Graduate Destinations
The department of Languages and Cultures of South Asia equips students with linguistic and cultural expertise along with a portfolio of widely transferable skills that employers seek. These include 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 Languages and Cultures of South Asia students 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:
- British Airways
- Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM)
- SEWA Bharat
Example occupations:
- Climate Change Project Intern
- Operations Officer
- Project Assistant
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:
- Baobab Centre GIZ
- BBC Radio
- Communication University of China (CUC)
- (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit
- OECD (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development)
- Vyners School
Example occupations:
- Climate Change Project Intern
- Freelance Journalist
- Lecturer
- Researcher
- Secondary School Teacher (Head of Music Studies)
- Senior Resident
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: India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka
- For more information about careers, visit Careers Tagged
Relevant Links
- South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)
- Asia Web Guide
- Africa & Asia Venture
- Pakistan Britain Trade and Investment Forum (PBTIF)
- IndiaMart
- Monster India
- Placement India
- Times Jobs & Careers in India
- Jobs in Bangladesh
- Info Nepal
- Jobs Nepal.com
- Sri Lanka Jobs
- Sri Lanka Job Bank
- Job Maldives