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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.

Placement Student - Applied Controls
Darlington, UK

Graphic and Digital Design Internship
London
£28,000

Placement Student - Applied Controls
Darlington, UK

Undergraduate Systems Engineer
Frimley, Camberley, Scotstoun, Glasgow, Barrow-in-Furness, Portsmouth, Filton, Bristol, Rochester
£24,300

Kepak Technical (Food Safety) 12 Month Industrial Placement Programme 2026
Kirkham, Preston
£25,000

Digital Innovation Industrial Placement
Brighton and Hove
£24,500

Financial Advisory Industrial Placement Programme
London

Placement Student - Current Product Engineering
Darlington

Placement Student - EBU Product Engineering
Darlington

Engineering and Technology Internship
Bristol, Derby, Solihull
£23,600

12 Month Process Development Placement (Engineering)

Placement Student - Supply Chain (EBU Customer Services)
Darlington
