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Why choose postgraduate study

  • Students in the graduate centreImprove your career prospects
  • Develop the transferable skills demanded by employers
  • Gain a competitive edge
  • Create an opportunity for networking
  • Develop a stronger academic and vocational profile
  • Pursue an academic career
  • Change to a new subject area
  • Explore your strengths, interests and aspirations

Why Coventry University

  • We are one of a few Universities that has its own dedicated centre for postgraduate students – the Graduate Centre
  • Postgraduate students have access to great facilities on campus like our fantastic student building, the Hub, our library and sport and recreation centre.
  • At Coventry University internationalisation is embedded throughout the curriculum. We offer the opportunity to equip yourself with the necessary skills to become a global leader with our unique Global Leaders Programme
  • Our partnerships with commercial, academic and governmental organizations are continually evolving
  • We are easily accessible with excellent rail, road and air links. Only 1 hour by train to London, and 15 minutes to Birmingham airport by train.
  • We are widely recognized for the high quality of our postgraduate provision. Our range of postgraduate education is sure to offer a solution to you whatever your needs.
  • We offer low cost, secure, accommodation within walking distance. “Student residences are within easy walking distance of the campus and city centre.” Good University Guide 2010.

 
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The value of a Postgraduate qualification

Of those students graduating in 2007-08, postgraduate candidates earned on average a salary of £23,500, six months after graduation. This compares to a salary of £19,000 for first degree holders – suggesting a postgraduate premium of around 24%.
Source: Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) – Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education (DLHE) survey

Postgraduate students are also more likely to be in employment soon after graduating
Source: Higher Education Statistic Agency (HESA) – Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education (DLHE) survey

Graduates with a postgraduate qualification are more likely than first-degree graduates to be in the highest three occupational categories (managers, professional, associate professional)
Source: Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) – Destination of Leavers from Higher Education Longitudinal Survey (2004-05 cohort)

Postgraduates are far more likely to enter the professions: 3.5 years after graduation, 94% of postgraduates are employed in the top professions, compared to 78% of undergraduates.
A leading study commissioned by the British Library and Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI)
Source: http://www.hepi.ac.uk/478-1769/Growth-in-UK%E2%80%99s-postgraduate-sector-driven-by-overseas-students.html

In a study conducted by Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education (DLHE) based on the cohort from 2006/7 by November 2010 over half (57.6%) of employed postgraduate leavers were in ‘Professional’ occupations compared to 36.4% of first degree leavers and 19.8% of other undergraduate leavers.
Source: http://www.hesa.ac.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2250&Itemid=286

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