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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:

Education

Learn about the career opportunities that await our Education students.

Languages

Learn how highly employers value our language graduates.

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.

Science

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

Social sciences

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

Your career choice not listed here? You'll find detailed careers information with every course description.

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