Careers
If you choose to take one of our degrees, you are preparing to work in a world where change is the norm, even though the physical laws you are applying and manipulating remain constant.
There is no part of the modern world in which electronic, electrical and systems engineering do not play a key part. Whether you choose to work in a specific industry sector or in the supporting technology companies, your degree could take you almost anywhere. There are seemingly endless applications for everything you will learn!
- Equal 1st in the UK for career prospects in the Guardian University Guide 2012
- 91% of our 2010 graduates are in employment or further study
A useful source of careers information is the Tomorrow's Engineers website.
Career Prospects at Loughborough University
- Loughborough is one of the top 20 universities targeted by large, graduate employers (Higher Fliers 'The Graduate Market' report)
- Loughborough’s Careers and Employability Centre has been voted as one of the top ten among UK Higher Education Institutes - the support we offer to help you get employment is comprehensive and brilliant!
- 65% of Loughborough’s degrees offer a year in business, industry or commerce. (All of our School's degrees offer this vital opportunity.)
- 77% of all the University graduates are in 'higher graduate' occupations, compared with the national average of 67%
Graduate Destinations
These companies have all recruited our graduates in recent years.
Airbus
ARM
Atkins
Babcock
BAE Systems
BT
DSTL
E.ON
EDF Energy
Ericsson
Exxon Mobil
Frazer-Nash Consultancy
Fujitsu
GCHQ
GE
HewlettPackard
HSBC
Imagination Technologies
Jaguar LandRover
L3 Communications
Lockheed Martin
National Grid
National Instruments
NATS
Network Rail
Philllips
Qinetiq
Rolls-Royce
Royal Air Force
Selex Galileo
Shell
Siemens
Thales
Toyota
Xerox
Where will your first job be?
Graduates' Profiles
Alexander Gilbert (MEng Electronics and Computer Systems Engineering)
Project Manager – Finance, HSBC
Ed Leggott (MEng Systems Engineering)
Flight Systems Engineer,
BAE Systems
Mustanir Ali (MEng Electronics & Software Engineering)
Electronics Engineer, A geotechnical consultancy firm
Russell Davison ( MEng Systems Engineering)
Mission Systems Engineer, BAE Systems
Alex Sharman ( MEng Electronic and Electrical Engineering)
Design Assurance Engineer, National Grid