Choosing what to study is not easy these days. Even here at BIC, we agree. Ask any adult and they’ll tell you the same thing: nobody really knows what the future will look like.
So… what now? What should you study? How should you prepare? Does it even make sense to choose something when everything changes so fast?
1. Study anything, but study
We’re not saying you must go to university right away. You can pick any path you like. But give yourself knowledge and skills. Take part in education. Learn things that have value. If you build a strong base now, it will be much easier to adjust your skills later as jobs change. The first step is simply to start.
2. Skills and networks over everything
When you leave frontal high-school education, all of a sudden soft skill classes, group projects and presentations can be a bit weird, useless even. You’ll definitely question: Are these classes even valuable? Is this even knowledge?
Yes. It is. Future employers will have no trouble finding someone who knows technical stuff, like the laws of themophyisics or basic accounting- but knowing all these things PLUS being approachable to colleagues, having amazing time management for high-pressure deadlines and even flexible enough to schedule various projects dynamically? Now that’s a great candidate. So yes- learn your hard-skill basics and then focus on what makes you unique among your peers.
Oh, and make friends: finding jobs when your colleagues or future colleagues already know you and know that you are sound and trustworthy- that’s a golden ticket to the best positions.
3. Learn. Adaptability.
We are bordering on psychology here, but it’s so important: learn the skill of change. We are living in a world that will drastically every few years from now on. Expect it. Accept it. Learn it. Thrive in it.
4. What does this gibberish mean in human language?
Choose a major that seems to have future. Stick with it. Whatever parts you hate, just survive. Whatever you love, push further: do extra homework, participate in study groups and workshops, take small steps in online forums etc. And at the same time, join any events that helps you make friends, develops skills and gives you life experiences.
And one more thing: survive the months when you’re looking for your first real job. That stage is tough. Brutal, even. But once it’s over, everything else in your career will feel much easier.
5. So our best bets?
- Business: whatever comes, people will trade
- Engineering: people build and develop. Always, no matter the actual form.
- Computer Science: you might be afraid that AI will take away all these jobs. But the reality seems to be quite the opposite: we need more and more people to handle it, teach it and use it
- Medicine: nothing to explain here
- Sport: not just because we offer it. Sport has been part of human life for thousands of years, and it is growing fast with new science and technology.
And what do the stats say? Check out our earlier article about the fastest growing jobs here: https://budapestcollege.hu/fastest-growing-jobs-in-2025-world-economic-forum-report/
