Students Notice

All Students

Are you a Year 1 student? If so then please go to the Ulster Graduate Award website for more information on how you can access relevant extra curricular activities and secure the recognition you deserve

Helping you prepare for future success

New experiences, connections and skills

Want to improve your job prospects? Improve your confidence? Expand your network? The Ulster EDGE Award will help you achieve this through a range of tailored extra curricular activities that you can complete alongside your degree.

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Advice for finalists

If you are completing the Ulster EDGE Award, Ulster EDGE Excel Award or Ulster EDGE Award (Postgraduate), you must complete a short final application in advance of your graduation. If you are graduating in December the deadline for your final application is October.

Advice for finalists
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EDGE Class of 2024

What does the experience of the EDGE Class of 2024 say about what EDGE can do for you?

250
+

EDGE & EDGE Excel Summer 2024 Graduates

1200
+

EDGE activities completed by Class of 2024

88
%

Development of confidence through EDGE

Upcoming events

On
16
Oct
2025
From
25
Sep
2025

Employability Drop in - Coleraine  - starting on Thursday 25 September  at Coleraine campus

Thursday 25 September to Thursday 11 December
Coleraine campus
Floor Beneath Library
From
25
Sep
2025

Employability Hub Drop-in Belfast BC Building  - starting on Thursday 25 September  at Belfast campus

Thursday 25 September to Thursday 11 December
Belfast campus
Opposite Well Being Hub
From
25
Sep
2025
From
25
Sep
2025

Employability Hub Drop-in - Belfast: BA Building  - starting on Thursday 25 September  at Belfast campus

Thursday 25 September to Thursday 11 December
Belfast campus
Outside Paul & Henrys Cafe
On
20
Oct
2025
On
23
Oct
2025

Engineering Careers Fair - Belfast  - starting on Thursday 23 October  at Belfast campus

Thursday 23 October
Belfast campus
BC Ground Floor & Lower Ground

Our Graduate Attributes

Each attribute is supported by four skills and several associated behavioural indicators which help clarify how a student or graduate might evidence that attribute.

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Thriving Individual

Someone who has the ability to be resilient, accept and embrace change, seeking to mentally grow themselves and those around...

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Engaged Learner

Someone who is knowledgeable and able to deepen their understanding about their subject and the world.

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Collaborative Professional

Someone who is able to contribute to society widely and especially in their field of knowledge.

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Active Citizen

Someone who is engaging, ethical, sustainable, making a positive impact.