University of East London (UEL) placements data comes from the UK Graduate Outcomes survey. It found 93 per cent of UEL's UK full-time undergraduates in work or further study 15 months after graduating in 2023-24. UEL is a public university in east London, England. It also reports that 75 per cent of its graduates earned more than GBP 27,000 (INR 33.81 Lakhs) within 15 months of finishing.
- Positive outcomes (2023-24 UK full-time undergraduates): 93 per cent in work or further study at 15 months
- Graduate earnings (2023-24 survey): 75 per cent above GBP 27,000 (INR 33.81 Lakhs) within 15 months
- Earnings rank (2023-24 survey): 1st among modern London universities and 16th in England
- Highest subject median (Social work, 2023-24): GBP 40,000 (INR 50.10 Lakhs) at 15 months
- International undergraduate fee (2026-27): GBP 16,020 (INR 20.06 Lakhs) per year
UEL reports graduate outcomes, not campus placements. The figures below come from UEL's own release of the survey and from the official Discover Uni course pages, which publish the same survey by subject. The visa rules come from UK government pages.
Currency Note: All INR figures use the xe.com mid-market rate of GBP 1 = INR 125.24 on 11 November 2026.
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UEL Placements and Employment Rate 2023-24
UEL's positive outcomes rate was 93 per cent for UK full-time undergraduates who graduated in 2023-24, measured 15 months after they finished. UEL describes a positive outcome as employment or further study. The figure comes from the Graduate Outcomes survey, which HESA runs across every UK university. HESA published the 2023-24 results on 4 June 2026.
In the UK, the word placement means a work term taken during a degree, not a campus hiring drive. UEL does not run recruitment rounds or publish a placement percentage. Indian students comparing it with an Indian college should read the 93 per cent as an employment and study rate, not as a placement rate.
| Measure (Graduate Outcomes survey, 2023-24 graduates, 15 months after) |
Who it covers |
Rate |
| UEL graduates in work or further study |
UK full-time undergraduates at UEL |
93% |
| All UK graduates in work or further study |
Every UK graduate of every level |
87% |
| All UK graduates in full-time employment |
Every UK graduate of every level |
57% |
| All UK graduates in full-time further study |
Every UK graduate of every level |
5% |
| All UK graduates unemployed |
Every UK graduate of every level |
7% |
- The UEL figure covers UK-domiciled full-time undergraduates only, so it is not an international or Indian-student rate.
- The UK-wide rows cover graduates of every level and domicile, so they are a backdrop rather than a like-for-like comparison.
- UEL does not publish its own full-time employment, further study or unemployment split, so the sector rows stand alone.
- UEL also ranks in the top 25 per cent of institutions on the same survey, as its 11 June 2026 release states.
- A further 85 per cent of UEL graduates told the survey their work or study was meaningful, and 72 per cent said they used what they learned.
Source: University of East London news release of 11 June 2026 and HESA Graduate Outcomes national results, class of 2023-24, published 4 June 2026.
Note: The survey reaches graduates about 15 months after they finish, and only those who reply are counted. UEL has not published its own response rate or the figure for international graduates, so the 93 per cent should be read as a UK-student figure.
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UEL Average Salary After Graduation 2023-24
Three in four UEL graduates earned more than GBP 27,000 (INR 33.81 Lakhs) within 15 months of graduating. UEL drew that figure from the 2023-24 Graduate Outcomes survey. On graduate earnings UEL ranked 1st among modern London universities and 16th in England. UEL does not publish a single university-wide median salary, so the subject medians below are the closest official figures.
