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Career prospects

An Open University qualification offers outstanding career prospects.

Whether you’re studying with us in order to improve or transform your career, return to academia, pursue an interest or even change the world, your OU qualification is sure to be appealing to employers.

After all, 80% of the UK FTSE top 100 companies choose to train and educate their staff with us. So rest assured your qualification will be well received by UK and multinational employers.

Learn about your career prospects by subject:

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Arts and Humanities

Learn about the transferable skills and career potential of an arts and humanities qualification.

Careers in Arts and Humanities

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Business and Management

Learn how your OU business and management qualification will be valued by employers.

Careers in Business and Management

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Computing and IT

Learn about the range of career opportunities available to our Computing and IT graduates.

Careers on Computing and IT

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Education

Learn about the career opportunities that await our Education students.

Careers in Education

Languages

Learn how highly employers value our language graduates.

Careers in Languages

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Law

Learn about the career prospects for our law students and view the law courses available.

Mathematics and Statistics

Learn about the likely career paths of our mathematics and statistics graduates.

Careers in Mathematics and Statistics

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Science

Learn about the possibilities that await you as an OU science graduate.

Careers in Science

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Social sciences

Learn about your career prospects as an OU social sciences graduate.

Careers in Social sciences

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