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What can I do with a degree in Management?

The below offers a selection of the destinations University of Exeter graduates from Management have gone on to. The information below is not exhaustive, however it does highlight the range of job and further study options available to you after your studies.

If you would like to learn more about any of the jobs listed below you may wish to browse the job profiles on the Prospects website.

Careers with a degree in Management

Recent Exeter Management graduates have entered a wide range of careers. Some recent examples include:*

  • Chartered and certified accountants
  • Project support officers
  • Management consultants and business analysts
  • Finance and investment analysts and advisers
  • Marketing associate professionals
  • Sales accounts and business development managers
  • Business sales executives
  • Business and financial project management professionals
  • Importers and exporters
  • Taxation experts
  • Insurance underwriters
Remember…

Many employers accept applications from graduates with any degree subject, so don't restrict your thinking to the jobs listed above.

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* Data taken from aggregating the responses from full-time, first degree, UK domiciled students who completed 2017/18 and 2018/19 Graduate Outcomes surveys (ordered from most popular to least).

Employers of Exeter alumni with a degree in Management

Recent Exeter Management graduates have joined a wide range of employers. Some recent example include*:

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* Data taken from aggregating the responses from full-time, first degree, UK domiciled students who completed 2017/18 and 2018/19 Graduate Outcomes surveys.

Skills

An Exeter Management degree will arm you with some great employability skills including:

  • Understand the interrelationships between organisations and society at large
  • Create, evaluate and assess options and apply ideas and knowledge to a range of situations
  • Communicate effectively, manage projects and demonstrate leadership and team building skills
  • Be self-aware and sensitive to the diversity of people, cultures, business and management issues
  • Demonstrate effective listening, negotiating, influencing and persuasive skills
  • Apply critical thinking and evaluate statements
  • Research business and management issues at both European and international levels

 

 

Further Study

Around 28% of Exeter graduates in Management go on to pursue further study within 15 months of completing their undergraduate degree, with 38% of these completing a Professional Qualification alongside work. Some recent progression routes include:

  • CFA Level 4 Investment Management Certificate
  • MRES Sustainable Futures - Cornwall
  • MSc Business with Consulting
  • MSc Entrepreneurship
  • MSc Finance and InvestmentPG diploma In Advertising
  • MSc Human Resource Management
  • MSc International Management / Business
  • MSc Management
  • MSc Marketing
  • MSc Project Management
  • MSc Real Estate
  • MSc Strategic Marketing
  • MSc Sustainability and Consultancy
  • PGCE

Some went on to study other degrees including*:

  • Coding Boot Camp
  • LLM Law and Legal Practice
  • MSc Computer Science

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* Data taken from aggregating the responses from full-time, first degree, UK domiciled students who completed 2017/18 and 2018/19 Graduate Outcomes surveys.

**Individual course names were taken from the University of Exeter's Career Destination survey (2018/19 & 2019/20) as this information is not collected within the Graduate Outcomes survey.