Graduate destinations

Exeter has an excellent reputation with employers and our Geology graduates compete very successfully in the employment market. Geology currently ranks 2nd in the UK for graduate level employment¹ based on the destinations of our 2009 graduates.

Our exemplary employment record continues with 15 of our 22 graduates of 2011 securing directly related employment in geology or geotechnics within 3 months of graduating, and a further 6 choosing to progress to related postgraduate programmes.

Employment destinations for our 2011 Geology graduates:

• Geotechnics, Leighton Asia, Hong Kong
• Geotechnics, working for Stucky Ltd (Swiss Company) on a contract for the Georgian Railway Construction Company, Georgia
• Geotechnics, Coffey Mining, Australia
• Mine Geologist, First Quantum Minerals Ltd, Zambia
• Mine Geologist, Glencore (Nantou Mining), Burkina-Faso
• Geotechnics, Leighton Asia, Hong Kong
• Avon Gold Corp. Mali
• Geotechnical Engineer, Coffey Mining, Australia
• Geologist, First Quantum Minerals Ltd, Zambia
• Geologist, MinTech, London
• Geologist, Glencore (Katanga Mining), Democratic Republic of Congo
• Geologist, Gnomic Exploration, Australia
• Exploration Geologist, Ecometals, Ecuador
• Exploration Geologist, Xstra Zanaga Services, Congo
• Geotechnics, Coffey Mining, Australia

Further Study:

• European Masters programme - Geotechnics, Camborne School of Mines
• MSc Science, Open University
• MSc Tunnelling and Underground Space, University of Warwick
• European Masters programme, Camborne School of Mines
• MSc Mining Geology, Camborne School of Mines

More information about the careers entered by graduates can be found at www.exeter.ac.uk/employability.

¹_{Based on proportion of UK domiciled, full-time, first degree graduates in Geology with a known career or study destination (HESA 2009/10)}