Employability and Careers

Our undergraduate and postgraduate degree programmes equip you with the skills and knowledge that make you highly sought after by future employers. Our degree programmes have employability skills embedded into the curriculum and we work with industry to make sure your learning is relevant and reflects the skills required in the workplace. It’s not just about lectures and practicals, our links with local, national and global organisations allow us to provide both salaried and voluntary internships, where you get to apply the knowledge and skills you’ve learnt, and make a real difference. This is invaluable professional experience for when you graduate and embark upon your chosen career path.

Internships

Our science and technology internship programme offers opportunities across the breadth of our portfolio. Vacancies are advertised to current students and recent graduates and can vary in length, from one month to one year. 

"My internship with Fat Media has been the perfect opportunity for me to pull together and practise everything I have learnt from my Psychology of Advertising course. As well as increasing my employability, it has also given me a crystal clear understanding of the industry, and the confidence to say that it is definitely where I want to progress my career, and how to achieve it. The University was also extremely supportive throughout the whole process.” - Hayley Cowburn, Fat Media Intern

Careers

Science and technology qualifications open up a wide choice of career options, and demand for our graduates is high, with over 90% going on to employment or further study within 6 months. You will develop skills in lateral thinking, independent reasoning, evaluation and interpretation, problem solving in an analytical and logical way, numeracy, IT and project management. These much sought after skills provide opportunities in science-based industries as well as careers in areas such as management, consultancy, marketing and education.

Careers Support

We have an extensive careers support service here at Lancaster University, for both undergraduate and postgraduate students, offering help and advice, further study options, information on travel and gap years, and an on-campus recruitment agency.  Our support for you doesn’t end when you graduate and embark on your future career path, we’re still here to help and advise you as part of our community of Alumni.