A degree in Modern Languages builds strong communication skills, cultural fluency, analytical thinking, independence and adaptability. These attributes are highly valued across a wide range of professions, particularly in internationally focused roles. Whether or not you wish to directly use your language skills in your future career, this degree opens up many diverse career opportunities.
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Modern Languages graduates from Exeter commonly work in the following sectors:
- Accountancy, Banking, Finance and Insurance
- Business Analytics, Strategy and Consulting
- Business Operations and Management
- Marketing, Publishing and Journalism
- Politics, Government and Public Sector
While these sectors are popular among Modern Languages graduates, alumni from your course enter a broad range of jobs, sectors and further study, as you can see below.
Interested in career options that directly relate to your discipline or where your degree gives you a strong advantage? Start by exploring the Languages and Translation page.
Destinations of Exeter Modern Languages graduates
Each year, UK graduates are surveyed 15 months after finishing their degrees via the Graduate Outcomes survey.
Graduates from your discipline have entered a wide range of job roles. You can explore some recent examples below.*
To learn more about these roles, browse the job profiles on Prospects. For more detailed insights into each area of work, visit our employment sector pages.
Accountancy, Banking, Finance and Insurance
- Analyst (Retail Bank)
- Audit Associate
- Corporate Banking Analyst
- Foreign News Researcher
- Underwriting Assistant
Business Analytics, Strategy and Consulting / Law and Legal
- Consulting Analyst
- Foreign News Researcher (Risk Management Consulting)
- Graduate Trainee (Risk Capital and Human Capital Consulting)
- Strategy and Planning Manager
- Trainee Management Consultant
Business Operations and Management
- Account Handler
- Executive Search Consultant
- Merchandise Trainee
- Recruitment Coordinator
- Senior Business Development Executive
Creative Industries and Performing Arts
- Assistant Producer
- Booking Agent
- Content Producer
- Digital Creator
Education and Teaching
- Children’s Counsellor
- Digital Learning Developer
- Resident Life Coordinator
- Teacher (French)
Languages and Translation
- Translator
Marketing, Publishing and Journalism
- Account Executive (PR)
- Digital Marketer
- Events and Marketing Executive
- Rights Assistant
- Staff Writer
Politics, Government and the Public Sector
- Analyst (Defence)
- Civil Servant
- Policy Adviser
- Public Health Manager
- Regulatory Policy Adviser
Transport and Logistics
- French Export Coordinator
- Head of Operations
- Project Manager (Rail)
Remember…
Most employers accept applications from graduates with any degree subject, so don't restrict your thinking to the jobs listed above.
Graduates from your discipline have gone on to work for a range of employers. You can explore some recent examples below.*
For tips on researching an employer, visit our researching employers page.
- AON
- Atheneum
- Brainlabs
- Communications International Group
- Deliberate PR
- Deloitte
- Department for Business and Trade
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Exeter Chiefs
- Grape
- HSBC
- IBM
- Informa
- Jackson Lombard
- Knight Frank
- Listening Books
- Mintel
- Northeastern University
- ORX
- Optimus Search
- PwC
- Senisca
- Shuttle Bridge Logistics
- Sporty Group
- Third Bridge
Graduates from your discipline have pursued various programmes of further study. You can explore some recent examples below.**
To learn more about pursuing further study visit our postgraduate study page.
Further study related to your discipline
- MA Arabic/English Translation
- MA European Studies
- MA Global Literatures and Cultures
- MA Translation Studies
- MSc Linguistics
Further study in other disciplines
- MA Broadcast Journalism
- MA Classics and Ancient History
- MA Conflict, Security and Development
- MA Diplomacy and International Relations
- MA Media and Communication
- MSc China and Globalisation
- MSc Cognitive and Decision Sciences
- MSc European Politics and Policy
- MSc International Business
- MSc Latin American Studies
- MSc Management
- MSc Marketing
- MSc Public Policy
- PGCE Primary Education
- PGCE Spanish
- Postgraduate Diploma in Law (PGDL)
Useful resources
- Discover what matters to you in a future career using our Know Yourself page.
- Explore your career options using our Employment Sectors page.
- Consider your further study options by visiting our postgraduate study page.
- Browse Exeter alumni career paths using the University's alumni profiles database and LinkedIn's University of Exeter Alumni Tool (LinkedIn account required).
- View national graduate destinations for your discipline in the What do graduates do? report. Please note it does not cover all disciplines.
*Data is based on responses from full-time, UK-domiciled students who graduated between 2020/21 and 2022/23, as reported in the Graduate Outcomes surveys.
**Individual course titles are taken from the University of Exeter’s Career Destination Survey (2020/21 and 2021/22).