Industrial Experience Study Option

All of our undergraduate programmes offer the option to include a year of Industrial Experience — a paid placement with an employer, aligned with your career goals.

Spending a year in industry offers numerous benefits and is an excellent opportunity to apply what you’ve learnt in a real-world setting. During the placement, you will:

• Gain first-hand insight into a specific industry.

• Build a network of valuable professional contacts.

• Develop key skills such as communication, problem-solving, and teamwork.

• Grow in self-confidence.

• Strengthen your CV and enhance your graduate job prospects.

• Potentially secure a graduate role — many of our students are offered permanent positions by their placement employers.

We have a dedicated Industrial Placement Officer who will guide and support you in finding the right placement. During your year in industry, you’ll remain a Queen Mary student with full access to university resources and support.

Our Industrial Placement Officer will stay in regular contact with you and your employer, to ensure everything is going smoothly.

Please note that industrial placements are highly competitive and awarded based on application, academic track record and performance at interview.

What our students say:

Karan Mehta,

Aerospace Engineering

Placement: Rolls Royce

"I realised that I enjoy working in an engineering company and being at the forefront of new engineering technology. Seeing these huge complex machines made me realise how intelligent humans are, and what we can achieve when we put our differences aside and work to a common goal.  

I will be returning to Rolls-Royce on the Engineering Graduate Trainee Scheme."

 

Zofia Brunner-Zukowska,

Mechanical Engineering

Placement: Jaguar Land Rover

"The placement was an eye-opener for me, being in a big company such as JLR is a completely different environment to a lecture theatre. 

The experience has been a big game changer. Not only do I know what I might like to do in the future, I also know what I definitely do not want to do. I have been lucky enough to be offered a graduate job and cannot wait to get stuck in."

 

Ammaarah Ravat,

Sustainable Energy Engineering

Placement: Cummins Power Systems

"I found working for a year at Cummins to be challenging, dynamic, technical and full of opportunities.

I have accepted a graduate position with Cummins but in a different business function and in a different location to where I did my placement year. This new role will best utilise my greater skills (people interaction, project management and collaboration) and allow me to pursue my passion for environmental sustainability."