Degree apprenticeships

An apprenticeship provides great benefits to employers and employees alike, boosting your staff's capabilities through a combination of academic study and on-the-job training.

The University of Brighton has been developing and delivering degree apprenticeships since 2016. These programmes are designed by employers for employers, meeting the needs of the public and private sector while improving staff development and retention. 

Our apprentices combine work with part-time university study and develop through on-the-job learning with work-based projects relevant to their organisation. Programmes are offered through a combination of face-to-face and digital learning.

why PARTNER WITH US?

  • 50+ professional organisation partnerships
  • One of the first universities to offer apprenticeships
  • Programmes developed with employer partners

Ask us about Apprenticeships

Apprentices in a class discussion

Information for employers

Find out how an apprenticeship could benefit your organisation, how funding works, hiring and your responsibilities during the programme.

Apprentices in a class discussion

Information for apprentices

How to find an apprenticeship, the options available, entry requirements, how to apply, programme lengths, assessments and how finance works.

Apprentice working in a lab

Our apprenticeship programmes

Our apprenticeship programmes range from business and management to education, construction, engineering and the built environment, and health and science.

What is a degree apprenticeship?

Higher and degree apprenticeships are jobs with industry-led educational programmes attached that lead to university qualifications. An apprenticeship is a three-way partnership between an education provider (the University of Brighton), an employer, and an apprentice, who could be an existing employee or a new hire. 

Apprentices spend most of their time at the workplace in a relevant professional role, with 20% of their time (usually one day per week) released for university study. The University of Brighton offers level 5, 6 and 7 apprenticeships, equivalent to foundation, bachelors and masters degrees respectively.

Follow our dedicated LinkedIn Apprenticeships page to keep up-to-date with all our news and activity.

Our latest news

Meet two of our new Chartered Town Planner Masters Degree Apprentices

Meet two of our new Chartered Town Planner Masters Degree Apprentices

Hear more about why they chose this particular Masters programme and their goals for the future as a result of this apprenticeship.
Meet three of our new Environmental Practitioner Degree Apprentices

Meet three of our new Environmental Practitioner Degree Apprentices

We talked to three apprentices from the first cohort to ask why they chose this route and how they are already applying what they’re learning to their work.
Meet four of our new Civil Engineer Degree Apprentices

Meet four of our new Civil Engineer Degree Apprentices

We caught up with them back in October about why they chose this particular programme, what they hope to achieve and their progression routes to a degree apprenticeship.
Meet two of our new Senior Leader Apprentices

Meet two of our new Senior Leader Apprentices

Two of our new Senior Leader apprentices explain why they chose this particular postgraduate apprenticeship and the direction they hope their career will take as a result.

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