Careers
Our programmes give you an excellent all-round education, where you’ll learn to understand other people’s points of view, to communicate your own position clearly and to argue effectively. You’ll also learn to collect, assess and present evidence and to work independently and in groups.
Our programmes are demanding and encourage initiative and open-mindedness, helping to ensure that you’ll be well equipped with a range of academic, personal and professional skills, all of which will prepare you for future employment or research in a wide variety of fields. Many of our graduates choose to follow their degree with employment or further study in people-focused fields, whereas others choose to use their skills in business or public sector administration.
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.
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 Sociology graduates who recently finished undergraduate programmes:
Occupations
Student Support Worker
Sales Manager
Marketing Assistant
Graduate Library Trainee
Audit Assistant
Legal Service Manager
Employers
National Centre for Young People with Epilepsy
Scholastic
Bodleian Libraries
National Skills Academy
KPMG
Examples of further study followed by our graduates in Sociology are:
MA Philosophy and Sociology of Science, University of Exeter
MA International Relations, University of Exeter
MSc Genomics in Society, University of Exeter
MA Gender Studies, University College London
Graduate Diploma in Law, College of Law, Guildford
Find out more about the Destinations of Sociology Graduates on our Employability site.
