Careers
What career opportunities are available with a degree in English studies?
What comes next?
After receiving your BA, you can continue your academic education – for example with one of our three Master's programs – or embark on your professional life. A unique combination of subject-related and additional qualifications ensure that our graduates are highly sought after by employers. Our graduates are experts in the language and cultures that are shaping globalization. They are critical readers and accomplished writers with impressive skills in argumentation. Their proficiency in written and spoken English is outstanding. Jobs and internships have helped shape the direction of their careers.
Job opportunities
Our B.A. and M.A. graduates work in the media, in public relations for companies and institutions, in publishing, for theatres, museums, libraries, at Goethe Institutes, in education, politics, and, of course, in academia:
- language teaching
- theatres, operas, museums
- journalism / media (broadcasting stations, radio, TV, newspapers)
- communication (PR, translations)
- business (advertising, marketing, tourism)
- publishing houses, libraries, bookshops
- international organisations (NGOs, UN, GIZ)
- academic institutions (DAAD, DFG, research, administration)
- teaching (academia, schools)
Advice & support
The IAAK regularly hosts an event, the "Forum Beruf", in which alumni of the single study programs present their professional careers, offering current students an insight into the vast possibilities the degree programs of the department open up.
Additionally, the Career Service of the University of Bonn provides a range of advice and support about choosing your career and applying for jobs, whether that may be applying for internships, looking for a part-time job, or even your first job after graduating.
