Careers available to physics graduates include finance, technology, software development, marketing, media production, medicine and management consultancy to name a few. The starting salary of physics graduates is consistently significantly higher than the national average.
A recent report by the Institute of Fiscal Studies suggested that physics was in the top 10 degree subjects (out of the 27 in the study) for the positive impact on early-career earnings of graduates.
The Institute of Physics has more guidance on careers available to physics graduates.
Graduates from the Department of Physics and Astronomy go on to work in a wide variety of careers. Some transfer skills gained during study into areas such as finance or IT. Other graduates continue to a higher degree such as a PhD or MSc, often as a precursor to a career in physics research.
You will graduate with an impressive array of skills including:
An Institute of Physics in 2012 showed that
physics graduates in employment earned 14% more than the average graduate salary.
Recent graduates from the School have gone to work into operational roles in organisations such as