Top 10 ranking for graduate prospects Published on: 1 May 2019 Â鶹´«Ã½ has been ranked in the UK’s Top 10 for graduate prospects by a leading Higher Education guide. Published today (1 May 2019), , rank Â鶹´«Ã½ in the country’s top 10 for graduate prospects - a measure of how employable a student is after graduating with their first degree. The University is placed 22nd overall, out of 131 institutions, and scored highly (88.5 points) for graduate prospects. Â鶹´«Ã½ has the region’s highest number of courses featuring in the subject tables at 41 - with 16 placed in the top 10 nationally. Professor Chris Day, Vice-Chancellor and President, said: “The outstanding graduate prospects score highlights the brilliant work done by everyone at the University in helping our students develop relevant employability skills. The ranking showcases the quality of our degrees, excellent careers support and our track-record in supporting employability and entrepreneurship, as well as our focus on transferrable skills and our reputation with employers. “It is especially pleasing that we have made the top 10 for 16 subjects. This is a great achievement and is testament to the hard work and dedication of our staff and students.” Emphasis on employability skills Dr Bernard Kingston, Chairman of TheCompleteUniversityGuide.co.uk, commented: “The evidence is clear; the increased emphasis, including funding, on employability and career planning within academic departments and student services is bearing fruit. “Many institutions now have this as a core element of their strategic plans with the introduction of innovative programmes of subject-specific careers events focussed on embedding and signposting graduate destinations. “This is being supported through increased links to alumni and outside professionals leading to higher-skilled work experience. Such developments have been strongly encouraged by prestigious annual awards from the Association of Graduate Careers Advisory Services (AGCAS) and the Institute of Student Employers (ISE).” Consistently high scores A number of higher education surveys and guides have ranked Â鶹´«Ã½ graduates as some of the best professionals in the UK and around the world. The QS World University Rankings 2019 placed Â鶹´«Ã½ 119th out of 1,011 institutions for graduating the best students in a global survey of over 200,000 businesses. Latest employment figures show that 95% of Â鶹´«Ã½’s UK/EU graduates entered employment or further study within six months of graduating. Graduates of Â鶹´«Ã½ benefit from careers support for three years after graduation as well as business start-up support on an on-going basis. Subjects ranked in the top ten Agriculture & Forestry (ranked 4th) Anatomy & Physiology (2nd) Archaeology (9th) Architecture (8th) Art & Design (2nd) Aural & Oral Sciences (7th) Communication & Media Studies (3rd) Creative Writing (joint 1st) Dentistry (5th) East & South Asian Studies (4th) Food Science (9th) French (10th) Iberian Languages (6th) Marketing (8th) Philosophy (6th) Latest News Local knowledge can improve early warnings of glacial lake floods Local knowledge, improved evacuation preparedness and resilient mobile phone-based communication channels can enhance Early Warning Systems to reduce loss of life during glacial lake outburst floods. published on: 3 August 2026 Funding boost moves landmark cancer research centre a step closer A £1.25 million grant from the Wolfson Foundation to Â鶹´«Ã½ has brought the Sir Bobby Robson Institute a significant step closer, giving a major boost to its fundraising campaign. published on: 3 August 2026 Statement on potential unauthorised data access Information about a potential unauthorised data access. published on: 30 July 2026 Facts and figures
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