Does University prestige matter in long term career?

You are wrong.



You area wrong also.

When going for an experienced position (i.e. anything other than entry level) then your interview will solely revolve around demonstrating your competence through your actions in previous employment and your personal qualities. If, you are applying for a job as a major projects manager then it doesn't matter if you went to Hertfordshire or Oxford it matters what your track record in projects is.

To be honest, anyone who has spent five minutes in the professional workplace as a permanent employee will realise that your career track-record is the key thing in gaining promotions or moving to other companies.

1, 2 & 3 = assumptions
4 = silly free-market idea

(Were you never taught about the fallacy of making absolute statements with only generalised evidence at best? )

I wonder how much it matters for Law (say, if you aspired to become a barrister)?

Ok, you're right to a certain extent but I still believe that the best way to get your foot in the door is to go to a good uni. My mate's brother went to Oxford to read History and is now doing accountancy at J.P Morgan. As you can see his degree had nothing to do with his job and he didn't have any experience in finance at all because he got the job as soon as he graduated.

How much depends on how presigious the University is when finding a job?

I'm from the University of Hertfordshire (which is ranked 97 in the Guardian League table, so make your own assumptions there). However I have lots of industrial experience including a placement and I expect to graduate with a 2:1 atleast. How am I placed compared to students graduating from Imperial etc.?

Ok, you're right to a certain extent but I still believe that the best way to get your foot in the door is to go to a good uni. My mate's brother went to Oxford to read History and is now doing accountancy at J.P Morgan. As you can see his degree had nothing to do with his job and he didn't have any experience in finance at all because he got the job as soon as he graduated.

It matters a lot if you want to enter the top tier of really competitive industries like law, banking, advertising and the civil service. A lot of the really snobby law firms only want people from Oxbridge and LSE so if you have a degree from somewhere else, you won't get a look in and of course, if you are are not at the first rung of the ladder, you can't climb the ladder.

President Obama is frequently referred to as a Harvard Law graduate or an Ivy League graduate so even after he had a very successful career after graduation the fact he has a degree from the most prestigous university in America is still very relevant for top jobs.

President Obama is frequently referred to as a Harvard Law graduate or an Ivy League graduate so even after he had a very successful career after graduation the fact he has a degree from the most prestigous university in America is still very relevant for top jobs.