A Year in Industry is an opportunity to spend a year in employment during your studies, and is available to all undergraduate students studying within the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences.
It will provide you with invaluable experience in the real working world and will help you develop a range of skills which will make you an attractive candidate for jobs after graduating.
Our Year in Industry degrees are four-year degree programmes, where your third year is spent working in industry.
The 12 month placement is a credit-bearing (worth 120 credits), assessed part of a 4-year degree programme. This means that your performance on the assessment and completion of the placement will have an impact on your final degree classification, just as a year of taught modules would. If you are interested in getting work experience but don't want to do a year long industry placement, .
NOTE: If you wish to go undertake a Year in Industry in your third year of studies, you must complete and pass the Employability Skills Module as well as pass your overall studies.
Live Chat is now closed until after the exam period and will reopen at a time after 7th June 2024.
So many students have undertaken a Year in Industry and have returned having gained fantastic first-hand work experience that has given them the confidence not only to perform well in their final year but to engage in the working world after University.
I have developed my transferable skills massively, allowing me to start off my career one step ahead. Through such a successful year I have been offered a post-graduate position, and this I am very excited for."
Placement: Siemens PLC
Position: Reward, Policy and Brexit Intern
I was able to kick start my career and develop my skills further to a whole new level.
You look back and think proudly about what a lot you achieved in just one year of working."
Placement: Airbus - Filton, Bristol
Position: Procurement Internship, Buyer - Wing
I have not only learnt the technical aspects and responsibilities to fulfill the shoes of a HR consultant, but I have identified the essential employability skills that are fundamental in the workplace including teamwork, operating in a fast paced environment and the need to be resilient."
Placement: Alerts Logic
Position: HR Administrative Intern