The medians come from Discover Uni, the official UK course-comparison site, which reports what graduates of each subject at UEL earned 15 months after finishing. A median is the middle salary of those who replied, so half earned more and half earned less.
| Subject at UEL (full-time undergraduate) |
Median salary 15 months after (GBP) |
INR |
Graduating cohort |
| Social work |
GBP 40,000 |
INR 50.10 Lakhs |
2023-24 |
| Subjects allied to medicine (Nursing) |
GBP 32,000 |
INR 40.08 Lakhs |
2023-24 |
| Engineering |
GBP 30,000 |
INR 37.57 Lakhs |
2023-24 |
| Business and management |
GBP 29,000 |
INR 36.32 Lakhs |
2023-24 |
| Computer science |
GBP 28,000 |
INR 35.07 Lakhs |
2022-24 |
| Psychology |
GBP 27,500 |
INR 34.44 Lakhs |
2023-24 |
| Law |
GBP 27,000 |
INR 33.81 Lakhs |
2022-24 |
| Design studies |
GBP 27,000 |
INR 33.81 Lakhs |
2023-24 |
| Media, journalism and communications |
GBP 25,000 |
INR 31.31 Lakhs |
2023-24 |
- Seven of the nine subjects sit between GBP 27,000 (INR 33.81 Lakhs) and GBP 32,000 (INR 40.08 Lakhs), so the spread is narrow.
- Each median rests on 10 to 85 respondents, so a handful of replies can move a figure.
- Cohorts marked 2022-24 pool two graduating years, as the Discover Uni pages state.
- These are undergraduate figures; Discover Uni does not publish master's or MBA salaries.
Note: The 15-month medians above come from the Graduate Outcomes survey and exclude self-employed graduates, as Discover Uni states. Discover Uni also shows earnings three and five years after graduating, from the LEO tax dataset. Those figures cover 2015-17 graduates and are not adjusted for inflation, so this article keeps the two series apart.
For a longer view, LEO data for 2015-17 UEL graduates shows Engineering at GBP 34,000 (INR 42.58 Lakhs) five years after finishing. Social work also reached GBP 34,000 (INR 42.58 Lakhs) and Computer science GBP 29,000 (INR 36.32 Lakhs). Those graduates left before the current fee and visa rules, so treat the five-year figures as context rather than a forecast.
UEL Placements by Course and Salary
Nursing and Social Work have some of the strongest graduate employment outcomes at the University of East London (UEL). Among students who completed Adult Nursing in 2023-24, 87% were in highly skilled jobs 15 months after graduation. The figure was even higher for Social Work graduates, at 95%. Discover Uni classifies a job as highly skilled when it falls under a professional or managerial occupation as defined by the Office for National Statistics.
Business and Computing also have good employment or further-study rates, although their share of graduates in highly skilled jobs is lower. Business is particularly relevant to Indian students, as 45% of UEL's Indian students enrol in MBA or International Business programmes, according to the university's 2024 Impact in India report. The table below compares subjects based on the percentage of graduates who entered employment or further study.
| Subject at UEL |
In work or study |
In highly skilled work |
Median at 15 months (GBP) |
INR |
Cohort |
| Media studies |
95% |
85% |
GBP 25,000 |
INR 31.31 Lakhs |
2023-24 |
| Engineering |
90% |
60% |
GBP 30,000 |
INR 37.57 Lakhs |
2023-24 |
| Design studies |
90% |
60% |
GBP 27,000 |
INR 33.81 Lakhs |
2023-24 |
| Nursing (Adult) |
87% |
87% |
GBP 32,000 |
INR 40.08 Lakhs |
2023-24 |
| Business and management |
85% |
70% |
GBP 29,000 |
INR 36.32 Lakhs |
2023-24 |
| Computer science |
85% |
25% |
GBP 28,000 |
INR 35.07 Lakhs |
2023-24 and 2022-24 |
| Social work |
85% |
95% |
GBP 40,000 |
INR 50.10 Lakhs |
2023-24 |
| Law |
73% |
60% |
GBP 27,000 |
INR 33.81 Lakhs |
2022-24 |
| Psychology |
65% |
55% |
GBP 27,500 |
INR 34.44 Lakhs |
2022-24 and 2023-24 |
- Computer science has an 85 per cent work-or-study rate but only 25 per cent in highly skilled work, the lowest share in the table.
- The Computer science highly skilled figure and its median use the pooled 2022-24 cohort, while its work-or-study rate uses 2023-24 alone.
- Nursing is the largest sample at 95 respondents, so its figures are the most stable; most other subjects rest on 10 to 30 replies.
- Each row covers every full-time undergraduate course in that subject at UEL, not one named degree.
- The Nursing median covers all Subjects allied to medicine at UEL, because Discover Uni groups earnings by subject area.
