Careers

get ahead.

With a postgraduate degree from Kent, you’ll move forward faster.

Careers and Employability Service

Helping you to go further.

By choosing postgraduate study you’re making an investment in your future. Our professional advisers are here to help you plan, not just for your first job, but for the career that follows.

As well as personal guidance and advice on career planning, interview techniques and assessment centres, there are over 160 lectures, workshops and training events each year to support your development.

We tailor our advice dependent on where you are on your career path and whether you’re a taught or research student.

Advice for taught students
Advice for research students

Move forward at Kent.

There are lots of ways you can extend your experience and gain valuable skills, either as part of your studies or through extra-curricular activities.

Placement options

Add a placement to your degree. A chance to put theory into practice and gain valuable insight into your chosen profession.

Great idea for a start-up?

If you have a business idea, our ASPIRE centre can offer practical advice on how to develop your idea into a viable business.

Student ambassadors

Apply to become one of Kent’s student ambassadors. Following training, in these paid roles you’ll work with a range of people, developing valuable skills.

Volunteering

Volunteering in an area you’re passionate about is very rewarding and you’ll develop your communication skills. You could join our 'gleaners', picking food and redistributing it to those in need.

Meet our graduates

Reshaping business.

Fauzia Idrees Abro knows how it feels to be the only woman in the room – she was the first female PhD student to serve in Pakistan’s armed forces. A trail-blazer, she now runs her own company and is a passionate advocate for women in STEM.

Read Fauzia's story

A bright future ahead.

Our postgraduate degrees are designed to give you specialist knowledge and the communication and analytical skills employers look for, while targeted careers advice helps you to reach your goals. Meet our graduates and discover how their postgraduate studies changed their lives.

Find out more.

Careers at Kent

Discover how we support you to achieve your goals.

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