Industrial Placements
Product Design Engineering student Lydia on placement at BMW
Our undergraduate degrees including an industrial year offer students the chance to work for a year in industry, gaining essential experience. In addition to year-long placements, summer work placements can be arranged.
Our placements offer businesses the opportunity to work with, and secure, talented students before they graduate.
Industrial Placements
Find out where our students have been on placement in the past.
An industrial placement will enable you to gain industry experience, crucial for your career development. Find out more about the opportunities available to you.
Gain new talent for your business by employing one of our students on an industrial placement year. Find out more about how a placement student can help you.
Contact the Faculty Placement Team
Our faculty has a dedicated placement team who works closely with Careers and Employability to support students in finding the right placement.
We can offer students:
- guidance on applying for placements
- employer events hosted in the faculty
- visits and support from academic staff while you’re on placement
- help with your transition back to university life
We also offer advice to those businesses wishing to become an industrial placement employer and support companies who currently employ our placement students.
Email us the placement team
Please be aware that study abroad, compulsory year abroad, optional placements/internships and integrated year in industry opportunities may change at any time for a number of reasons, including curriculum developments, changes to arrangements with partner universities or placement/industry hosts, travel restrictions or other circumstances outside of the university's control. Every effort will be made to update this information as quickly as possible should a change occur.