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Kat Merrick, BA Drama (2008)
'The ability to think on your feet and have the courage to make changes has helped me a lot in my work.'
Self-employed Creative Arts Facilitator
What can I do with a degree in Drama?
The below offers a selection of the destinations University of Exeter graduates from Drama have gone on to. The information below is not exhaustive, however it does highlight the range of job and further study options available to you after your studies.
If you would like to learn more about any of the jobs listed below you may wish to browse the job profiles on the Prospects website.
Careers with a degree in Drama
Recent Exeter Drama graduates have entered a wide range of careers. Some recent examples include*:
- Assistant Media Planner
- Business Development Consultant
- Communications and Marketing Officer
- Content Solutions Media Executive
- Crowd PA on Film Set
- Director in Residence
- Drama Teacher
- Editorial Trainee
- English Language Assistant
- Event Assistant
- Health Advisor
- Junior Account Executive
- Learning and Development Coordinator (Human Resources)
- Marketing and Communications Officer
- Media Sales Executive
- Presenter
- Production Assistant
- Social Medial Coordinator
- Societies Coordinator
- Student Education Service Officer
- Teaching Assistant
- Technical Stage Manager
- Theatre/Video Game Director
- Trainee Drama Teacher
Many employers accept applications from graduates with any degree subject, so don't restrict your thinking to the jobs listed above.
Other resources:
- Employment sector pages
- Panopto - Drama students can explore their career options via this interactive webcast video.
- Prospects to find out more about job profiles
- Graduate Outcomes Data to do a deep dive into the data on what Drama graduates do after their degree
- LinkedIn Exeter Drama alumni tool (you will need to be logged in to LinkedIn to access this functionality)
- Alumni Profiles database to explore what Drama graduates do after their degree
* Data taken from aggregating the responses from full-time, first degree, UK domiciled students who completed 2017/18 and 2018/19 Graduate Outcomes surveys (ordered from most popular to least).
Employers of Exeter alumni with a degree in Drama
Recent Exeter Drama graduates have joined a wide range of employers. Some recent example include*:
- Air B&B
- BD
- Beyond Face
- Bill Kenwright
- BT
- Cabinet Office
- Chichester Festival Theatre
- Engage Tech
- France Media Group
- Halfords
- Halpern PR
- Imagine Theatre
- NHS
- Nutopia
- Penguin Random House
- Royal Navy
- Sky
- University of Exeter
Other resources:
- LinkedIn Exeter Drama alumni tool (you will need to be logged in to LinkedIn to access this functionality)
* Data taken from aggregating the responses from full-time, first degree, UK domiciled students who completed 2017/18 and 2018/19 Graduate Outcomes surveys.
Skills
An Exeter Drama degree will arm you with some great employability skills including:
- Research, analyse and assess sources
- Demonstrate written and verbal communication skills
- Experiment and develop new ideas and arguments
- Apply performance and production skills to communicate with an audience
- Manage creative and interpersonal issues and negotiate effectively with others
- Constructively cope with and learn from criticism
Further Study
Around 43% of Exeter graduates in Drama go on to pursue further study within 15 months of completing their undergraduate degree. Some recent progression routes include:
- MA Creative Arts in Education
- MA Creative Writing
- MA English Literary Studies
- MA Performance (Musical Theatre)
- MA Theatre Practice
- PGCE English Primary
- PGCE Secondary Drama
- Post Graduate Acting
- MSc Management
Useful resources:
- Find a Masters
- Masters Compare
- Masters Portal
- Prospects
- University of Exeter PG Study
- LinkedIn Exeter Drama alumni tool (you will need to be logged in to LinkedIn to access this functionality)
* Data taken from aggregating the responses from full-time, first degree, UK domiciled students who completed 2017/18 and 2018/19 Graduate Outcomes surveys
**Individual course names were taken from the University of Exeter's Career Destination survey (2018/19 & 2019/20) as this information is not collected within the Graduate Outcomes survey.