What you'll receive

On top of our regular careers service, if you're from India, you'll also benefit from:

  • connections to employers who actively hire international students through the Graduate Route and Skilled Worker visas
  • graduating with UK work experience on your CV
  • support whether you want to get a job or to build your own business
  • a global alumni network you can tap into for life, back home and in the UK
  • access to one of the largest career support services at a UK university 
     

What is Career Advantage?

Watch our 3 short videos to hear how our Career Advantage programme supports students from India.

Our support starts when you accept your offer, throughout your studies and after you graduate.

  • Career Advantage India

  • Careers support

  • Entrepreneurship support

Talk to us and plan your next steps

Build your personal career path

The experience you'll gain through our Career Advantage programme in the UK translates into global opportunity. You'll be ready to make an impact in India's fast-moving job market.

Before you arrive

When you accept your offer from us, we'll invite you to join our Career Ready+ webinar series. 

These sessions help you:

  • build professional skills
  • understand job opportunities in the UK and India
  • start your career planning early
  • connect with alumni, industry connections and University staff

While you study

At Southampton, you can take part in:

  • skills-based volunteering opportunities - digitally badged and verified by the University
  • over 500 internship opportunities
  • skills development activities linked to our award-winning Successful Futures programme
  • enterprise workshops, challenges and mentoring
  • one-to-one careers guidance and employer events
  • India-specific alumni networks through the Career Buddy scheme

These routes are flexible and visa-compatible alongside your studies. Your experience is officially checked, confirmed and recognised by the University, so employers have trusted evidence of your skills.

Volunteering gives you genuine UK work experience that's flexible (from a few hours to several weeks), visa-compatible, and valued by employers back home.

After you graduate

You'll receive tailored support from our dedicated careers consultant in India for up to 5 years after you graduate.

Support includes:

  • intensive job coaching
  • employer networking events
  • guidance for entering India's graduate job market
  • opportunities to connect with our global alumni community

If you're interested in starting your own business, you can also access enterprise support when you return home.

Additional support

Mentoring

You'll have access to:

  • online mentoring with industry professionals
  • UK-India mentoring links
  • networking events and insights

These support you in understanding different job markets and building meaningful professional connections.

Enterprise and business

We're proud of our ecosystem of enterprise and innovation. Whether you're interested in starting your own business or building a freelance career, you'll have the space and support you need.

You can:

  • access the Student Enterprise Junction co-working space
  • tap into the Student Enterprise Fund, enterprise mentors and skills development support
  • develop your entrepreneurial skills alongside your degree and career activities
  • harness our specialist knowledge to start up your own business when you return to India

With strong internship options, dedicated in-country support and entrepreneurial opportunities, you'll be equipped to make an impact in India's fast-growing job market.

What you can do now

What happens next

To access our Career Ready+ offer holder programme, you will need to accept your offer from us. We will email you all the details before the programme starts.

By choosing to come to Southampton, you’re not only joining a top 20 UK university; you’re taking the first steps in shaping your future through our innovative approach to career development. 

With our new Career Advantage programme, you’ll gain skills, experience, connections and opportunities before you even arrive on campus, and long after you graduate.