Careers Fairs & Festivals
Our Careers fairs are the most effective way for you to raise the profile of your organisation. Showcase your opportunities amongst the wide range of diverse talent at Cambridge at various stages of their career journey.
Students, recent alumni and post-docs of all disciplines attend the fairs. Some will be in the exploratory stages considering their suitability for different sectors and roles. Others will be ready to apply for jobs and wish to enhance their understanding of your recruitment and assessment processes to make quality applications.
Attendees will expect to meet with
- graduate recruiters/HR representatives
- alumni
- business representatives.
To register for our careers fairs your organisations needs to be on Handshake.
More information
Friday 10 October 2025 12:00 – 16:00
This is our only fair with a broad non-sector specific focus and is open to employers of all sizes and sectors with a range of graduate-level opportunities. These could include internships or graduate roles in areas such as supply chain, logistics, distribution, sales/sales management, financial management, corporate social responsibility, human resources, operations and communications.
We welcome registrations from a diverse range of organisations including multi-national organisations, retail, manufacturing, FMCG, and companies seeking their future managers, to communications, SMEs and start-ups.
Consultancy Fair
Day 1: Monday 13 October 2025 14:00 - 18:00
Day 2: Tuesday 14 October 2025 14:00 - 18:00
A prime opportunity for organisations operating in the consultancy sector to engage with our highly qualified students and graduates and build their brand on campus. We welcome registrations from organisations with roles in management, strategy, economic, financial, public, health, technology, human resources and other areas of the consultancy sector.
Banking & Finance Fair
Wednesday 15 October 2025 14:00 – 18:00
This fair offers employers in the finance industry the opportunity to showcase the variety of roles available and to build their brand on campus. We welcome registrations from organisations offering graduate roles and/or internships in the finance sector including accountancy, actuarial, capital markets, financial management, fintech, investment banking, insurance, pensions, retail banking, risk management and taxation.
Engineering & Tech Fair
Day 1: Tuesday 21 October 2025 14:00 – 18:00
Day 2: Wednesday 22 October 2025 14:00 – 18:00
Promote your engineering and tech graduate roles and internships to our highly qualified students and graduates. We welcome registrations from organisations working across software, consultancy, mechanical / general, automotive/aero, civil and medical engineering, as well as companies with technically skilled career opportunities such as development, coding and cloud computing and robotics; and non-technical careers including UX, UI, marketing, ethics, psychology, communications and politics.
Maths & Quants Fair
Tuesday 28 October 2025 14:00 – 18:00
This fair is attended by students wishing to explore career pathways in quantitative finance and/or careers that utilise their highly skilled mathematical abilities. This includes actuarial work, cryptography, forecasting, complex modelling, operational research, computational fluid dynamics, meteorology and signal processing. Representatives should ideally be practitioners able to discuss their work, and answer detailed questions raised by our maths and physics students.
Life Sciences Fair
Wednesday 29 October 2025 16:00 – 19:00
We welcome organisations working across therapeutics, drug discovery, and reagents in the biomedical field in addition to those focusing on plant science, agriculture and healthcare. We'll also be welcoming organisations who provide services to life science-based firms.
Law FairWednesday 5 November 2025 15:00 – 18:00
This fair is the prime opportunity for organisations operating in the law sector to engage with our highly qualified students and graduates and build their brand on campus. We welcome registrations from law firms, course providers and sector relevant pro bono organisations.
Economics Fair
Thursday 6 November 2025 13:00 – 15:00
This fair is attended by students in the Department of Economics and those considering a career in economics. We welcome registrations from organisations offering specifically economics-related graduate level roles and/or internships.
Barristers Fair
Tuesday 3 December 2025 13:00 – 16:00
Meet Cambridge students interested in a career at the Bar. Students will want to learn more about routes to the profession, qualifications needed to become a barrister and funding options available. They will be looking to hear from practicing barristers on their experience of the Bar, learn about different practice areas, and gain application tips.
Graduate Jobs Fair
June 206, 13:00 - 15:00
Do you have graduate-level roles to fill this Summer or Autumn? For students who have been focusing on their academic studies, the job search starts now. Meet finalists ready to join the job market, as well as penultimate year undergraduates researching employment opportunities for when they graduate. Internships may also be promoted at this fair. The fair is open to all sectors.
January 2026
This fair is open to organisations with work opportunities in the green sector. Organisations attending must be engaged in work relevant to the green agenda and may only promote relevant roles at the fair. It is part of the Green Careers Festival organised in collaboration with Cambridge Zero.