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Your Limitless future starts here

More University of Nottingham graduates enter highly skilled employment than any other UK university. In fact, we’ve held the top spot for the past five years.*

Your success after graduation is just as important to us as your time on campus. That’s why we’re committed to empowering you to achieve your dreams, whatever they may be.

Our degrees do more than deliver subject knowledge. They help you build real-world skills, unlock unlimited career opportunities and become part of a global graduate community. You’ll gain the experience and top industry connections you need to go further, faster - confident in your next career steps.

A Limitless future career awaits you - and with expert careers advice for life, we're always here when you need us. 

*HESA Graduate Outcomes publications 2021–2025 (number of full-time, UK, UG and PG graduates 2019-2023)

 

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1st

Graduates entering highly-skilled jobs

HESA Graduate Outcomes, 2025

3rd 

In the UK for top employers

The Graduate Market, High Fliers, 2025

7th 

Best UK university for work experience

Rate my Placement, 2025

 

 

Limitless stories

From Hackney to the House of Commons via Washington DC, Elorm’s journey studying Politics at Nottingham unlocked global opportunities and the confidence to lead change across continents.

Sakshi’s time at the University of Nottingham helped transform her passion for psychology into a career at the cutting edge of sustainability – proof that with a Limitless mindset, anything is possible.

 

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Connect with top employers

For decades, leading businesses have been coming to us to find their newest recruits. We are the third most targeted UK university by the country's top companies - and have been top 10 for over a decade (The Graduate Market report 2025, High Fliers Research).

With connections to countless global and UK organisations, it's no wonder our graduates are sought after by some of the world's biggest companies, including:

JP Morgan, ASOS, Unilever, PepsiCo, Walt Disney Company, GSK and Deloitte.

From internships and placements to recruitment fairs and access to top graduate jobs, we’ll help you build real-world skills and unlock your Limitless potential.

 

Real-world work experience

We can help you gain practical, hands-on workplace experience - from a built-in or optional placement year to our Nottingham Internship Scheme, employer-led projects and part-time job opportunities.

With alumni and industry insight sessions and employer introduction events, we can help you to get career-ready, whatever path you choose.

Work experience opportunities

Careers advice for life

Our professional careers advisors are here to support you at every step - a service we are proud to offer for life.

Whether that's career planning, navigating graduate recruitment opportunities and employer testing programmes or honing your interview skills, we are always here to help - whenever the time is right for you.

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International student support

Our careers services are available to everyone. We provide specialist resources to boost international students' job prospects, including those studying for master's degrees.

From identifying UK employers that sponsor and hire, to clarifying Visas and connecting with alumni - we'll support you to succeed in both UK and international jobs markets.

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Explore our services

Undergraduate student
Optional placement years

We can help you gain valuable industry experience through an optional placement year. No matter what you’re studying, you can build one into your degree.

Discover more about placement years
Nottingham Advantage Award
Nottingham Advantage Award

Develop new skills and gain experience that will make you stand out from the crowd with our free scheme designed to prepare you for the job market.

Discover more about Nottingham Advantage Award
 
Postgraduate students
Postgraduate students

Our postgraduate students and early career researchers get access to the Researcher Academy, with dedicated facilities, training courses and placements.

Discover our Researcher Academy
Our alumni community
Our alumni community

Connect with our 350,000-strong global alumni network and discover insights, resources and support to help you fuel your learning.

Discover our global alumni community