Placements and internships

Get information on how to find graduate internships, vacation and other short undergraduate placements.

Our free vacancy service contains opportunities from thousands of local, national and international employers, including part and full-time jobs, short-term placements, internships and more.

Apply for placements and internships with our Vacancy Service

Interested in applying for a sandwich placement? Contact your placements team

External resources

Aggregator sites

Adzuna and Indeed harvest data from multiple job sites with a single search and speed up your job hunting.

Specialist sites

AllAboutCareers has internships, placements and graduate jobs.
Cogent Life Sciences Placements Service has 12-month and shorter industrial placement opportunities.
Creative Access finds internships in the creative industries for young people from Minority Ethnic backgrounds.
Eternships connects students and graduates with small businesses and start-ups.

Fulbright Commission has internships for current students interested in gaining experience in American business practices.
Graduate-jobs.com - Internships offers undergraduate internships from summer positions to 12-month placements.
Inspiring Interns has graduate internships.
Magnet includes internships and placements.
Rate My Placement has peer-reviewed work experience opportunities.
STEP Programme has paid short-term undergraduate placements, sandwich placements and graduate internships.
Targetjobs has internships, placements and work experience opportunities from 1-12 months.
Targetjobs Insider Reviews has reviews from recent graduate interns on culture, training, salary and overall satisfaction.

Santander Internships

The Santander Universities Employability Scheme offers a fully funded internship for SMEs or not-for-profits. Offering grants of £1,000 to pay a final year student or recent graduate to intern with you over the summer.

You will find these opportunities advertised via our vacancy service.

For more information

Email careersemployers@brighton.ac.uk

Approaching employers directly

You may want to try contacting employers directly about the possibility of working for them, especially if you are looking for a placement in a competitive sector or want to work for a specific employer.

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Internships - know your rights

Unfortunately, in certain industries, unpaid internships are still the norm. The legal debate around this is ongoing.

For information on the current situation and latest developments, visit the Your rights in the workplace webpage.