Key Insight: An Indian applicant to a UEL computing degree should plan for the 25 per cent highly skilled share, not the 85 per cent headline. The median of GBP 28,000 (INR 35.07 Lakhs) sits below the Skilled Worker salary rules in the visa section. The Graduate visa window therefore matters more than the first job title.
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Top Recruiters Hiring UEL Graduates
UEL names Tata Consultancy Services, Cognizant, HSBC, Tech Mahindra and Infosys as the five largest recruiting companies of its alumni in its Impact in India report for 2024. Three of the five are Indian IT services firms, and the report does not say whether those hires were made in India or the UK.
The same report says many Indian alumni work in multinational corporations and names Accenture, Deloitte, Bank of America, Walmart Global Tech India and EY. UEL's course pages add further employers that its graduates have joined, listed below by the page that names them.
| Where UEL names the employer |
Employers named |
| Five largest recruiters of UEL alumni (Impact in India 2024) |
Tata Consultancy Services, Cognizant, HSBC, Tech Mahindra, Infosys |
| Multinationals employing Indian alumni (Impact in India 2024) |
Accenture, Deloitte, Bank of America, Walmart Global Tech India, EY |
| BSc Business Management graduates (course page) |
Accenture, EY, Amazon, Morgan Stanley, KPMG, Deloitte, Ford, PwC |
| BSc Computer Science placement and graduate examples (course page) |
Amazon, Barclays, Morgan Stanley, Sainsbury's, Hilton Hotels, Siemens |
| MSc Computer Science graduates (course page) |
HSBC |
- UEL names these employers as having hired its graduates; it does not publish how many graduates each one took or in which year.
- The lists include India-based employers such as Walmart Global Tech India, so they are not a count of UK job offers.
- Siemens appears as a placement host through the Diversity of Thought programme, which placed two Indian students there in 2024, as the India report states.
UEL also says it works with over 2,000 employers and advertises about 1,500 new graduate job opportunities a year through its Career Zones. It groups those employers into technology and digital, business and finance, creative industries, health, education and social care, engineering and construction and public services. It does not publish a sector split of where its graduates end up.
Internships and Placement Years at UEL
Around a third of UEL students, 34 per cent, take part in at least one form of work-based learning, according to UEL's work-while-you-study page. Work-based learning covers placement years, UEL-funded internships, live employer projects and part-time jobs found through the university. In the National Student Survey 2025, 92 per cent of UEL students who had a placement said the experience was valuable.
The main routes are listed below. None of them is compulsory on the business and computing degrees named here, and UEL states that students must secure their own placement.
- Optional placement year: BSc degrees such as Computer Science offer a year-long placement between years two and three, which adds a fourth year.
- Master's placement option: MSc Computer Science offers an optional placement with extra credits.
- MBA with Placement: the Year 2 placement fee is GBP 3,500 (INR 4.38 Lakhs) at the 2026-27 rate, on top of Year 1 tuition.
- UEL-funded internships: commonly structured at around 14 hours per week, through the Funded Internship Scheme advertised on Career Zone.
- Diversity of Thought: a two-year employer partnership programme that pairs mentoring with work experience; Siemens hosted two Indian students under it in 2024.
- On-campus work: Randstad is UEL's on-campus recruitment partner for paid part-time and temporary roles.
UEL publishes no participation rate for the placement year, no placement salary and no figure for how many internships it funds each year. Its MSc Computer Science page states plainly that the university cannot guarantee placements. Indian students on a Student visa can work 20 hours per week in term time, which covers the funded internship hours.
Tip for Indian Students: Register on Career Zone in your first week and apply for the Funded Internship Scheme when it opens. The 14-hour-a-week roles fit inside the 20-hour visa limit and pay you to build UK work history before the Graduate visa clock starts.
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UEL Career Services for International Students
UEL's careers package is called the Careers Guarantee, and its own page states that the Careers Guarantee does not guarantee employment. The Graduate Success Service supports graduates for up to 18 months after they finish, with lifelong access to online resources. UEL's pages describe the services as open to all UEL students and graduates, with no separate rules for international students.
- Career Zone is the online jobs and internships platform, with specialist Career Zones for AI and technology, health and justice.
