The Sims 4 University Degrees, Careers And Distinguished Degrees ...

Choosing the right dregree for your Sim

Perhaps you already have a vocation in mind for your Sim: either because their Aspiration requires them to pursue a specific career, or just because you've got a story you want to tell for that particular character.

On the other hand, maybe you haven't decided everything about their future yet, but have an idea of what skills you'd like them to focus on. Or maybe you've already got your Sim's ideal degree subject in mind, but aren't sure what to do after graduation.

The table below shows every degree subject in Discover University alongside the skills it develops and the careers it allows graduates improved access to.

Extracurricular career benefits

Keen-eyed Simmers may have noticed that there are three career branches from the base game that have no associated degree:

• Athlete - Professional Athlete branch
• Culinary - Mixologist branch
• Tech Guru - eSports Gamer branch

However, budding Pro Athletes and eSports Gamers should still consider enrolling in university, as participating in the Soccer Team Player and E-Sports Competitor extracurricular activities will respectively provide the same benefits as a degree for these careers.

Your Sim just needs to be enrolled at either university studying any degree in order to access these activities, which can be joined by "Searching for Job" on a phone - they're under the After School Activity category, and basically function like a part-time job (but unpaid, of course).

Aspiring Mixologists hoping that there are similar non-academic benefits to university are, unfortunately, out of luck. It seems that in the world of The Sims 4, Mixology is the only career that's considered a full-time vocation and yet not at all an academic pursuit.

(Which is potentially a bit hurtful to all the professional bartenders out there... especially when even career criminals are having their dreams taken seriously.)