Cambridge University Skills Portal
Transferable skills by subject
Each department has written a statement about the skills that students studying their subject can be expected to develop:
Many Tripos courses contain inbuilt skills development programmes. These programmes (often in the form of short courses, seminars or workshops) are usually focussed on helping you with your academic studies (e.g. technical/lab or report writing skills), but many will also be of relevance to your broader personal development.
- Anglo-Saxon, Norse & Celtic
- Archaeology and Anthropology:
- Architecture [see link to pdf on side bar]
- Asian & Middle Eastern Studies [see p.54 of the handbook]
- Chemical Engineering
- Classics
- Computer Laboratory
- Continuing Education
- Economics
- Education
- Engineering and Manufacturing Engineering
- English
- Geography
- History
- History of Art: the statement is in development
- Land Economy (local access only)
- Law
- Linguistics
- Management Studies
- Mathematics: the statement is in development
- Medical and Veterinary Sciences
- Modern & Medieval Languages
- Music
- Natural Sciences (general course statement):
- Astronomy
- Biochemistry
- Chemistry
- Computer Science
- Earth Sciences
- Experimental Psychology
- Genetics
- History & Philosophy of Science
- Materials Science & Metallurgy: the statement is in development
- Mathematics: the statement is in development
- Pathology
- Pharmacology
- Physics
- Physiology, Development, and Neuroscience: the statement is in development
- Plant Science: the statement is in development
- Zoology: the statement is in development
- Philosophy
- Politics, Psychology, Sociology & International Studies
- Theology & Religious Studies
You may also be interested to visit the CamDATA: course information and statistics website, which provides graduate destination data for each of our undergraduate courses and so will give you an idea of the range of careers that students from your Tripos enter after graduation.