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Placements are similar to internships in that they are structured work experience schemes through which university students enter the workplace, discover what it is like to work in a particular career sector and to develop useful skills. The term placement, rather than internship, has traditionally been used when a student had to undertake the work experience as part of their degree course – but these days some employers use the terms placement and internship interchangeably.
What kinds of placement are there? A placement year (otherwise known as a year-in-industry or a sandwich year) typically lasts between 24 and 50 weeks and is held between your penultimate and final year of studies. Summer placements, unsurprisingly, run during the university summer holidays; they are typically aimed at penultimate-year students, but some might be open to other year groups.
If you make a good impression as a placement student, many employers will either offer you a job for after graduation or put you straight through to the final stages of their graduate recruitment process; in some cases, they may also sponsor (AKA cover some of the costs of) your final year.

Cummins Inc
Placement Student - Digital Marketing
Darlington, County Durham
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Arup
Part 1 Architecture Assistant
London

Haven
Haven Commercial Internship
Hemel Hempstead
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Enterprise Mobility
One Year Management Placement / Internship - Basildon / Leigh-on-Sea / Southend
Southend-on-Sea

Dentons
Dentons Now to Next Scholarship
Online
Veterinary Internship - Internal Medicine
Derby
£30,000 - £35,000
Undergraduate Digital Service Designer
Durham
£24,242

AWE
Engineering: Defence STEM Undergraduate Scholarship Scheme
Reading

AWE
Science: Defence STEM Undergraduate Scholarship Scheme
Reading
Production Control and Logistics Student - 12 Month Placement 2025/26
Gillingham
£23,492
Work Placement Coordinator
Moor
£25,000 - £30,000

Carter Jonas LLP
2025 Infrastructures Student Placement
Birmingham
£25,300