Careers Fairs

At our popular Careers Fairs, you'll get one-to-one time with a range of recruiters looking to hire UCL students and graduates.

We host careers fairs to give you the opportunity to meet employers targeting UCL students and recent graduates. By talking to representatives from a range of recruiting organisations, you can find out more about potential career paths, or take the next step in preparing to apply for one of their roles. A broad range of employers attend our fairs, from international organisations to small and medium businesses, so you can compare what they have to offer.  

As a UCL student or recent graduate, you’re welcome to attend all UCL Careers Fairs, no matter which course you are studying.

Fair Dates

All of the following events will be open for booking two weeks before the event date.

UCL Summer Jobs Market

Booking for the 2023/24 Summer Jobs Market fair will open on Monday 20 June 2024.

Tuesday 4th June, 1:30pm-4:30pm
South Cloisters, Wilkins Building

The UCL Summer Jobs Market is a great opportunity to meet and network with employers from a variety of industries who are still looking to recruit for jobs, internships and graduate schemes this summer - all with current vacancies/ immediate starts. The Jobs Market is open to all students and graduates (up to three years after graduating) from all degree disciplines, although many opportunities will be aimed towards final year students.

Please register for one timeslot at the event.

Employers at the event include Lansha Property, TeachFirst, Alten, Tesco Supply Chain and more!

A broad range of employers attend our fairs, from international organisations to small and medium sized businesses, so you can really compare what everyone has to offer.

Shanghai Online Careers Fair

Booking for the Shanghai Online Careers Fair will open closer to the fair date.

Thursday 19 September, 8:30am-1pm GMT

This fair is aimed at final-year students and recent graduates bringing together Multi Nationals, Shanghai Companies, and Research Institutes who are looking to recruit this year / immediately, to fill roles based in Shanghai.

Autumn Sector-Themed Fairs

Booking for the 2024/25 academic year Autumn Sector-Themed Fairs is not yet open. Please check closer to the dates of each fair to book your place from this page.

• Management Consultancy - Wednesday 9 October 2024, 4pm-7pm
• Life & Health Sciences - Monday 14 October 2024, 4:30pm-7:30pm (Off Campus)
• Banking, Finance & Economics, Day 1 - Wednesday 16 October 2024, 4pm-7pm
• Banking, Finance & Economics, Day 2 (also featuring Economics zone) - Thursday 17 October 2024, 4pm-7pm
• Law - Monday 21 October 2024, 4pm-7pm
• IT & Technology, Day 1 - Wednesday 23 October 2024, 4pm-7pm
• IT & Technology, Day 2 - Thursday 24 October 2024, 4pm-7pm (Day 2 will be focused on Data Science & Machine Learning Opportunities)
• Engineering & Built Environment - Monday 28 October 2024, 4pm-7pm

These fairs are aimed at allowing students to meet employers in various job sectors. Designed to allow students of all academic disciplines to attend, the Autumn Sector-Themed Fairs are a great way to learn more about various industries and what type of job openings different employers may have at various times across the year.

How do the Careers Fairs work?

• New employers will be continually added to the event profile up to the day of the event, so remember to keep checking back for updates
• To be able to speak to any of the recruiters attending, it is essential that you book a place on your myUCLCareers account in advance
• Each recruiter attending will have their own in person (on campus) or virtual stand depending on the event
• Those who have registered will be able to view employer profiles and current vacancies all in one place on the online event page 
• You will also have access to an in person or virtual UCL Careers stand, where you can ask more about our services or come to us with any queries you have
   
• As a virtual fair starts, those registered to attend will be able to see a clickable 'virtual stand' link on each of the stands shown below to access an online meeting space with that particular recruiter
• As each recruiter will host their own 'meeting space', different online chat platforms may be used (Zoom, Microsoft Teams etc.), but each employer will provide instructions for joining where needed (though this will typically just be a web browser, stable internet connection and a device with a camera / mic)
• Each recruiter will also manage how their own meeting space operates so you may find a mix of group chat with other attendees, a queuing system for one-to-one discussion with recruiter representatives, or chat box style Q&A - please follow each recruiter's lead on this
• You will be able to join / leave as many stands as you like over the duration of the event. Please therefore consider leaving busy stands and coming back to them later after you've tried others as you may then get more quality time with the reps.

Booking for virtual fairs will close one hour before the event start time. Anyone who hasn't registered by this time will not be able to join.