MPhil in Technology Policy careers

Careers support

As an MPhil in Technology Policy student you will have access to the University of Cambridge’s excellent careers service.

Its recruitment events attract major global companies, who are keen to hire from the talent pool assembled in Cambridge (the 2022 Global University Employability Ranking, published by Times Higher Education, placed Cambridge fourth in a list of the universities from which global companies recruit), and offer you excellent networking opportunities.

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Where are our alumni working now?

On completion of their Technology Policy degree, our students have secured an impressive range of positions reflecting the diversity of the students and their interests. The table below provides a list of the sectors and a sampling of some of the firms where our graduates have found employment. Although not intended to be comprehensive, the table generally lists those firms and organisations that have employed the greatest number of our graduates (e.g. McKinsey is the consultancy which has employed the most graduates and Shell is the largest employer among the energy firms).

Career paths

The largest number of graduates (some 25%) find employment at consultancies, followed by finance (20%), government (15%), large ICT firms (15%), energy firms (10%), as well as international organisations, health care, infrastructure, design, legal, media, transport and aerospace, NGOs and technology start-ups.

The main employers among the large consultancies are McKinsey, Deloitte, PwC, EY, Accenture, BCG, medium-sized consultancies such as PA Consulting or Analysys Mason, as well as a number of small, boutique consultancies who are specialists in IT, logistics or energy.

The next largest alumni groups are in finance and in government agencies. Typical financial sector firms include Standard Chartered Bank, Royal Bank of Scotland or JP Morgan as well as development banks such as the Korea Development Bank and the Indian National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development. Many find employment in their national governments or join us during a sabbatical year during government (or military) service.

Many graduates go to work in a range of jobs in large multinational firms in the tech, energy and pharmaceutical sectors. Typical firms employing our graduates include Google, Microsoft, Shell, Engie, Novartis, Alibaba, Lenovo and GE, although some find employment at smaller or national firms.

Students also find employment in international agencies or multilateral banks such as the World Bank, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Asian Development Bank, the United Nations system, the Commonwealth Secretariat and the International Energy Agency.

Some 15-20% of our graduates go on to further graduate work either immediately or after several years, to doctoral studies in economics, innovation, engineering as well as professional studies such as law and MBAs or PhDs in pure and applied sciences.

Although, the vast majority of alumni go to work at large firms, many of our students are inspired by the entrepreneurship ethos that pervades Cambridge. A large number of our students are involved in the Cambridge University Technology and Enterprise Club (CUTEC), Cambridge Entrepreneurs and the Venture Capital & Private Equity Club. In so doing, they get to experience the Cambridge Cluster first hand.