Graduate Destinations
How does a degree in Linguistic help with my career?
A degree in Linguistics from SOAS gives students the ability to engage in analytical thought, to carry out research-like work on unfamiliar data and to control and understand the use of language. It provides students with a portfolio of widely transferable skills which employers seek including the ability to transcribe and analyse language; to present linguistic data in different formats and research analysis techniques. Graduates from the Linguistics department have found that their language skills are in demand from a wide variety of organisations.
Former Linguistic 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:
- IUFM de L'Academie de Rouen: English Assistant
- Self-employed: English Teacher
- Siracuse University: Research Assistant
- RWS Translation: Finisher
- Refugee Women's Association: Employment Adviser
- Kaplan: LPC
- UCL: Neuroscience Language
- SOAS: MA Applied Japanese Linguistics
- SOAS: MA Linguistics
- UCL: Speech & Science Liguistics
- Kingston University: PGCE Primary
- Whiteknight Consultants: Director
- SOAS: Postdoctoral Researcher
- Rainbow Language in Business: Tutor
- Taiba University Madina Saudi Arabia: Assistant Professor
- Unspecified Inport/Export Company: Marketing Director
- University of Kurdistan: Teaching Theories of Language
- Vongs Solicitors: Translator
- Language Line Ltd: Freelance Interpreter/Translator
- United Nations: Translator
- Amanara Certified Translation Agency: Project Manager Translation Agency
- Haringey Chinese School: Mandarin teacher
- Red Cross: Translator
- Foundation on International & Cross Strait Studies: Assistant Director
- Hans Rausing Endangered Languages Project (SOAS): Freelance Research Assistant
- Government: Urdu Editor
- BBC: Production Trainee
- Military Service: Linguist
- Unspecified English Language School: Head of Teacher Trainer
- Institute of Race Relations: Research Assistant
- Hogarth Worldwide: Transcreation Manager
- University of Latvia: Interpreter Course
- SOAS: MA Linguistics
- University of Oxford: Palaeography & Linguistics
- SOAS: PhD Linguistics
- SOAS: MA Theory & Practice in Translation
- Dorset Adult Education Service: Further Education Teacher (Teaching Adults)
DLHE Statistics
The chart above shows that SOAS Linguistics 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
- Linguistics: Job Options
- SOAS Alumni Spotlight
- Prospects: What do 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
Relevant Organisations
- The Chartered Institute of Linguists
- The Institute of Translation and Interpreting
- The Association of Translation Companies
- The International Association of Conference Interpreters
- Civil Service Jobs Online
- BBC World Service
- Centre for Information on Language Teaching & Research
- Directorate General for Interpretation
- Directorate General for Translation (DGT)
- EU Careers
- Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO)
- Graduate Teacher Training Registry (GTTR)
- National Languages Strategy
- National Register of Public Service Interpreters (NRPSI)
