Work-ready graduates

Our emphasis on ensuring that our students are prepared for the world of work means that you’ll leave university with more than just a degree. You’ll gain skills to get you noticed by employers and be supported in developing a stand-out CV.

Real-world experience

A big part of making you an employable graduate is our focus on real-world experience. One way to do this is through an industrial placement. This can be undertaken in the third year of many undergraduate degrees, or at the end of some postgraduate taught degrees with the Huddersfield Business School.

Receive dedicated support to help you secure a placement. A placement in industry will help you gain the skills and experience to boost your CV, helping you stand out from the crowd when applying for graduate positions. Our students have worked with companies across the UK and overseas such as Airbus, Microsoft, Pfizer and KPMG.

The Global Professional Award

At Huddersfield we’re proud to inspire global professionals. If you’re studying an undergraduate degree with us, you’ll also study for the Global Professional Award*, an innovative programme that aims to enhance your capabilities in:

• Employability and Enterprise – understand what employers want from graduates and leaders, and develop the skills to forge your own career path.

• Wellbeing – develop tools that will contribute to your physical and mental health.

• Global and Social Awareness – understand and critique the key social, economic and political issues that are shaping our world.

Students who complete this three-year programme will also receive a Level 5 Award in Leadership and Management from the internationally recognised Chartered Management Institute (CMI).

Discover more about how you will study towards the Global Professional Award.

The Huddersfield Graduate Internship Programme

We’re dedicated to developing employable graduates with ‘hands-on’ industry experience. The Huddersfield Graduate Internship Programme provides you with the opportunity to gain transferable skills with local businesses through eight-week paid internships to enhance your CV. These internships help put theoretical knowledge into practice and they are exclusive to our graduates, who we support through the application process.

We were proud to be awarded the Best University Employability Strategy at the National Graduate Recruitment Awards 2021.

96.0% of our undergraduate students and

95.2% of our postgraduate students go on to work and/or further study within fifteen months of graduating**.

* Full-time, undergraduate first degrees with a minimum duration of three years. This does not include postgraduate, foundation, top-up, accelerated or apprenticeship degrees.

** HESA Graduate Outcomes 2019/20, including both UK and non-UK domiciled, other activities excluded.