Careers and employability
A geography degree opens up a number of exciting pathways.
I founded a start-up business, Hive Urban Farms, with another University of Manchester Geography graduate.
Whilst at the University, I became really interested in cities and sustainability and this led to an interest in food and food production and - ultimately - I came across Urban Agriculture.
Without Geography at Manchester and James Evans’ sustainability field course, I would never have learned about urban agriculture.
Gareth / Geography
Geography graduates from The University of Manchester are very appealing to top employers. You'll leave university with a highly-valued set of transferable skills, including:
- communication;
- data analysis;
- problem-solving;
- research.
This is alongside the specialist geographical skills you'll develop, such as:
- conducting field analysis;
- undertaking interviews;
- working with spatial data.
Our graduates work in many different jobs. This includes roles in national charities, international organisations, local schools and councils.
What do our Geography graduates do?
- Advertising
- Business development
- Consulting
- Education
- Environmental work
- Finance
- Human resources
- Land management
- Law
- Local government
- Marketing
- Media and communications
- Planning
- PR and marketing
- Project management
- Research
- Sales
- Social work
Who employs our Geography graduates?
- Accenture
- BBC
- Environment Agency
- HSBC
- Manchester City Council
- National Health Service
- Network Rail
- PwC
- Sainsbury's
- Sky