Graduate Destinations
How does a degree in History help with my career?
With specialised knowledge in the history and broad cultural sensibilities of a region SOAS History graduates have found employment in a variety of sectors. As a history graduate you are likely to have developed valuable transferable skills, which include familiarity with methods of research; the competence to manage large quantities of information; the ability to select and organise information and analytical skills.
A degree in History can also improve your career progression and increase your chances of getting a higher paying graduate job. It is an invaluable experience that provides you with a body of work you can use to market yourself once you graduate.
Destinations of recent graduates from this department immediately after graduation include:
- Unesco: Intern
- Not on the High Street: New Business Executive
- YouGov: Credit Controller
- Refugee Council: Children's Advisor
- Think Africa Press: Journalism Intern
- British Army: Soldier
- Eclectic Resolution Ltd.: Chairman
- Mining Journal: Magazine News Editor
- Lycee Francais Charles de Gaulle: Education Assistant
- MulberryMarketing.com: Copywriter and Creative Content Executive
- Green Alliance: Research Intern
- Mama Youth: Production Coordinator
- Oxfam: Management Intern
- NHS: Contracting Support Officer
- Lloyds Banking Group: Banker
- Bell International: Social Events Organiser
- House of Lords: Executive Assistant
- United Nations: Research Officer
- DHL: Graduate Trainee Manager
- Channel 4: Commissions Editorial Assistant
- University of Cambridge: MPhil Modern South Asian Studies
- BPP: LPC
- University of Geneva: MSc Development Studies
- Equity Mortgage Finance Ltd: Managing Director
- Elite Traveller's Magazine: Researcher and Writer
- Quest Overseas: Project and expedition leader
- SOAS: Teaching Fellow
- Data Monitor: Associate Researcher
- Haringey Council: Service Improvement Manager
- Home Office: Civil Servant
- BBC: Researcher on Historic Documentary
- Labour Friends of Palestine / Martin Linton MP: Project co-ordinator
- University of the Wituratersrand: Post Doctoral Research Fellow
- SOAS: Teaching Fellow
- University of Edinburgh: Lecturer
- Jadavpur University: Lecturer
- Public Records Office: Archivist
- The University of Oxford: PhD South African History
- SOAS: PhD African History
- Institute of Historical Research: Post Doctoral Fellow - History
DLHE Statistics
The chart above shows that SOAS History graduates are very employable. Graduate Destinations 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 history 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
