The major of cultural relics and museum science provides diversified employment opportunities for graduates. This major mainly trains senior museology professionals who have systematic knowledge of cultural relics and museology and can engage in the management and research of cultural relics and museums in government cultural relics management research institutions, various museums and exhibition units, archaeological departments, cultural relics and art business units, customs, press and publication, education and other units.

As China pays more and more attention to the protection and inheritance of cultural heritage, graduates majoring in cultural relics and museum science have relatively more job opportunities in government cultural relics management and research institutions, museums and exhibition units. These units usually need professionals in cultural relics identification, restoration, management and exhibition, so graduates majoring in cultural relics and museum science have good employment prospects in these fields.