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Graduate career support
We've got your back for the long run.
Your career development at Bradford starts on day one. And it won't stop when you graduate.
We’ve got you covered for five years after you finish your degree with us. You'll have help with everything from perfecting your CV and practising for interviews, to researching roles and starting a business.
Ready to climb?
Build the skills, contacts and confidence to shape the future you want.
Join us at our Open Day on 18 April 2026, and sign up for career-driven updates.
The University of Bradford offers support for alumni for five years after they graduate. This feels reassuring, especially with how unpredictable the job market can be.
Aqeela, Assistant Psychologist, Bradford District Care Trust (NHS)
How do we support our graduates?
After you graduate, we’ll back you with the support, tools and resources to go after the job you want - and get it.
A careers team in your corner
Building a career takes time. We'll be with you all the way.
As a graduate, you can book time with our advisors whenever you need support, direction, or a confidence boost.
We'll help you:
- identify job roles that fit
- sharpen your CV, applications and cover letters
- prepare for your job interview
- map out your future development, including postgraduate study
- turn your ideas into your own business
Bradford Graduate Talent
A four-point personal plan to support your next move after graduation.
We'll work with you one-to-one to unpack what drives you, sharpen your applications, prep for interviews and plan what’s next.
Your graduate job, step by step
A personalised programme to help you land your first graduate role.
You’ll take on activities that fit where you’re at. Build practical skills and the momentum you need to find the graduate job you want. And the confidence to make it yours.
Career fairs
Meet employers, explore roles and get a feel for what’s out there.
Our career fairs help you research organisations, build confidence and start real conversations that can lead to your first graduate role.
Graduate resources
Help with every aspect of your career development.
We'll point you to resources that can help you, whatever your goals and barriers. Access everything from practice assessment tests to one-to-one sessions with a careers guidance specialist.
Career and Employability Services helped me send off applications for roles after I graduated. They helped me to apply for the role I am currently in, and helped build my interview skills. I would not have been able to get this role so quickly if it hadn’t been for the Career and Employability Services.
Aqeela, Assistant Psychologist, Bradford District Care Trust (NHS)
In it from day one
At Bradford, your career development starts in your first lecture and won't stop when you leave us.
We've got you from day one, and for five years after you graduate. Explore more of the support available to you:
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Get involved in career-focused activities while you study.
Ready to climb?
Build the skills, contacts and confidence to shape the future you want.
Join us at our Open Day on 18 April 2026, and sign up for career-driven updates.