The University of Texas at Austin offers career exploration beyond academia with a range of tools designed for advanced degree students. Whether you're in the humanities, sciences or health fields, these resources help you assess your skills, explore career paths and develop strategies for success.
ImaginePhD: For advanced degrees in the humanities, arts and social sciences
ImaginePhD is a free career planning tool for advanced degrees in the humanities and social sciences, featuring skills, interests and values assessments that introduce 165 different job families identified through national PhD career outcome data
Beyond the Professoriate: For advanced degrees in all disciplines
Beyond the Professoriate’s Career Training Platform helps graduate students, postdocs and PhDs successfully transition into academic or nonacademic careers. Through two programs of study (Academic Careers and Professional Careers), postdocs and doctoral students can explore career options and learn job search strategies.
MyIDP: For advanced degrees in the sciences
The myIDP website is a free, web-based career-planning tool designed for PhD students and postdocs in the sciences. It helps users assess their skills, interests and values, explore 20 scientific career paths and set strategic goals.
ChemIDP: For advanced degrees in the chemical sciences
ChemIDP is a free, web-based career-planning tool tailored for students and postdoctoral scholars in the chemical sciences. It offers self-paced activities to help users explore career options, identify necessary skills and set professional goals.
PHaSS-IDP: For advanced degrees interested in health-related careers
PHaSS-IDP is a free online career exploration and planning tool for graduate students and postdocs interested in health-related careers in the social sciences and some humanities.
InterSECT Job Simulations: For Ph.D. level humanists and scientists
Intersect is an online platform for PhD-level humanists and scientists to explore future career options through experiential projects. Job simulations offer insight into the specific, real-life duties of varying career paths.