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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.

Otsuka Pharmaceuticals
Intern - Market Access
OPEL - Office

JLR
Creative Technical: Surface Engineering - Undergraduate
Gaydon
£23,434

Allianz
Allianz UK Placement Student
Birmingham, Southampton, Chelmsford, Maidstone, Guildford, London, Manchester, Leeds, Glasgow

Johnson & Johnson
Distribution Student Placement
Leeds
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Arup
Industrial Internship - Highways
Cardiff

Otsuka Pharmaceuticals
Supply Chain Intern
OPEL - Office
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Arup
Industrial Internship - Building Services -Mechanical
Belfast

Azets
Audit Placement (12 months), Cardiff, Autumn 2025
Cardiff

Capgemini
Industrial Placement - Engagement Management 2025
Telford
£20,000 - £25,000

House of Commons
Project Leader (Sandwich Student)
London
£25,928
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Enterprise Mobility
One Year Management / Business Industrial Placement – Nationwide
Nationwide

THAMES VALLEY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Policy & Inward Investment Administrator (1 Year Student Placement)
Slough, Berkshire
£20,000 - £25,000