PhD graduate careers stories

Careers case studies can help to illustrate the wide range of career options available to you after graduation.

You may also find that they provide useful advice, and give you insight into day to day life in different job roles.   

You can visit our growing bank of PGR Careers case studies from University of Birmingham graduates to find out what former PGRs have gone on to do.

• Research Careers: Explore Your Options Beyond Academia - A collection of profiles of people who have made the transition from academia to industry put together by Oxford University. UCL have a similar bank of PGR career case studies
• The ABPI have an extensive bank of case studies for roles in the pharmaceutical industry, including a number from PhD holders
• Jobs.ac.uk has a bank of professional case studies from people working in non-academic roles in universities
• If you would like some help in exploring your post-PGR career options, you can also set up a meeting with the PGR Careers Adviser

• Explore career stories from former PhDs who have gone into a range of different career areas with the University of Sheffield's 'Think Ahead' blog. The posts span a wide range of professional areas. Another similar resource is this one from Discover PhDs 

Research Staff Development Consultant at King's College London

Video from Tom Rusbridge - PhD History, 2020

Program Manager at Vanderbilt University School of Nursing

Video from Dr Feylyn Lewis - PhD Social Work, 2018.

PhD Mechanical Engineer CDP at Air Products

Harith Jayakody - PhD Mechanical Engineering, 2019

Antibody Discovery Scientist at GlaxoSmithKline

Amandeep Kaur - PhD Immunology & Immunotherapy, 2020

Assistant Licensing & Ventures Manager

Werther Vecchiato - PhD Cardiovascular Sciences, 2021

Assistant Audit Manager at KPMG

Wei-Sheng Lin - PhD Byzantine Studies, 2019

Senior International Policy Adviser

Georgina Fitzgibbon - PhD Medieval History, 2019

Implementation Specialist at Risilience

Video from Arthur Kennedy-Cochran-Patrick - PhD Management Mathematics, 2021

Portfolio Manager at BBSRC

Carys Howell - PhD Biosciences, 2020

Associate Management Consultant at PwC

Taron Nijar – MSc by Research - Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences, 2021

Software Engineer at The Economist Group

Matilde Aliffi - PhD Philosophy, 2019

Scientist at Cambridge Research Company

Isabel M. Ornelas - PhD Nanophysics, 2020

Academic Liaison Librarian at Coventry University

James Barnett - MPhil English Literature

Management Consultant at Deloitte

Vasilisa Takoeva - PhD Management

Data Analyst at Arcadis

Simina Rebegea - PhD Mechanical Engineering

PhD Researcher in Civil Engineering at the University of Birmingham

Manu Sasidharan - MSc Civil Engineering and Management, 2014

Postdoctoral Research Fellow at AstraZeneca

Lewis Ward - PhD in Immunology

Regulatory Affairs Associate at GSK

Alessandro Lazdins - PhD in Biosciences

Research Impact Officer at Brunel University London

Victoria Schuppert - PhD Classics