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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.

Environmental Scientist - Undergraduate Placement
Aldermaston, Reading
£23,500

Placement Student – Engine Plant IT Systems
Darlington, UK

Placement Student - Sales Operations Coordinator
Wellingborough

Placement Student - IT Business Analyst
Huddersfield

Actuarial Analyst Graduate Placement Year
Stoke-on-Trent
£30,987

Audit 12-Month Placement, Newcastle, September 2026
Newcastle upon Tyne

Audit 12-Month Placement, Leeds, September 2026
Leeds

Public Sector External Audit 12-Month Placement, Birmingham, September 2026
Birmingham

Audit 12-Month Placement, York, September 2026
York

2026-2027 Commercial & Investment Banking - Markets Economic Research - 12-Month Industrial Placement Programme - London
London

2026 Software Engineer Program - 12 Month Industrial Placement - Bournemouth, Glasgow & London
Glasgow, London and Bournemouth

Network Operations Analyst – Placement Year (Sandwich Degree) 2029 graduate
London
