After graduation
As a graduate from the School of Sociology and Social Policy, you will be one of over 136,000 members of a worldwide alumni community.
As one of our alumni, you can stay up to date with news and events through the Leeds Alumni Online community and Leeds, the twice-yearly magazine.
Through Leeds Alumni Online, you can keep in touch with, or search for, old friends, and find out about alumni groups and activities. You can also benefit from the alumni careers mentoring network, and a range of other services on offer.
At the School of Sociology and Social Policy, we are always eager to receive updates from our graduates. So, to keep in touch, email our alumni desk with your personal email address, and let us know your news, your achievements, your career developments or details of any reunions. Don't forget to include your name, your degree scheme and the dates you studied at Leeds, and please notify us about any change of address.
Careers
A degree from the School of Sociology and Social Policy opens up a great variety of career paths. Graduates have an excellent chance to find employment with major companies in the United Kingdom across the whole spectrum of business and industry.
More specialised career choices for our graduates include Management and Administration; Health and Social Work; Wholesale and Retail industries; working with non-governmental organisations (NGOs); the civil service; employment at the European Commission and higher education.
Common career paths
For further examples of career paths for Sociology students, see Prospects: sociology.
Careers advice
As a graduate of the University, you will be entitled to careers advice until you retire. The advice is available through the careers centre and the eGuidance service.