Linguistics Graduate Destinations
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.
Who do graduates work for?
SOAS Linguistic graduates have gone on to employment in a range of professional roles in both business and public sectors, such as national governments in many parts of the world, international organisations, and development agencies, educational and cultural establishments, non-governmental organisations, and academia, various United Nations organisations, publishing and media organisations.
Destination of 2017 graduates (Undergraduates)
All undergraduate students are contacted 6 months after graduation to find out what they were doing - working, studying or something else, such as travelling.

Example employers:
- Blue Square Marketing
- British Airways (BA)
- Cratus Communications
- Korea Trade Centre (KOTRA)
- Rehash Studios
Example occupations:
- Assistant Manager
- Communications Intern
- Freelance Software Engineer
- Marketing Campaigning Officer
- Recruitment Co-ordinators
Destinations of 2017 graduates (postgraduates)
All postgraduate students are contacted 6 months after graduation to find out what they were doing - working, studying or something else, such as travelling.

Example employers:
- International Finance News
- Japan Centre
- King Saud University
- Ministry of Defence (MoD)
- Minority Rights Group
- Precise Media
- Prince Sultan University College for Women
- Selby District Council
- Timor Aid
- Zhejiang Normal University
Example occupations:
- Graduate Teaching Assistant
- Immigrations Adviser
- Lecturer in Translation
- Media Analyst
- News Reporters
- Policy Officer
- Post-doctoral Researcher
- Project Assistant
- Public Relations (PR) Account Executive
- Senior Strategy Officer
What do graduates do
Job Profiles and Careers Information
- Occupational profiles for 600 career areas on Prospects
- Postgraduate study information and database on Prospects
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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
- National Centre for Languages
- 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)