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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.
DPD
Assistant Management Accountant - 12 Month Student Placement - Starting July 2025
Smethwick
£20,000 - £25,000
Sensata Technologies
MSD Electronics/Software Development Placement
Newtownabbey
Retail Renault Group
Marketing Intern - Sandwich year placement
London
£19,999
Brighton College
HR Assistant (Placement)
Brighton
£20,000 - £25,000
William Grant & Sons
Specification Data Administrator
Bellshill
Balfour Beatty
Civil Engineer Year In Industry Placement
Colchester
Northumbrian Water/Essex & Suffolk Water
Wastewater Project Undergraduate
Sunderland
£20,000 - £25,000
Smartestenergy
Graduate Risk Placement
London
Retail Renault Group
Business Placement Data Analyst Intern
London
£19,999

BDO
2025 Industrial Placement Programme
Reading
£25,000 - £30,000
NHS Scotland
Summer Student Placement - Medical Records
Isle of Lewis
£25,000 - £30,000
Vet Record Careers
Veterinary Internship - Internal Medicine
Derby
£30,000 - £35,000