Professional Training placements

Unique access to the world of work

Our Professional Training placements give you the opportunity to develop your professional, academic and personal potential, equipping you to be adaptable, resilient, globally minded, confident, entrepreneurial and digitally savvy in the workplace. These qualities are widely recognised by employers and a significant proportion of placement students at Surrey are offered graduate-level jobs or go onto postgraduate study.

Recognised as the Best University Placement Service

Experience a placement first-hand

Find out what Sophie and Olivia gained from their placements at BMW and EA Games.

Giving you the competitive edge

Our placements will help you gain confidence, maturity and knowledge, find a focus for your final year of study and test out a career path.

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About the scheme

Our placements give you a competitive edge, giving you opportunities to gain confidence, maturity and knowledge and increase your employability potential.

Course with placements

Almost every course we offer includes the option of a Professional Training placement, which lets you spend up to a year of your course working at one of more than 2,300 partner organisations in the UK and overseas.

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Support

We will help you find a placement that matches both the needs of your degree and your future career plans, and prepare you for your role.

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How to apply

Professional Training placements are usually applied for and secured via an open and free-to-all process, within which students can select and apply for numerous opportunities.

2,300+ placement partners

We partner with over 2,300 national and international businesses of all sizes and across all sectors. These include companies such as Oracle, Morgan Stanley and the Walt Disney Company.

What our students say

Ben Karkera

Mechanical Engineering BEng (Hons)

"The highlight for me was the pride in being given responsibility, and being able to complete work to a high standard. By the end of my placement I really felt a part of the team, and as though I was contributing in a meaningful way."

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Alice Bentham

Theatre and Performance BA (Hons)

"The experiences you can gain as a placement student are invaluable - especially in an industry such as ours where it can seem impossible to get a foot in the door."

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