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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.

Siemens Mobility
Communications Internship (12 months)
Chippenham
£23,400

Jigsaw Trust
Learning Support Worker (1 Year Paid Placement)
Cranleigh, Surrey
£25,000 - £30,000

Tilbury Douglas
Year Out Construction Management Placement
Exeter

Jigsaw Trust
Trainee SEN Teacher (1 Year Paid Placement)
Cranleigh, Surrey
£20,000 - £25,000

Frazer-Nash Consultancy
Systems Engineering and Integration Placement Year 2025
Bristol, Manchester, Warrington
£25,000

Illumina
Communications Associate - 12 Month (Undergraduate Placement)
Cambridge
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HW Fisher
Year Placement 2025
London

Illumina
Accounting and Finance Associate – (Undergraduate / Placement) – 12 Months
Cambridge

Illumina
Patient Advocacy Associate – (Undergraduate / Placement) – 12 Months
Cambridge

Illumina
Lab Scientist Intern (Undergraduate / Placement) – 12 Months
Cambridge
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Experian
Product Marketing Industrial Placement
London
£25,400

EDF
Emergency Preparedness Industrial Placement - Gloucester
Gloucester
£20,000 - £25,000