Careers
Politics and international relations graduates from the University of Exeter are highly successful in obtaining graduate employment or moving on to further study. Whilst studying for your degree, you will develop a number of skills that are useful in professional and managerial careers. The ability to research and analyse information from a variety of sources, together with the written and verbal skills needed to present and discuss your opinions and conclusions, are attributes that many employers look for in graduates. Your understanding of complex political and cultural issues, often in continually changing environments, can also be relevant to both business and public sector appointments.
Many students from the department take part in the Exeter Award and the Exeter Leaders Award. These schemes encourage you to participate in employability related workshops, skills events, volunteering and employment which will contribute to your career decision-making skills and success in the employment market.
We are building a network of placement providers through our Exeter Politics Internship Programme, which provides you with the opportunity to gain valuable work experience during the summer vacation of the second year (mostly based in Westminster working with an MP, although they can also be in an MP’s constituency office).
Exeter has an excellent reputation with graduate recruiters and our students and graduates compete very successfully in the employment market. Many employers target the University when recruiting new graduates.
The following are examples of initial jobs secured by politics and international relations graduates who recently finished undergraduate programmes:
Occupations
Production Editor
Management Consultant
Parliamentary Caseworker and Researcher
Public Affairs Consultant
Researcher to Member of Parliament
Regulatory Affairs Officer
Employers
Swales and Willis Ltd
Accenture
The Young Britons Foundation
Conservative Party
International Records Management Trust
38 Degrees
Examples of further study followed by our graduates in politics and international relations are:
MA Crisis Management, King's College London
MSc Public Policy, University of Bristol
MA EU Politics, University of Exeter
MA Globalisation and Communications, University of Leicester
MA International Relations in the Middle East, University of Exeter
MA Public Policy and Administration, University of Exeter
Find out more about the Destinations of Politics and International Relations Graduates on our Employability site.
