Employers - Degree Apprenticeships

In 2015, Queen Mary University of London became one of the first Higher Education Institutions in the United Kingdom to deliver Degree Apprenticeships. Delivering to both levy-paying and non-levy paying organisations, Queen Mary University partner with a diverse range of employers including a number of leading international financial services firms and banks, global pharmaceutical firms, national retailers, IT/technology companies and a growing number of SME’s and organisations from the third and charitable sectors.

Queen Mary: Is it the right choice?

• WORLD-CLASS UNIVERSITY - We are in the top 125 universities in the
  world and the top 50 in Europe (Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2018).

• DEGREE APPRENTICESHIP PIONEER - We were the first Russell Group university to deliver Degree Apprenticeships and we remain at the forefront of this type of delivery.

• GO TO PARTNER FOR INDUSTRY - Close links with industry, including
  Goldman Sachs, GSK, BBC, Broadridge Financial, Experian, John Lewis, Xantura, Goji Investments, Sapphire Systems, Global and IBM.

• EXCEPTIONAL FACILITIES - 105m on new facilities in the past five years. 7,700 square metres of new learning and teaching space with the opening of the £39m Graduate Centre in early 2017.

• HIGH-QUALITY TEACHING - 9 Nobel Prize-winning alumni and staff. 55 academy and society fellows among Queen Mary academic staff. Personal Adviser support system for every Degree Apprentice.

• INNOVATIVE RESEARCH - We ranked 7th in the UK for the quality of research, with 92% of our research assessed as ‘world-leading or internationally excellent’ in the Research Excellence Framework (REF 2021).

Useful Links for Employers

The following links provide independent information and guidance about degree apprenticeships for employers.

• Degree Apprenticeship Guide for Employers from the Office of Students
• Funding an Apprenticeship from HM Government
• Learn more about degree apprenticeships from the Institute of Apprenticeships