We have an international alumni network of over 1,000 former students from our undergraduate and master's programmes. Our graduates work across the whole design industry: at household names like Adobe and Oxford University Press, in boutique design agencies, and public sector organisations like the BBC. Many have also set up their own companies straight out of university.
100% of leavers who reported their main activity to be full-time employment were in graduate level roles 15 months after the end of their course (Graduate Outcomes Survey 2017/18; First Degree, Postgraduate (Taught) and Postgraduate (Research) responders from Typography & Graphic Communication).*
* Contains HESA Data: Copyright Higher Education Statistics Agency Limited 2020. The Higher Education Statistics Agency Limited cannot accept responsibility for any inferences or conclusions derived by third parties from its data.
Our network
Students: benefit from our close-knit alumni network
Our students benefit from valuable opportunities to make connections, open doors, and progress their careers thanks to the continued involvement of our former students, who have gone on to become successful design professionals in a range of fields.
Alumni regularly come back to give inspiring talks, feed back on portfolios and even recruit final-year students for jobs when they graduate.
Graduates: reconnect with us
After our students complete their studies, we encourage them to stay in touch with the Department. We can offer support as they progress in their careers. Many of our alumni also make a valuable contribution to the success of our current students. Graduates can join our Linkedin group, follow us on Twitter and Instagram, or email us at typography@reading.ac.uk.
Come to our events
Our alumni are welcome to return to the Department to attend degree shows, exhibitions and one-off events. Events like these are an ideal opportunity to reconnect with staff, fellow students and graduates. We promote upcoming events on our Twitter account, @UniRdg_Typo.
Former students can also come back to visit our collections.
Inspire tomorrow's designers
We welcome alumni to return to the Department and share their industry experience with our current cohorts, for example at our termly alumni talks, or by giving career and portfolio advice during a visit.
Our students benefit greatly from hearing how graduates ahead of them have mapped out their careers.
Discover new design talent
Every year, graduates from previous years return to recruit new designers from the graduating class.
Coming back into the Department to meet our current students gives design professionals a chance to find exciting new talent for their companies.
John Anderson
Creative Director, Addison Group
Donate to Typography
Our alumni can make a lasting contribution that will benefit future generations of students.
The Michael Twyman Bursary Fund supports master's students and PhD early-career researchers to further their work, and promotes work relating to our collections and archives.
You can make a donation via the University of Reading's fundraising website, IMAGINE. When you visit the site:
- Select the amount you wish to donate.
- Select "Other" as the designation, and type the name of the fund you wish to contribute to in the field that appears.
- Complete the rest of the form and click "Secure Payment".
Visit the University of Reading's IMAGINE site to donate.
Work with us
Collections and archives
Our collections and archives relating to lettering, printing and graphic design are internationally important.
Our research
In the last research excellence framework, we were ranked first in the UK for research in our sector (Times Higher Education Institutions ranked by subject, based on its analysis of the last Research Excellence Framework, 2014.