Beyond Graduation
St Andrews graduates have an excellent first destination record into employment and further study or training. This record is reflected in national university league tables.
Over half of all graduate vacancies in the job market are open to any academic discipline, i.e. the employer is less concerned with the degree subject than with the additional qualities that a graduate possesses. Employers seek a range of competencies such as business awareness, interpersonal skills, team work, leadership skills, organisational skills and communication. Above all, recruiters look for individuals who have demonstrated the capacity to learn quickly and achieve results.
In order to develop the looked for skills, and to provide evidence that you have them, you should make the most of the opportunities to get involved in extra-curricular activities and to gain work experience while at university. St Andrews offers a great range of clubs and societies through which you can pursue your interests and develop your skills. The Careers can also help you to identify appropriate work experience opportunities and how to achieve them.
Many St Andrews graduates go on to do further academic research throughout the world.
Listed below is a representative sample of the institutions at which our graduates work, from trainee positions up to Managing Directors or CEOs.
BBC, British Aerospace, British Airways plc, British Council, British Geological Survey, British Library, Buena Vista Productions, Cabinet Office, Cadbury Schweppes plc, Carlsberg-Tetley Brewing Ltd, Chase Manhattan Bank, Coca-Cola Ltd, Coopers & Lybrand, Debenhams Retail Plc, East Anglian Ambulance NHS Trust, Eastman Kodak Co, eBay, Edinburgh College of Art, English Heritage, Environment Agency, Ernst & Young, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, European Commission, European Patent Office, Eurostar Group, Fabian Society, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Forensic Investigation Services, Fujitsu Limited, GEC-Marconi In Flight Systems, Glasgow School of Art, GlaxoSmithkline, Gleneagles, Goldman, Sachs & Co., Government of Canada, GQ Magazine, Guinness NI, HM Treasury, Hansard, Highland Distillers, Hilton Group, Historic Scotland, House of Commons, HSBC Bank plc, ICI, Imperial Cancer Research Fund, Inland Revenue, John Hopkins University, John Lewis Partnership, Johnson Matthey, Kimberly Clark, L'Oréal (UK) Ltd, Lee Cooper International Ltd, London Stock Exchange, Mars Confectionery, Meteorological Office, Metropolitan Police, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter (Europe) Ltd, Motorola Ltd, Museum of Modern Art, National Gallery of Art, Office of Deputy Prime Minister, Oxfam, Oxford University Press, Penguin Books, PGA European Tour, Princes Trust, Proctor & Gamble, Reuters, RNLI, Rolls-Royce & Associates, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, Royal Scottish Academy of Music & Drama, RSPB, Safeway plc, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Scottish Executive, Scottish Rugby Union, Siemens AG, Sotheby's, T-Mobile UK, Tate & Lyle plc, The Independent newspaper, The Jim Henson Co., The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Scotsman Newspaper, The Scottish Parliament, The White House, Thorntons plc, Thresher Wine Merchants, Twentieth Century Fox Film Company Ltd, Unesco, United Cinemas International ((UK), United Nations, Universities Scotland, Virgin Atlantic Airways,Voluntary Service Overseas, Warner Bros, World Bank, WWW Int Diamond Consultants Ltd