Graduate Destinations
How does an Anthropology and Sociology degree help with my career?
The department of Anthropology and Sociology provides innovative and challenging teaching that develops students understanding of the world and how society is organised and provides graduates up to a wide range of career possibilities. As well as detailed subject knowledge, which varies according to the biological or social focus of the degree; graduates are equipped with a portfolio of transferable skills which employers seek, including analytical skills, written and oral communication skills, research skills, planning and organisation skills along with the ability to work in teams.
Former Anthropology and Sociology students have gone on to employment in a range of professional roles in business and public sectors, as well as continuing in the field of research either at SOAS or other institutions
Destinations of recent graduates from this department immediately after graduation include:
- European Campaign for Human Rights: Media Coordinator
- Esperanta Medical Foundation: Researcher
- Allegro Films: Actor
- Intelligent Caring: Company Director
- Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Interpreter
- HM Treasury: Senior Civil Servant
- Morgan Stanley: Data Integrity Analyst
- Designer Alterations Ltd.: Finance and Business Manager
- Child Hope UK: Partnerships & Programmes Volunteer
- Pnomh Penh Post: Business editor
- Freud Museum: Museum Archives
- Peace Brigade International: Field worker
- GC2 - German Development Agency: Consultant
- Webster University Geneva: Professor
- Shanghai International TV Channel: Head of Department Panteion University: Lecturer
- Charles Edward Brook School: Teacher
- Lahore Daily Times: Writer
- Sudanese Organisation Against Torture: Project Co-ordinator
- Afghanistan Aid: Project Adviser
- Asian Star FM: Radio Presenter
- Ministry of Defence: Civil Servant
- Overseas Development Institute: Research Officer
- Time Out: Freelance Journalist
- International Labour Organisation: Project Manager
- TMS India Private Ltd: HR & Special Projects Group Leader
- Salvation Army: Researcher - Development
- African People's Link: Project Manager
- Overseas Development Institute: Project Administrator
- BBC: Project Co-ordinator
- SOAS: ESRC Postdoctoral Fellowship
- Age Concern England: Research & Development Officer
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs Japan: Political Attache to the Embassy of Japan in Nigeria
- Amnesty International: Stop Violence Against Women Campaign Intern
- Civil Aviation Authority: Legal Secretary
- Building Design Partnership: Architect
- Save the Children: Marketing assistant
- Oxfam: Senior Assistant Analyst
- SOAS: PhD Anthropology
- The University of Oxford: PhD Anthropology
DLHE Statistics
The chart above shows that SOAS Anthropology & Sociology graduates are very employable. Graduate Destination Surveys from 2004-2011 show that 92% of graduates who could be surveyed are either in work, further study, work and study or volunteering.
Further information about DLHE is available on the Careers Service website.
What do Graduates do?
- SOAS Alumni Spotlight
- Options with your anthropology degree
- Prospects: What do graduates do
- What London Graduates do
- London Graduates Idea Generator
Job Profiles and Careers Information
- Occupational profiles for 600 career areas on Prospects
- Postgraduate study information and database on Prospects
- For more information about careers, visit Careers Tagged
