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UK hosts 2025 HireBlue Fall Career Fairs

Students at a career fair
Photo by UK Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture.

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Sept. 15, 2025) — The University of Kentucky will host the annual HireBlue Fall Career Fairs this September, giving students opportunities to connect with employers from a variation of different fields and companies.

HireBlue Fall Fairs include:

  • The Stanley and Karen Pigman College of Engineering Civil Engineering Career Expo
    • 4-7 p.m. Monday, Sept. 15
  • The Pigman Engineering and Computer Science Career Fair
    • 2-6 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 16
  • The Hire Blue All Majors Career Fair
    • 1-5 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 18
  • The Kentucky Signature Industries Career Fair
    • 1-4 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 25

All events will be held in the Gatton Student Center.

These career fairs provide students with the opportunity to network with potential employers, learn about internships and job opportunities and speak with people that have insight from a diversity of backgrounds. All students are encouraged to attend.

Although students are not required to register for this event in advance, they are encouraged to wear business-professional attire and to bring multiple copies of their résumés.

Hire Blue Career Fairs will be using the CareerFair+ app, which can be downloaded to a mobile device. The app will provide an interactive map, the ability to research employers and more. The map will be live the week before the fairs.  

For any additional details and information, visit https://studentsuccess.uky.edu/stuckert-career-center/hire-blue-career-fairs

As the state’s flagship, land-grant institution, the University of Kentucky exists to advance the Commonwealth. We do that by preparing the next generation of leaders — placing students at the heart of everything we do — and transforming the lives of Kentuckians through education, research and creative work, service and health care. We pride ourselves on being a catalyst for breakthroughs and a force for healing, a place where ingenuity unfolds. It's all made possible by our people — visionaries, disruptors and pioneers — who make up 200 academic programs, a $476.5 million research and development enterprise and a world-class medical center, all on one campus.