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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

Expired
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AtkinsRéalis

Electrical and EC&I Placement Scheme 2025

Bristol, Manchester, Birmingham, Derby, Epsom, Glasgow, Manchester, Sheffield, Whitehaven, Croydon, York

£20,000 - £25,000

Expired
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Cummins Inc

Placement Student - Materials Engineer Metallurgist

Daventry, Northamptonshire

Expired
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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

Expired
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AtkinsRéalis

Waste Management Placement Scheme 2025

Whitehaven, Manchester, Glasgow

£20,000 - £25,000

Expired
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apetito

Marketing Undergraduate Placement

£20,000 - £25,000

Expired
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Fugro

Production Engineer - Industrial Placement 2025

Cornwall

Expired
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Arup

Industrial Internship - Civil Engineering

Leeds

Expired
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Otsuka Pharmaceuticals

Intern - Marketing

OPUK - Office

Expired
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Arup

Industrial Internship - Bridge & Civil Structures

Bristol, Cardiff, London

Expired
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Arup

Industrial Internship - Structural Engineering

Bristol, Cardiff, London

Expired
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Arup

Industrial Internship - Civil Engineering - Energy

Bristol

Expired
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