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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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AtkinsRéalis
Building Surveying Placement Scheme 2025
Bristol, Epsom, London, Cardiff, Nottingham, Tunbridge Wells
£20,000 - £25,000
AtkinsRéalis
Electrical and EC&I Placement Scheme 2025
Bristol, Manchester, Birmingham, Derby, Epsom, Glasgow, Manchester, Sheffield, Whitehaven, Croydon, York
£20,000 - £25,000
Cummins Inc
Placement Student - Materials Engineer Metallurgist
Daventry, Northamptonshire
AtkinsRéalis
Civil and Structural Engineering Placement Scheme 2025
Birmingham, Bristol, Epsom, London, Manchester, Belfast, Cambridge, Cardiff, Croydon, Derby, Exeter, Glasgow, Leeds, Peterborough, Swansea, Whitehaven, Aylesbury, Newcastle, Swindon, Trowbridge, York, Chelmsford, Edinburgh, Stockton
£20,000 - £25,000
AtkinsRéalis
Waste Management Placement Scheme 2025
Whitehaven, Manchester, Glasgow
£20,000 - £25,000
apetito
Marketing Undergraduate Placement
£20,000 - £25,000
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Fugro
Production Engineer - Industrial Placement 2025
Cornwall
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Arup
Industrial Internship - Civil Engineering
Leeds
Otsuka Pharmaceuticals
Intern - Marketing
OPUK - Office
Arup
Industrial Internship - Bridge & Civil Structures
Bristol, Cardiff, London
Arup
Industrial Internship - Structural Engineering
Bristol, Cardiff, London
Arup
Industrial Internship - Civil Engineering - Energy
Bristol
