chosen area. PhD places are very competitive and this is your opportunity to highlight to a supervisor why you would be the ideal candidate.
• Upload your supporting documents including CV, transcript and certificates if available. If you do not yet have these, they can be added after you have submitted your application.
• Include details of your referees, particularly their email addresses. When you submit your application, an automatic email will go to your referees requesting a reference. At least one of these should be academic.
• Include details of how you intend to finance your studies.  If you have been awarded or intend to apply for scholarships, please give the names of the scholarships. 

For a postgraduate taught course such as a Masters, you would normally need a Bachelors degree from a recognised institution.