Met Office

Career Options

The Met Office was named as one of the UK's top graduate employers in a survey of over 15,000 final-year students at over 30 universities across the UK.

Career Options
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The survey, published in The Times Top 100 Graduate Employers handbook, asked undergraduate students which employer offers the best opportunities for graduates.

  • Our Operations Centre in Exeter

    Forecasting

    Find out what it takes to provide great weather forecasts for our customers and how this activity sits at the centre of what we do.

  • Solving a set of equations forms the basis to forecasting the weather.

    Science

    Numerical computer models form the basis of all our forecasts and are constantly being developed so that we can predict the weather and climate with ever greater accuracy.

  • An engineer working on our supercomputer

    Technology

    Find out how you can make a difference in helping us exploit new technology and supercomputing.

  • Met Office staff working on a land-based buoy

    Engineering

    Professional career development for engineering disciplines, including mechanical engineering and electronic engineering.

  • A marketing team meeting

    Marketing

    Our business area provides products and services to a range of customers from Government bodies to commercial organisations.

  • A Met Office stand at an exhibition

    Corporate services

    Our important support functions such as Communications, HR, Finance, the National Meteorological Library and Archive, Buying and Property.

Last Updated: 25 April 2012

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