- Over 500 professional mentors from more than 100 organisations take part in the mentoring scheme.
- The Start-Up School offers free workshops, one-to-one business advice and equity-free grants of up to GBP 2,000 (INR 2.50 Lakhs).
- Two large careers fairs run each year, alongside career coaching, workshops and employer events.
UEL ranked second in the UK for graduate start-ups in 2023-24. It also won an Institute of Student Employers award for its employer engagement strategy in 2023. These are measures of activity, not of graduate jobs.
Post-Study Work After UEL for Indian Students
The Graduate visa lets UEL graduates stay and work in most jobs. It lasts 2 years for applications made on or before 31 December 2026 and 18 months for applications from 1 January 2027. PhD graduates get 3 years. Applicants must be in the UK on a Student visa when they apply, and their university must have told the Home Office that they completed the course.
- Application fee: GBP 937 (INR 1.17 Lakhs), paid once.
- Healthcare surcharge: usually GBP 1,035 (INR 1.30 Lakhs) for each year of the visa.
- During the degree, a Student visa allows degree-level students to work up to 20 hours per week in term time, with no self-employment.
- Skilled Worker visa afterwards: the standard salary is at least GBP 41,700 (INR 52.23 Lakhs) per year, as gov.uk states.
- A lower Skilled Worker salary of GBP 33,400 (INR 41.83 Lakhs) applies only in the cases gov.uk lists.
Every UEL subject median at 15 months sits below the GBP 41,700 (INR 52.23 Lakhs) standard threshold. The Graduate visa period is therefore the realistic window in which to reach a sponsored salary. Rules change often, so check gov.uk on the day you apply.
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The University of East London (UEL) can be a good option for Indian students looking for a London degree, but its value depends on the course they choose. Nursing and Social Work graduates report higher median salaries of GBP 32,000 (INR 40.08 Lakhs) and GBP 40,000 (INR 50.10 Lakhs), while Media and Law graduates earn around GBP 25,000 (INR 31.31 Lakhs) and GBP 27,000 (INR 33.81 Lakhs) within 15 months of graduation. Students should compare outcomes for their chosen subject rather than relying only on the university-wide placement rate.
UEL reported a 93% graduate outcomes rate for UK undergraduate students in 2023-24. However, these figures do not represent international students specifically, and some subject-wise salary figures are based on small samples. The university also does not publish separate master's graduate outcomes. Before applying, Indian students should compare the expected salary with the annual tuition fee of GBP 16,020 (INR 20.06 Lakhs) and check the Graduate Route visa duration applicable to their intake.
FAQs
Ques. What is the graduate employment rate at University of East London?
Ans. 93 per cent of UEL's UK full-time undergraduates who graduated in 2023-24 were in work or further study 15 months later, according to the Graduate Outcomes survey. UEL does not publish a separate rate for international graduates.
Ques. What is the average salary after graduating from UEL?
Ans. UEL reports that 75 per cent of its graduates earned more than GBP 27,000 (INR 33.81 Lakhs) within 15 months of graduating in the 2023-24 survey. Subject medians on Discover Uni range from GBP 25,000 (INR 31.31 Lakhs) for Media studies to GBP 40,000 (INR 50.10 Lakhs) for Social work.
Ques. Does UEL have placements for Indian students?
Ans. UEL does not run campus placement drives. It offers an optional placement year on many undergraduate degrees and an optional placement on MSc courses. UEL-funded internships of around 14 hours per week are advertised through Career Zone.
Ques. Which companies hire UEL graduates?
Ans. UEL's Impact in India report for 2024 names Tata Consultancy Services, Cognizant, HSBC, Tech Mahindra and Infosys as the five largest recruiters of its alumni. Its course pages also name Accenture, Deloitte, EY, Amazon, Morgan Stanley, KPMG and PwC.
Ques. What is the UEL Computer Science graduate salary?
Ans. Discover Uni shows a median of GBP 28,000 (INR 35.07 Lakhs) 15 months after graduating for UEL Computer science graduates of 2022-24. In the 2023-24 cohort, 85 per cent were in work or study, but only 25 per cent were in highly skilled work.
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