Work experience
Long placements or short – work experience is worth the effort it takes to seek out. The obvious advantages are the skills you gain and the insights into what the engineering work environment is really like. But there’s something else that almost all engineering students say about their engineering work experience: how much it helps them with their studies when they return to uni. Theory put into practice deepens understanding like nothing else.
Find out more about the benefits of engineering work experience and read about what other engineering interns and placement students discovered through their experience in industry.
Which engineering employers offer summer internships or industrial placements?
The majority of leading engineering companies offer work experience to student engineers. Here’s what’s on offer.
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Engineering work experience: how to help your career before you graduate
Work experience will impress graduate recruiters and can help you with career decisions. An engineering placement such as an internship or year in industry is the best bet but non-engineering experience can also help.
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From placement year to graduate job: getting a software engineering career started
An industrial placement year designing software exposed graduate engineer David Brown to work on a different level from at university and put him a step ahead in his final year. It also helped him get his graduate job in 3D graphics and graphic programming with the same employer.
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