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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.

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Tourism Ireland

Brand & Content Marketing Internship Placement

Coleraine

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Deloitte

Technology Industrial Placement

London, Edinburgh, Reading

24 days to apply
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Deloitte

Tax Consulting Industrial Placement

Belfast

24 days to apply
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Deloitte

Audit & Assurance Industrial Placement

London, Leeds, Cambridge, Aberdeen

24 days to apply
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Deloitte

Consulting Industrial Placement

Belfast

24 days to apply
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AWE

Year in Industry - Register Interest

United Kingdom

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Azets

Mixed 12-month Placement, Manchester, September 2026

Manchester

25 days to apply
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UVEX SAFETY (UK) LTD

Marketing Intern

The role is based at our Farnham, Surrey office. The successful candidate must attend at least three days per week, with occasional need for up to five. Applicants should live within a reasonable commuting distance.

£20,000 - £25,000

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FCC Environment

Operations Placement - Energy from Waste (Hartlebury)

Hartlebury

24 days to apply
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FCC Environment

Operations Placement - Energy from Waste (Eastcroft)

Nottingham

24 days to apply
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Spotlight
FCC Environment

Operations Placement - Energy from Waste (Millerhill)

Millerhill

24 days to apply
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Sizewell C

Sizewell C Project Management Industrial Placement - Ipswich

Ipswich

£24,500

6 days to apply
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