Enhance your job prospects
A postgraduate qualification is a significant professional step — either as a means of progression in your current field, or as the gateway to a change of career. At NTU, we’ll help you to maximise your competitive advantage, giving you the bespoke, targeted support to excel in your profession of choice.
Building your employability
Our School and Employability teams will provide you with dedicated, sector-specific support. Specialist consultants and industry experts will support you on your postgraduate journey, helping you to plan and refine your progress with subject and career-specific advice.
NTU’s research is shaping industries around the world, and your course will be built around that same research. Alongside some incredible in-work opportunities and a global network of employers and partners, we’re your perfect recipe for postgraduate success.
Work experience and placement opportunities
Our postgraduate courses are built around incredible in-work developmental opportunities, giving you the chance to refine your skills, and apply your postgraduate knowledge in a hands-on, relevant way. Whether you’re planning to explore a specific vocational area, advance within your current role, begin a research career, or progress on to PhD study, these placements and work experience opportunities will help you to:
- develop valuable first-hand experience
- add value in your current professional role, through applied learning
- make strong professional connections with new employers
- expand your professional network.
“I found my placement through NTU's Employability team, and I'm working for the same company now. The advice I received from the team while applying for the placement opportunity was invaluable. It ranged from CV writing to interview preparation and I felt it gave me a much better chance to secure the role. It helped me prepare better for the application process and in turn, it made me more assured of myself.”
Yohann Advikolanu, MSc Computer Games Systems
Meet our Employability team
Our team of one-to-one advisors are available at the City, Clifton and Brackenhurst campuses, on both a drop-in and pre-booked basis. Our specialist Careers Consultants based in each School, will help you to consolidate your learning with professionally contextual support — providing guidance on how best to align your skills and experience with the demands and expectations of a fast-moving market. Furthermore, they will support you with:
- interview practice, specific to your chosen field
- your CV and self-marketing materials (e.g. covering letters and LinkedIn profile), ensuring that they’re properly tailored, and effective sales tools
- news of employer events that open to our postgraduate students.
We also have an extensive online support offer for you on our exclusive Employability Online, so you’ll have access 24/7.
NTU — your gateway to self-employment
Our tradition for nurturing entrepreneurs is recognised at home and abroad. At NTU Enterprise, we offer mentoring, support, training and networking opportunities for anyone launching a business or social enterprise. Our support is open to NTU students and graduates, staff, and anyone with a viable idea. Whether you're hoping to go freelance, or build something bigger, we can help.