Work placement

A 48 week (minimum) work placement is available on most courses during your Third Year.

You will work closely with our Placement Office during your Second Year to secure the right placement for you.

We have a long history of helping our students to find exciting and highly beneficial work placements as part of their course. Engineering Placement vacancies have included:

  • Bentley
  • Rolls Royce Motorcars
  • Jaguar
  • Airbus Industrie in Toulouse and Bristol
  • BAE Systems
  • EADS Astrium
  • MBDA
  • Qinetiq
  • AWRE

Some of our placement students were subsequently offered a graduate position when they completed their studies in the same company where they spent their placement year.

Practical help and support

Our placement office will help and support you in how to:

  • find a placement
  • write an effective CVs
  • complete application forms
  • prepare for interviews and assessments centres
  • liaise with companies offering placement positions

A Visiting Tutor will visit you in your placement during your year in industry to get feedback from you and your company mentor.

Where are they now?

PDF Engineering graduates from November 2008

More information

Contact Faith Abbott for if you have any queries or require more information about engineering placements.

I spent my third year on industrial placement with Rolls Royce and in my final year I got involved in a team to build an Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS). I am now establishing a company which provides electronic-based engineering consultancy to the automotive industry.

Zeeshan Malikfrom Pakistan - studied for a BEng Honours degree in Digital Communications and Electronicsand. Now works as the Managing Director of Auto Digital Limited.

The University of Hertfordshire provided in-depth knowledge of engineering subjects used in cutting edge technology. The final year project was research based and involved working on FPGA chip design and 3D graphics which gives me an edge when going out in the real job market. I would rate the experience and knowledge as 5 star.

Achint Variafrom India - studied for a BEng Honours degree in Digital Systems and Computer Engineering. Now works as an SAP Business Analyst Leader for Honeywell International.

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