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Employing Our Graduates

Are you looking for the innovators of tomorrow? Does your company need experienced graduates? Would you like cutting-edge research focused on your business interests?

There are various ways in which you can benefit from the research taking place in the School of Materials, and meet, recruit and influence the future leaders of materials science.

Advertising your job vacancies

Send us your job vacancies or hold an on-campus company presentation and meet the students in person.

Recruitment fairs

Specialist Science and Engineering Fairs attract thousands of top students interested in working in the field – make sure your company are there too.

The University of Manchester's MLP Careers and Employability Division runs one of the largest, most comprehensive programmes of recruitment fairs in Europe. Collectively, they attract over 20,000 students and graduates and over 700 graduate recruiters annually, from all over the UK, and even internationally.

The programme includes specialist fairs for Engineering, Science and Technology graduates to ensure that you can target the best possible students with the qualifications to match your business needs. To find out how to book a stand at our next careers fair visit:

The University of Manchester Careers Service

The award winning Manchester Careers Service is designed to help you meet the right people for your business.

The University of Manchester provides employers with one of the best careers services in the country allowing you to access students through a variety of channels such as recruiter events and workshops, online services and through our highly successful mentoring and volunteering programmes.

The careers service can also supply consultancy through a dedicated employer liaison team.

For more information visit the Careers website.

Companies working with us

Find out what other companies are working with us and have benefited from students on industrial placement, applied research focusing on their company, or through employing our graduates.

The School of Materials has a wide range of industrial and business partners reflecting the breadth of research taking place within the School. In recent years we have worked closely with: