Get more from your course in the Faculty of Science
We offer many opportunities for you to broaden your horizons and create memories that will last a lifetime.
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Follow your passions with a year-long placement.
A year in industry is a fantastic way to follow your passions and see if a possible career is right for you. They look great on your CV, and offer endless opportunities to build skills and develop a network of contacts. Who knows, your employer may even offer you a job for after you graduate.
There’s a wide range of possible year in industry placements on offer. We have excellent links with companies and organisations. Our students have been on placement with employers such as:
- Atkins
- British Geological Survey
- Chester Zoo
- EDF Energy
- Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust
- Gymshark
- John Innes Centre
- McCain
- McDonald's
- National Botanic Garden of Wales
- NIAB – National Institute of Agricultural Botany
- The Whitley Wildlife Trust
- Waltham Petcare Science Institute
- Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust
Our dedicated placement team is available to support you in finding the right opportunity
Matt talks us through what he's learned on his placement at Dartmoor Zoo
I’ve learned so much about working with animals and data analysis that you can’t learn elsewhere. I’m hoping to use the data from studying tigers in my final year dissertation project.
Matt
on placement at Dartmoor Zoo
Further work experience
If a year-long placement isn’t for you, you could spend a summer working with one of our renowned scientists on campus, getting stuck into a unique project.
Alternatively, consider employer-led challenges or work experience organised by the Careers and Employability Service.
There are also opportunities to work with the university. You could share your love of your course as a student ambassador, or flex your creative skills as a content creator.
Study abroad
Studying overseas means more than just sampling delicious cuisine and a different climate. It’s a unique opportunity to become a more worldly, more adaptable person – traits which will benefit you in any future career.
We hope that gives you some ideas for how you can make your degree your own. The possibilities are infinite.
