Career Advantage India

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.

As the first global top 100 university with a campus in India, you'll also benefit from our reputation with employers in India and the close connection with Southampton through our Delhi campus.

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 paid 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

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
• India-specific alumni networks through the Career Buddy scheme
• 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 seed funding, 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 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 global top 100 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.