Industrial placement
All of our courses provide students with the opportunity to undertake a year-long period of professional development in industry. This takes place after the first two years of study and on completion students gain an additional qualification which we call the Diploma in Industrial Studies (DIS).
The DIS year is a fantastic opportunity to gain work experience and improve your employment prospects on graduation. In some instances, students on industrial placements are offered a permanent position by their host company when they graduate. Whilst on placement, DIS students also get a salary, the salary can vary from company to company, but typically this could be in the region of £16,000 per annum.
Finding a placement
We have long established links with many external companies and our students are keenly sought after by companies in the aerospace and automotive industries who know from past experience that Loughborough students are well prepared to take on a variety of tasks.
The Department has a dedicated Industrial Placement Administrator who gathers and supplies information about training opportunities, arranges interview visits in the Department and acts as an intermediary between students and companies.
Supporting you on placement
During the placement period, regular contact is maintained with the Department. Students inform their tutors of the nature of their work and general progress through regular reports. Tutors also visit students at their workplace at least twice a year.
Where might I work?
Companies who have employed our placement students in the past are given below (* indicates companies with a long-standing relationship with the department who expect to take students most years). Read our placement student profiles.
Aero
- Alstec Power, Leicester
- Alvis Vickers
- Armed Forces
- Atlantic Aeroengineering
- British Airways, Gatwick
- British Airways, Heathrow
- BAE SYSTEMS *
- DSTL
- ESDU
- Goodrich Aerospace
- HS Marston Aerospace Ltd *
- Hurel Hispano (Aircelle), Burnley
- Lockheed-Martin *
- Marshalls Aerospace, Cambridge *
- MBDA
- Messier Dowty
- NPL
- QinetiQ, Farnborough *
- Rolls-Royce, Derby *
- Rolls-Royce, Bristol *
- Siemens, Lincoln
- Slingsby Aviation *
- Smiths Aerospace
- Sonda
- Virgin, Gatwick
- Westland Helicopters *
Auto
- AP Racing
- Armed Forces
- BAR (British American Racing F1 Team) *
- Bentley Motor Cars *
- BP Oil, Engine & Vehicle Test *
- Calsonic Technology Centre
- