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Postgraduate pathways in property
Whether your ambitions lie in academia or industry, you may find postgraduate study in a specific property discipline worth pursuing. If so, several options are available, so you will need to evaluate them carefully. Such available options will normally be determined by your particular undergraduate degree, but there are regularly exceptions for mature students or those with previous working experience.

Siún Ní Dhuinn, Comhordaitheoir Digiteach Gaeilge (Digital Coordinator)

John Ó Liodáin, Oifigeach Riaracháin (Administrative Officer)

Maria O'Brien, Enterprise Partnership Scheme, Irish Research Council

Magda Staniek, Postdoctoral Researcher, Irish Research Council

Kieran Brennan, Enterprise Partnership Scheme, Irish Research Council

Environmental consultancy and business services
This is one of the largest sources of jobs within the environmental sector.

Waste management and recovery
Various opportunities exist for graduates in the areas of waste management, disposal and recovery. Organisations such as the Environmental Protection Agency employ graduates with technical and science backgrounds and environmental, ecology, chemical engineering and health and safety specialisms to implement and monitor waste disposal and recovery processes.

Water & Wastewater Treatment Services
There are many indigenous companies offering water-related services, following the growth in the public investment in infrastructure in leak control, monitoring and supply networks and water analysis.

Green ICT & Green Building Technology
Opportunities exist for computing and engineering graduates in software development for green building and green transport.

#GradStories Jenny Connors, Graduate Economist, Irish Government Economic and Evaluation Service

