Graduate careers in Cambridge
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Cambridge is where the past and present meet the future. You’ll find age-old tradition, up-to-date facilities and futuristic industry packed together in a city that’s just fifty minutes from London.
The city is best known for its educational institutions and it’s the work of graduates from these that has led to the creation of ‘Silicon Fen’, a cluster of cutting-edge software, electronics and biotechnology businesses, including multinationals CSR and ARM.
If you’re not technologically minded, however, there are still plenty of graduate opportunities on offer within the Cambridge area, as its city-in-the-country standard of living has made it popular with a wide range of recruiters.
Postgraduate study in and around Cambridge
The University of Cambridge is the second best university in the UK and has the highest level of research quality in the whole of the UK. Not surprisingly, it is also leading the way in many areas of research, including medicine, earth sciences, psychiatry, general and chemical engineering, chemistry, applied mathematics, computer science, architecture, town and country planning, Italian, anthropology and psychology.
Anglia Ruskin University (which also has a campus in Cambridge) has too built a reputation for its research into health and social work.
10 local graduate employers in Cambridge
- Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge (Education; Teaching)
- ARM Ltd, Cambridge (IT)
- Bidwells Property Consultants, Cambridge (Property)
- University of Cambridge, Cambridge (Education; Teaching)
- CSR, Cambridge (Engineering)
- Deloitte, Cambridge (Accounting and finance; Business consulting)
- Ernst & Young, Cambridge (Accounting and finance)
- Marshall Aerospace, Cambridge (Engineering; Management)
- National Institute of Agricultural Botany, Cambridge (Science and research)
- Schlumberger, Cambridge (Oil and gas; Engineering)
(Note: these companies may not be currently recruiting. Their names have been provided as a guideline to the type of work available and what areas to look in.)
Moving to Cambridge
It’s on the map for…
- King’s College chapel (think carols at Christmas time)
- Cycling – it’s flat and congested, so why would you drive?
- The annual summertime folk festival
It’s within commuting distance of…
- Newmarket – 15 miles
- Stevenage – 30 miles
- Peterborough – 39 miles
Monthly lettings costs in Cambridge
- Single room: £240–£320
- Double room: £272–£440
- Bedsit: £320–£504
- One-bed flat: £420–£692
- Two-bed flat: £564–£880