Graduate Destinations
A degree in Languages and Cultures of Near and Middle East from SOAS equips students with competency in language skills and intercultural awareness and understanding. Graduates leave SOAS with linguistic and cultural expertise along with a portfolio of widely transferable skills which employers including written and oral communication skills; attention to detail; analytical and problem solving skills; and the ability to research, amass and order information from a variety of sources.Who do graduates work for?
SOAS Near and Middle East 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:
- Akademiker Sorburndet SSR
- Cara / Institute for Strategic Dialogue
- Cordoba Foundation
- Deloitte
- Edelman
- Financial Conduct Authority
- Humanitarian Research Service
- International Society for Water Solutions
- Metropolitan Police Service
- Shi'ah Institute
Example occupations:
- Associate Auditor
- Community Advocate
- Fellowship and Extreme Dialogue Intern
- Graduate Development Programme Participant
- International Account Manager
- Interpreter and Translator
- Researcher
- Trainee Broker
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:
- The American University in Cairo
- Association of Commonwealth Universities
- Eskişehir Osmangazi Üniversitesi
- Foreign Office
- Korea Energy Economic Institute
- Master Technosoft
- MEED.com
- UNHCR (United Nations High Comissioner for Refugees)
- United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
- Cambridge Muslim College
Example occupations:
- Civil Servant
- Freelance Textbook Designer
- Human Resources (HR) Manager
- Journalist
- Koran Teacher
- Public Information Intern
- Freelance Textbook Designer
- Scholarships Assistant
- Policy Intern
- Research Fellow
What do Graduates do?
Job Profiles and Careers Information
- Occupational profiles for 600 career areas on Prospects
- Postgraduate study information and database on Prospects
- Country profiles: Israel, Pakistan, Turkey and United Arab Emirates
- For more information about careers, visit Careers Tagged
Relevant Links
- Directory of Development Organisations
- Arab-British Chamber of Commerce
- The Emirates Network
- Bahrain Chamber of Commerce
- British Business Forum Oman
- Saudi Arabia Information Centre
- World Education Service
- Department for International Development
- Middle East Careers
- British Iranian Chamber of Commerce
- Job search in Israel
- Jobs in Dubai
- Jobs in Eqypt
- Arab Recruit
- Gulf Jobs
- Times Jobs & Careers in the Gulf
- Trusted Company Jobs
- Almehan