Employability and careers for business
At Surrey Business School our focus is to provide courses that will develop students into skilled and highly employable graduates. During your course you will engage with real businesses, have the opportunity to do a Professional Training Placement or Study Abroad.
Surrey graduates
90% of our undergraduate Surrey Business School graduates are in employment or further education* (Graduate Outcomes 2024, HESA).
This is the largest survey of employment and further study outcomes for UK graduates.
*UK domiciled graduates of full-time, undergraduate qualifications, in full-time employment, from higher education institutions.
Big Ideas
Our graduates go on to do amazing things! In our Big Ideas series we showcase some of our alumni working at start-up and SME businesses.
Hear from the joint founders of HOP, why they chose to start their own business, and how their courses equipped them for their roles.
Hear from Segun Akinwoleola, founder of The Gym Kitchen, and find out why he chose to start his own business, and how the Business Management BSc equipped him for the job.
Alumna Emily shares how a degree at Surrey Business School helped her prepare for a job at Huel.
Graduate prospects
- Abbey Road Studios
- Accenture
- Apple Inc.
- Asda
- AXA Insurance
- Barclays Bank
- Boots
- Cadbury
- Compass Group
- Debenhams
- DHL
- Ernst and Young
- Fujitsu
- Gala Coral
- Harrods
- Hewlett Packard
- HSBC
- IBM
- Intel
- Intercontinental Hotels
- JP Morgan
- Marks & Spencer
- Mars
- Microsoft
- P&O
- PriceWaterhouseCoopers
- RBS
- Samsung
- Santander
- SEB Sweden
- Tesco
- UBS
Professional Training placements
All of our undergraduate courses offer an optional Professional Training placement, which involves taking time out of studying to work in industry. Our placements give you the experience of working in a professional business environment, as well as presenting you with a unique opportunity to develop your confidence and professional identity.
You can do a placement here in the UK or you have the option to do your placement abroad.
Placement companies
We partner with over 2,300 national and international businesses of all sizes and across all sectors. These include companies such as Oracle, Morgan Stanley and the Walt Disney Company.
University of Surrey Employability and Careers
The University of Surrey Employability and Careers team offer a host of resources, careers information and advice to all university students.