Industrial Placement Year

Enhance your employability with an Industrial Placement Year, an additional year-long paid placement in an engineering organisation.

During your placement, you will be able to apply the knowledge and skills that you've developed during the early years of your degree, and gain vital experience to help you become a professional engineer after graduation.

Oluwaseun Coker, Cummins — Oluwaseun Coker, Placement: Service Engineer, Cummins

Wataru Kawamoto, Sahara Force India — Wataru Kawamoto, Placement: Aerodynamics, Sahara Force India

Key features:

We provide advice and guidance to help you secure your placement, from experience academic staff in Engineering and the University's Careers and Employability Service
A placement tutor will support you during your placement
You will have two progression reviews during your placement, to monitor your experience
During the year, you will benefit from a reduced fee of twenty per cent of the standard tuition fee
Your successful placement will be included on your degree certificate
You will remain a student, with access to the usual University services, benefits and support
The Placement Year is assessed by an individual reflective report and a presentation to staff and peers

Placement at Jaguar Land Rover

"My placement was extremely beneficial as I could develop the range of skills I had acquired during my time at University. I was able to apply my knowledge from my engineering modules to real life, and get a feel for how things work in reality compared to theoretically."

Denizcan Yuksek, MEng Mechanical Engineering / Aerospace

Find out more

UCAS codes:

Acoustical Engineering:

BEng Acoustical Engineering with Industrial Placement Year – H34P

MEng Acoustical Engineering with Industrial Placement Year – FF38

Aeronautics and Astronautics:

BEng Aeronautics and Astronautics with Industrial Placement Year - H40P

MEng Aeronautics and Astronautics with Industrial Placement Year – H414

MEng Aeronautics and Astronautics / Aerodynamics with Industrial Placement Year – HH41

MEng Aeronautics and Astronautics / Airvehicle Systems Design with Industrial Placement Year – H41H

MEng Aeronautics and Astronautics / Computational Engineering and Design with Industrial Placement Year – H4H1

MEng Aeronautics and Astronautics / Engineering Management with Industrial Placement Year – HH44

MEng Aeronautics and Astronautics / Materials and Structures with Industrial Placement Year – H44H

MEng Aeronautics and Astronautics / Semester Abroad with Industrial Placement Year – H4HH

MEng Aeronautics and Astronautics / Semester in Industry with Industrial Placement Year – H444

MEng Aeronautics and Astronautics / Spacecraft Engineering with Industrial Placement Year – H400

Civil Engineering:

BEng Civil Engineering with Industrial Placement Year - H20P

MEng Civil Engineering with Industrial Placement Year – HH20

MEng Civil Engineering and Architecture with Industrial Placement Year – K21K

MEng Civil and Environmental Engineering with Industrial Placement Year – HH22

Mechanical Engineering

BEng Mechanical Engineering with Industrial Placement Year - H30P

MEng Mechanical Engineering with Industrial Placement Year – 30HH

MEng Mechanical Engineering / Acoustical Engineering with Industrial Placement Year – H34H

MEng Mechanical Engineering / Advanced Materials with Industrial Placement Year – H3H1

MEng Mechanical Engineering / Aerospace with Industrial Placement Year – H3H4

MEng Mechanical Engineering / Automotive with Industrial Placement Year – H3H3

MEng Mechanical Engineering / Biomedical Engineering with Industrial Placement Year – H316

MEng Mechanical Engineering / Computational Engineering and Design with Industrial Placement Year – H3H6

MEng Mechanical Engineering / Engineering Management with Industrial Placement Year – HH31

MEng Mechanical Engineering / Mechatronics with Industrial Placement Year – H3H2

MEng Mechanical Engineering / Naval Engineering with Industrial Placement Year – H3H5

MEng Mechanical Engineering / Sustainable Energy Systems with Industrial Placement Year – H3J7

Ship Science:

BEng Ship Science with Industrial Placement Year - J60P

MEng Ship Science with Industrial Placement Year – H52H

MEng Ship Science / Advanced Materials with Industrial Placement Year – H5J5

MEng Ship Science / Engineering Management with Industrial Placement Year – H55J

MEng Ship Science / Naval Architecture with Industrial Placement Year – HH55

MEng Ship Science / Naval Engineering with Industrial Placement Year – HJ55

MEng Ship Science / Offshore Engineering with Industrial Placement Year – H5H3

MEng Ship Science / Yacht and Small Craft with Industrial Placement Year – H5H2

The Placement Year is also available with the Foundation Year.

A placement shows future employers that you can act professionally and responsibly and it’ll help you stand out in a very competitive industry.