Career pathway
It's important to understand how a postgraduate qualification is going to help your future career, and that you are making the right investment of time and money.
Postgraduate qualifications are increasingly relevant in the employment market, and with so many new graduates on the market it is a great way to stand out from the crowd.
According to the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA), 88.5% of all postgraduate students have a job within six months of completing their course.
The figure for The University of Manchester is even higher - 97% of our former students have a job within six months of finishing their programme.
By working closely with industry, we ensure that our programmes are at the forefront of scientific and industry practice and that our graduates are highly sought after and widely employed across a diverse range of industry sectors.
Our Alumni enjoy challenging careers in academia, and a wide variety of positions in industry. Graduates have gone on to be managers or researchers in a related industry, material scientists, corrosion scientists and engineers, and textile technologists.
Our award-winning Careers Service is frequently voted the best in the country, with "major companies [saying] they would rather employ students from The University of Manchester" (Daily Mail).
The Careers Service has a dedicated postgraduate team and offers many services tailored to their unique needs.
These include specialist presentations and workshops, a postgraduate newsletter and a mentoring scheme that offers students the chance to talk to and learn from individuals employed in the field they plan to work in.