LSE students’ career interests span a diverse range of sectors, organisation types, roles and geographies, and our offer of careers support is designed to reflect this.
Across the year, LSE Careers runs a number of themed programmes alongside our core careers education events, each designed to support you as you explore and develop your own interests.
These programmes usually focus on a particular sector or location, and showcase a range of relevant resources and sector or location-specific events, as well as opportunities to connect with alumni and employers in your fields of interest.
Programmes that launch in Autumn Term
Over the months covered by LSE's Autumn Term, many organisations have open recruitment windows, including large employers looking to recruit to graduate training programmes, such as those in the banking and consultancy sectors.
Applications Day
Want to know how to craft standout applications and confidently navigate the job market? Join LSE Careers for Applications Day to access practical tools and expert advice on just that.
With lots of different sessions running throughout the day, Applications Day can be equally helpful whether you're just starting out or you already have some experience in making applications.
Discover | Banking and financial services
Led by our flagship Banking and Financial Services Careers Fair in early October, Discover | Banking and financial services is our careers programme for students seeking career insights, recruitment information, and opportunities in the banking and financial services sectors.
Careers in the UK for international students
Designed to support international students and graduates looking for work in the UK, either during or after your studies, our Careers in the UK programme can help you to navigate UK recruitment processes and build your professional network.
Discover | Consultancy
Led by our flagship Consultancy Careers Fair in early October, Discover | Consultancy is our careers programme for students seeking career insights, recruitment information, and opportunities in consultancy.
Careers in India
LSE's Careers in India programme offers a range of online and in-person events, plus useful resources, designed to support students looking to work in India.
Careers in the US
If you're planning to look for employment in the United States, our Careers in the US programme of resources and events can help you explore where your career in the US could take you.
Discover | Public sector and policy
If you’re considering a career in the public sector or would like to find out more about different types of policy and political work, our Discover | Public sector and policy programme can help you understand the wide range of opportunities available.
Discover | International Development (ID)
Thinking of working in development? Whether you’re unsure what you want from your career, or you already have some ideas you’d like to explore further, our Discover | ID programme is designed specifically for any LSE student or recent graduate with an interest in the development sector.
Discover | International Organisations
Discover | International Organisations is our careers programme for LSE students looking to understand what different international organisations do, how they are structured, and what they might be looking for in applicants.
It includes our flagship Discover International Organisations Day event, which is held in early November and sees representatives of international organisations come to campus to connect with LSE students and graduates.
Discover | Sustainability
Looking to explore sustainability-related career opportunities? Discover | Sustainability is our careers programme for students and recent alumni looking to do just that. Join us across Autumn Term for a series of fascinating events in this ever-growing space.
Discover | Law and legal services
Discover | Law and legal services is our careers programme for LSE students and recent graduates interested in working in law, whether you're studying a related degree or a different discipline.
Discover | FMCG and global brands
Our Discover | FMCG and global brands programme will introduce you to some of the opportunities available in the industry and help you understand the skills and experience that are important for and can be developed in FMCG-related roles.
Programmes that launch in Winter Term
During Winter Term, we turn our programme towards some of the sectors that often work with less timebound recruitment windows, as well as looking towards the summer and our in-country Careers in China fairs.
Discover | Data
Part of our series of sector discovery programmes, Discover | Data is our programme for LSE students who are interested in working in any kind of data role. This might include roles in data analytics, data science, AI, machine learning, automation, and other roles with data at the heart of their day-to-day tasks.
Discover | Tech
This is our careers programme for current LSE students and recent graduates wanting to find out more about a career in the tech sector, in either technical or non-technical roles. This could be in big tech organisations, consultancies, or startups in FinTech, HealthTech, EdTech and related areas.
Discover | Careers in creative industries
The creative industries are notoriously tricky to crack. That's why we run a series of masterclasses, hands-on skills sessions, screenings and panel events to provide an overview of possible roles in, and routes into, the creative sector.
Careers in Brussels
If you’re interested in a career within the EU institutions and the organisations that work with them then this programme is for you. It usually includes an in-country careers fair, opportunities to connect with Brussels-based alumni, and the chance to attend workshops with key employers.
Careers in China
Employers in finance, consulting, energy, technology and education take part in this programme which supports students looking to work for international and Chinese organisations based in mainland China and Hong Kong (SAR).
Alongside a number of online employer panels and discussions, this programme also features our annual in-country Careers in China fairs during the summer months, where you can meet with local and national employers looking to recruit LSE students.
Discover | Careers with social impact
As well as exploring options in NGOs and charities, this programme also encourages you to explore the full breadth of ‘social impact careers’ across many sectors, as well as supporting you to understand exactly what a ‘career with social impact’ means to you.
Discover | Political risk
This programme offers an opportunity for students interested in gaining insights into some of the broadest, most dynamic and international sectors to work in.
Across all terms
The events outlined above are complemented during the year by further opportunities to engage with alumni and employers as well as skills sessions and workshops which will help you develop the skills to grow and succeed.
Diversity and inclusion programme
We run several diversity-focused events and student support initiatives in areas including being disabled, being lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer (LGBTQ+) and based on race equity, gender and social mobility.
Meet an alum
Throughout term time, we invite alumni to speak with small groups of students about their careers. The sessions, which are sometimes part of our wider sector discovery programmes, focus on specific themes and allow you to build your knowledge and understanding from first-hand alumni accounts.
Employer recruitment and networking events
Affectionately known as ERANs, these events offer an opportunity for informal discussions with employers from a specific sector. Think careers fair but smaller scale.
Employer presentations
Learn more and ask questions about recruitment and the culture of organisations at live employer presentations throughout the academic year. Like our Meet an alum events, some employer presentations are part of our wider sector discovery programmes, while others may be more niche.
Skills seminars with employers
You might feel that you need a chance to practice your interview technique, understand what it feels like to work with a group of strangers to solve a business problem, or want to get to grips with the numeracy tests that employers expect you to complete as part of recruitment processes. If so, our skills seminar programme is designed to help you to prepare for a range of different types of assessment, offering you the chance to experience the kind of work you’ll do with a particular employer and helping you develop the broader skills a successful professional needs.
Want to see everything on offer? You can explore and book onto all upcoming LSE Careers events on our online careers portal.