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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.
Toyota Motor Manufacturing (UK) Ltd
TME Engineering Industrial Placement Scheme 2025
Burnaston
£26,331
Toyota Motor Manufacturing (UK) Ltd
Production Control (Supply Chain) Industrial Placement Scheme 2025 - Deeside Engine Plant
Deeside
£26,331
Toyota Motor Manufacturing (UK) Ltd
Marketing and Events Management Industrial Placement Scheme 2025
Burnaston
£26,331
Moore Kingston Smith
Audit Placement Year
London
£26,000
Toyota Motor Manufacturing (UK) Ltd
Finance Industrial Placement Scheme 2025
Burnaston
£26,331
Toyota Motor Manufacturing (UK) Ltd
TME Systems Development Industrial Placement Scheme 2025
Burnaston
£26,331
Cummins Inc
Placement Student - Finance, Darlington
Darlington
£23,700
EDF
Civil Engineering Industrial Placement - Gloucester
Gloucester
£23,250
EY
Tax Industrial Placement - Northern Ireland – July 2025
Belfast
EY
Technology Consulting Industrial Placement – September 2025 intake
London
EY
Audit Industrial Placement
Aberdeen, Belfast
AlphaSights
Associate, Client Service - German Speaker, 2025
London
£47,000 - £56,000