Placements
What are placements?
A placement is a period of time in which you get the opportunity to gain first-hand industry experience as part of your degree. This is usually by working for an organisation. There are two types of placement opportunities available at the University.
- A sandwich placement: Assessed work, usually paid and done as part of your course, normally a year in length.
- A work placement: A period of structured professional work experience, paid or unpaid, which
is part of your study.
Placement duration may vary. If it is a sandwich year placement it could be as long as 48 weeks. Placements may take place at different times during the academic year (including vacations).
Sandwich placements fall between the second and final year of your course. Your placement could be anywhere in the world and, as a university, we have links with some of the leading companies with headquarters in all continents.
Sandwich year placement vacancies are supported by your placement team below and the placement team offer excellent support to ensure you are prepared for applying for your placement. If you need support with CVs, cover letters, application support as well as interview, assessment centre and psychometric testing preparation.
During your work placement, you will be supported by our placement teams who are always on hand to help.
Visit our application and recruitment area to find out more.
Contact your School Placement Unit
Applied Sciences
Arts and Humanities
Business School
Computing and Engineering
placements@hud.ac.uk
Education and Professional Development
Human and Health Sciences
The HHS Placement Hub website is live.
What are the benefits of undertaking a placement?
- Work with the best - Our students have gone on to work for companies like The NHS, The BBC, Sky, Burberry, Local Education Providers, Red Bull F1 and KPMG to name just a few.
- Graduate employability - Some of our students return from their placement with sponsorship and the offer of a permanent job after they graduate.
- Get paid* - your placement year is usually paid and you are regarded as a regular employee undertaking a real job with appropriate responsibility.
- All the support you need - you will be allocated a work supervisor and your School placement unit should be in regular contact.
- Enhance your CV - All employers value work experience, even if it's not in the same area of work, and some will require it for certain graduate roles. Getting this on your CV is vital evidence of what you can do.
*In some instances a placement period may be unpaid
Useful links
Once you know about the placement options on your course, explore a range of placement sites to find the right opportunity for you.