Alumni and futures

We are proud to have a worldwide community of 15,000 graduates in literatures, languages and cultures. Be inspired by their stories, and find out what our Alumni team and Careers Service can do for you.

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Meet our graduates: Saad Siddiqui (Intermediality)

26 April, 2024Film and Intermediality Meet our graduates Postgraduate

Exploring Bombay Cinema through the Edinburgh cityscape, MSc Intermediality graduate Saad Siddiqui…

Meet our graduates: Anke-Beate Stahl (Scottish Studies and Scandinavian Studies)

12 March, 2024European Languages and Cultures Meet our graduates Postgraduate Scandinavian Studies

Artist, curator and teacher Dr Anke-Beate Stahl came to Edinburgh in 1989 as an undergraduate…

Meet our graduates: Iskandar Sattibaev (Comparative Literature)

06 November, 2023Meet our graduates Postgraduate

Iskandar is the creator of SpeakEng, a mobile application helping over 100,000 people learn English…

MINT Chinese Film Festival brings together graduate talent in women on screen

26 September, 2023Asian Studies Film and Intermediality Meet our graduates Postgraduate

We hear from alumni and staff in Asian Studies and Film, Exhibition and Curation about the very…

Meet our graduates: Bhavika Govil (Creative Writing)

15 August, 2023English and Scottish Literature Meet our graduates Postgraduate

The joint winner of the inaugural Pontas and JJ Bola Emerging Writers Prize talks to us about…

What can I do with... languages?

Employers love Intercultural Competence.

Studying one or more languages demonstrates that you're:

  • a good communicator
  • a resilient problem solver
  • someone open to other cultures and new ideas

Increasing migration in response to changing global dynamics means that, wherever you are based in the world, the ability to understand and communicate in one or more languages, in addition to English, will make you stand out. 

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