Career opportunities

With their strong knowledge base in teaching and research, our graduates work worldwide in all areas of the English language teaching profession.

Example roles include:

• Training other TESOL teachers
• Managing TESOL education
• Teaching English at primary, secondary or tertiary levels
• Teaching English in specialised fields (for example, Business English)
• Designing TESOL curricula, materials and policies

Representatives from international teacher recruitment agencies visit our campus every year to talk to our students. They also conduct on-campus interviews with students shortlisted for TESOL-related posts.

Some of our students also stay with us to pursue research degrees in the areas of TESOL, Language Education and Applied Linguistics.

I am now working as a teacher and materials writer in Mongolia, while also planning a research paper for the near future. Even though I had a lot of teaching experience before I took the MSc TESOL, the course was hugely beneficial to me because it connected the practical experience I'd had with language-teaching theory and enabled me to understand my profession comprehensively. As such, I am now able to carry out academic research and take on senior roles in the TESOL sector with confidence, and this is thanks to the high quality of education that I received at the University of Edinburgh.

Careers Service

The University of Edinburgh's Careers Service supports all current students (and graduates for up to 2 years) to develop their potential and achieve satisfying and rewarding futures.

Join in and make use of:

• individual appointments
• group sessions
• wider campus-based activity
• online services and resources

We also deliver a diverse programme of face-to-face and online events throughout the academic year.

Suzanne Agnew

Careers Consultant, Moray House

Contact details

• Web: Careers Service