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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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Arup

Industrial Internship - Civil Engineering - London

London

Expired
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Arup

Industrial Internship - Highways

Cardiff

Expired
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Arup

Industrial Internship - Rail - Bristol

Bristol

Expired
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Arup

Industrial Internship - Structural Engineering - Belfast

Belfast

Expired
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Arup

Industrial Internship - Civil Engineering - Nottingham

Nottingham

Expired
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Arup

Industrial Internship - Civil Engineering - Manchester

Manchester

Expired
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Moore Kingston Smith

Data & Analytics Placement Year (Undergraduate Programme)

London

£26,000

Expired
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Isio

Industrial Placement Actuarial & Consulting - Edinburgh 2025 Intake

Edinburgh

Expired
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Arup

Industrial Internship - Civil Engineering - Water

Bristol, Cardiff

Expired
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Arup

Industrial Internship - Civil Engineering - Bristol

Bristol

Expired
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Cummins Inc

Placement Student - Supplier Quality

Daventry

Expired
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Illumina

Commercial Operations Undergraduate Associate (12 Month - Placement)

Cambridge

Expired
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