Science and engineering

If you are studying a science, engineering or technology subject, you should seriously consider doing a high-quality sandwich-year placement.

You could end up working for a leading organisation such as BBC, BMW, British Airways, Caterpillar, Environment Agency, Gatwick Airport, IBM, Panasonic, Pfizer, Rolls Royce, Southern Water and Xerox.

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Get ahead with a placement

Employers tell us they value students with industrial experience. Stand out from the crowd in an increasingly competitive graduate job market by doing a sandwich-year placement. 

A placement brings other benefits:

  • You will learn from highly-experienced individuals and use new cutting-edge technologies.
  • You will improve your knowledge of your subject and find out about a range of career paths in your field.
  • You will improve your key skills and abilities.
  • You will earn money - the average sandwich-year placement salary is around £16k.
  • You may even be offered a full-time graduate role to return to when you graduate.
  • You will put what you have learned at university into practice.

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We can offer you

We work hard to source and promote quality placements for you to apply to.

Each discipline we work with has a dedicated Placement Coordinator with specialist knowledge of your subject who is here to find suitable opportunities for you.

We also help you write your CV, make applications and prepare for interviews and assessment centres.

Placements are available in THESE courses:

  • Biomedical and Biological Sciences
  • Built Environment
  • Chemistry
  • Civil Engineering
  • Computing
  • Ecology
  • Engineering
  • Environmental Sciences
  • Geography and Geology
  • Maths
  • Pharmaceutical and Chemical Sciences
  • Product Design