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Your Future

For standing out. For enhancing your CV. For some of the best career prospects in the UK.

Visit the 2023 Academic Experience page for information about the 2023-24 academic year.

A sound investment

Studying at Newcastle is a sound investment in your future. Excellent graduate recruitment figures, strong links to regional, national and international employers plus a range of opportunities make sure you're a step ahead when it comes to securing your dream job.

Close links with employers ensure the content of our degrees reflects the skills needed in the world of work. Many degrees:

  • are accredited by, and developed with, professional organisations
  • include industry-based assignments, study trips to local businesses, case-study analysis and work placements
  • enable you to gain academic credit for work experience, volunteering or part-time employment through the Career Development Module
  • are designed in consultation with industry so they meet the needs of employers and provide the skills employers seek from graduates

Work Placements

Almost all degrees are available with a year-long work placement to help you stand out from the crowd in the competitive graduate job market. Impress your host and you might even get a job offer.

Study abroad

Many degrees include either an optional or compulsory period of study abroad. Opportunities can last from a single semester to a full year.

Boost your CV

From getting work experience or volunteering, to coaching a sports team or organising an expedition, there are so many opportunities at Newcastle.

Our careers service

Whether you're looking for a graduate career, starting your own business or embarking on further study Newcastle University's Careers Service can provide advice and support.

Work for yourself

Whether you want to develop opportunities, explore ideas, work freelance or start your own business, we can help you at every stage, from pre-idea to launch and beyond.

Accomplish great things

Get career ready and join our network of successful and determined graduates who are accomplishing great things.

Newcastle University is the starting point for many successful entrepreneurs who have gone on to develop products and services that have changed lives and reached millions of people.

Sportswear company Castore – co-founded by Newcastle University graduate Philip Beahon – is currently enjoying 100% year-on-year growth. It was awarded one of the University’s START UP Foundership grants.

After graduating from Newcastle University, Ant and Ed Haynes played rugby for Hong Kong’s national side before setting up the Coastal Fitness gym in Hong Kong.

Indonesian culture and cuisine are the main ingredients in a start-up catering company launched by two friends and fellow Newcastle graduates.

Ben Reeves studied for an MSc in computer science. He graduated in 2009 and soon after co-founded Bitcoin wallet Blockchain to help people store and use the cryptocurrency.