Your learning experience : Giving you a step up
Preparing you for employment : placements , careers and employability
We work hard to ensure that our graduates are fully equipped with the knowledge and skills to compete successfully in the jobs market .
Our employment rate
At 3 %, QMU has the lowest level of unemployment in Scotland for its graduates 15 months after they have graduated . The average figure for Scotland is 5 %*.
* Source : Graduate Outcome Statistics 2018 / 19 , published by HESA in July 2021 )
Courses designed for a satisfying career
QMU provides a range of professionally relevant courses , at undergraduate and postgraduate level , and produces graduates who are well prepared to enter a career after graduation .
Our courses aim to enable you to have a positive impact on people ’ s everyday lives and the type of careers that our graduates enter are ones that will bring job satisfaction and the opportunity to contribute to society .
We are one of the leading providers of courses allied to medicine , and the professional accreditation , approval and registration provided by these courses allows our graduates to begin working immediately , often in the National Health Service ( NHS ), as , for example , physiotherapists , podiatrists , occupational therapists , radiographers and dieticians . Our other health sciences courses can lead graduates into commercial research work , further academic research and entrepreneurship .
Our range of business courses produce graduates who go on to very successful careers , whether running their own businesses or working in the marketing , retail , events , hospitality and tourism sectors . Our arts and social sciences graduates go on to have successful careers in a variety of fields , with many now carving out self-employed careers , for instance , establishing their own theatre companies . There are also excllent career opportunities for our education graduates .
Examples of the variety of jobs in which our students have found employment are provided on the individual course pages and case studies in this prospectus , and on our website at www . qmu . ac . uk / study-here / student-stories /
Placements
Many of our courses include an integral placement as part of the curriculum . This can range from a few weeks to several months of each year depending on the course , and some courses offer opportunities in the UK and overseas . Our placements are set up to provide students with an environment for practical learning , utilising what you have learnt in the classroom in a real-world setting and offering the opportunity to learn on the job , within the supportive environment of the University .
Placement opportunities are an invaluable tool in the learning process , and they help students towards their future career . By gaining real-world experience , our students are more prepared for the working world and often find their placements help them with job opportunities . Getting a ‘ foot on the ladder ’ when at university can help secure a job in the future , and the network of contacts you build can prove invaluable over time .
More information on the placement opportunities in each course can be found on the individual course pages in this prospectus . Many of the student case studies in this prospectus and on our website also mention placement experiences .
Internships
We offer a number of internships through Santander Universities that give students and recent graduates the opportunity to gain invaluable work experience : see pages 20 — 21 for more information .
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