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Working closely with your academic school, our team of experts ensures that every student has access to careers advice.  As well as large careers fairs, we hold sector-specific events, involving employers and Loughborough alumni, to help you make valuable connections and secure high-quality placements and graduate roles. 

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Details of the Placements Officers for your school can be found here.

We look forward to supporting throughout your Loughborough journey.

• Ability to think and work independently
• Critical thinking and interpretive skills
• ICT and group work skills
• Ability to communicate effectively written and verbally to develop and sustain an argument
• Research skills
• Numerical skills

Geography is the spatial science; helping us all to better understand the world’s people, places and environments and the interactions between them – whether at the local, national or global scales.” Dr Rita Gardner CBE, Director of the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG).

Given that Geography is such a broad subject, the career opportunities are vast. The following sectors are often appealing to Geography graduates:

• The Physical Environment
• Development and Global Issues
• Policy and Government
• Geographic Information Systems
• The Business World
• The Built Environment
• Travel, Tourism and Leisure
• Society

The Royal Geographical Society has an excellent resource detailing career paths with Geography: https://www.rgs.org/geography/choose-geography/careers/

The study of Geography will give you a variety of transferable skills which will be relevant to many roles. Don’t forget 60% of graduate roles are open to all disciplines.

Further study at Loughborough University:

The Geography Department have several Postgraduate Taught Master's programmes you can apply to. You can also study for a research degree including a PhD (Post Honours Doctorate) or MPhil (Master of Philosophy). Further information can be found on the Department webpages.

Further study elsewhere:

To explore further masters courses, please go to Find a Masters.com

What do Loughborough Geography graduates do?

Graduates from this subject area have gone on to destinations where:

Employers included:

ASOS, Boots, Centrica Plc, Environment Agency, Essex and Sussex Water, GSK, Hitachi Capital, Legal and General Insurance, Local Government, M&S, Majestic Wine, Office for National Statistics and Southern Water

Roles included:

Accessories Product Manager, Assistant Cost Manager, Business Development Coordinator, Commercial Marketing Graduate, Communications Assistant, Environment Officer, Environmental Management Associate, Media Analyst, Planning and Enforcement Officer, Social Researcher, Technology Graduate

Further Study included:

MSc Management, MSc Economics and International Business, MSc Globalisation and Cities, MSc Marketing, PGCE Secondary Education, MSc Construction Project Management, MSc Environment Politics and Society

Further information

For more information on companies graduates work for, industry links and career opportunities, visit the subject area page of the University website.  You can also find out what our students say in our student stories of personal journeys through and beyond Loughborough and track the career journeys and Loughborough experiences of some of our alumni.

Websites:

• Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management
• DLHE: Destination of Leavers of Higher Education Data
• Graduate profiles: What did students who studied your subject do
• Institute of Environmental Management
• Prospects: Options with a Geography Degree
• Royal Geographical Society
• Target jobs: What Can I Do With a Geography Degree

Videos:

There are a number of videos available providing you with first-hand accounts of certain careers; including information on industries, sectors, job roles and tips on how to get into specific roles.

Some examples include:

• Where a Geography degree take you
• Energy Policy
• Environment Officer
• Environmental modeller

For more videos please see:

• iCould

Have you considered a career in law? You don’t need a law degree to become a lawyer – in fact, the modern legal profession is full of non-law graduates. Jobs in law utilise many of the skills social sciences and humanities students have. For further information please see the Prospects website:

Working in the Civil Service is also of interest to many Geography graduates, so visit the Prospects website to begin your research into this area.

• Organisations that have graduate schemes directly related to Geography:
• Anglian Water
• Arup
• E.ON
• Mott Macdonald
• National Grid
• PwC
• Severn Trent Water
• Tesco - have a property graduate scheme
• Transport for London
• Travelport

Geography specific websites:

• Ends Directory
• Royal Geographical Society (acre jobs, countryside jobs, environment jobs, environmental  jobs uk, green jobs)

 Geography is a broad subject. Below are some links to job areas you may be interested in. If you would like to discuss your plans, please book a careers apppointment.

 Environmental roles

Consider speculative applications to small organisations in the private sector.

Resources to find opportunities depend on the role.

See Environmental Agency and Prospects Environmental section to look for vacancy sources.

 Public Sector

Civil Service Fast Stream

Civil Service Jobs

The National Graduate Development Programme

NHS Graduate Management Training Scheme

 Charity Roles

There are a wide range of roles in this sector including environmental roles, communications, research, support worker.

Environmentjob 

CharityJobs

 International Development

This is a broad area which needs research. Roles can include human rights, disaster preparedness, education, migration, environment.

International / Humanitarian / Relief / Aid and Development Work

Careers in International Development

Reliefweb is good for jobs and also updates on humanitarian news.

 Politics

Work for MP jobs
parliamentJobs

 Prosperty and Construction

Prospects: Property and Construction

Talentview Construction free to use recruitment platform for a range of opportunities in the Construction industry with some opportunities for Geographers

 Planning/Transport Planning

More information on the Career Areas section of our website

 Sport Roles

Sport related websites for joint honours students

 Business Roles

Business Consulting and Management

Accounting, banking and finance

Marketing, Advertising and PR

For generic placement and graduate websites, please see our Find jobs and work experience pages.

• Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management
• Institute of Environmental Management & Assessment
• Royal Geographical Society
• Society of Cartogrophers