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In the UK at least, the institution matters a great deal. If you have a degree from Oxford/Cambridge then you probably have your ticket punched no matter what degree you studied. If you studied at an ex polytechnic then you better have studied something useful.

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It's easy to exaggerate the importance of institution. If you have a humanities degree from a top British university but little to no work experience and average academic results, you aren't going to walk into competitive jobs.

Competition for Oxbridge graduates is very fierce to the point where a graduate can be expecting to have multiple offers to consider from employers willing to wine and dine them before they have graduated.

There are well funded recruiting events at all good universities. That doesn't mean it is easy for the average non technical graduate to get a "top" job.

The amount that most firms , especially large consulting firms etc are willing to invest in securing a fresh Cambridge grad is on a different scale to what they will do to hire someone from a middling institution.

It's much easier for them to be hired into the sort of positions that will catapult their career to the top in the least amount of time.

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