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Physics

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Careers Network is here to support you by providing information, advice, guidance, events and opportunities to enable you to secure placements, work experience, self-employment and graduate careers.

Working closely with your academic school, our team of experts ensures that every student has access to careers advice.  As well as large careers fairs, we hold sector-specific events, involving employers and Loughborough alumni, to help you make valuable connections and secure high-quality placements and graduate roles. 

To find out more about what we do and how we can support you, visit Meet the teams. 

Details of the Placements Officers for your school can be found here.

We look forward to supporting you throughout your Loughborough journey.

Key skills developed during your degree

  • problem-solving skills and a pragmatic and analytical approach
  • reasoning skills and the capacity to construct logical arguments and grasp complex problems
  • research and data analysis 
  • numeracy skills, helpful for finding solutions to scientific problems mathematical modelling and interpreting and presenting graphs
  • practical skills, such as using technical equipment
  • the ability to communicate complex ideas and use technical language correctly, discussing ideas and taking on other viewpoints
  • teamworkingand project management skills
  • Practical skills – such as planning, experimenting and reporting, using technical equipment and paying attention to detail
  • effective time management and organisational skills
  • competence at using specialist software packages and some programming

Career options

Jobs directly related to your degree:

Jobs where your degree would be useful include:

Further study

Further study at Loughborough University:

Loughborough’s  Physics department is research intensive, actively engaged with industry, and advances knowledge across the breadth of the physical sciences; comprising an international community of respected academic staff and students from around the world. Their research-focused postgraduate programmes combine taught modules with the opportunity to develop research skills and work on an extensive supervised research project alongside experts in the field.

For more information please visit the Department of Physics Postgraduate study page

Further study elsewhere:

Find a Masters in Physics across the UK and Europe

Find a PhD across the world

Where do graduates go?

What do Loughborough Physics graduates do?

Graduates from this subject area have gone on to destinations where:

Employers included:

NHS, Acturis, Dorset Software, Triumph, Bombardier, Atos, PWC, Jacobs Engineering, Royal Navy, MBDA, Dstl, Microsoft, SportCast, Olympus Technologies, Rolls Royce, Tesco, Science and Technology Facilities council, Catapult, IAG Technology, Home Office

Roles Included:

Game Developer, Data Analyst, Academic Researcher, Accounts Assistant, Pensions Officer, Police Officer, Air Traffic Management Consultant, Civil Project Engineer, Graduate Software Engineer, Management Trainee, Safety Specialist, Investment Analyst, HR Assistant, Quality Inspector, Laser Scientist, Sport Trading Analyst, PhD Student, Venture Development Analyst, Quantitative Analyst.

Further study destinations included:

Loughborough University, Cardiff University, Strathclyde University.

Further Information:

For more information on companies graduates work for, industry links and career opportunities, visit the subject area page of the University website.  You can also find out what our students say in our student stories of personal journeys through and beyond Loughborough and track the career journeys and Loughborough experiences of some of our alumni.

Resources to research career areas

Websites:

Resources to find work experience, placements and graduate jobs

Students have the option of taking a year-long placement in industry which provides an invaluable opportunity to develop their professional and technical skills further. You will receive talks in your department and one-to-one appointments to help you with the recruitment process for this.

Additionally, we advertise many opportunities for summer internships and encourage students to gain experience valuable in the workplace through extra-curricular activities such as volunteering, committee memberships, work-shadowing and part-time work.

Find a selection of useful job sites below.

Industry specific websites:

There are many specialist recruitment agencies, some of which are listed below:

You can find information on using recruitment agencies on the Prospects website here.

Professional bodies, sector and labour market information (LMI)

Professional bodies:

Sector and labour market information:

Target Connect
Target Connect for Graduates & Researchers

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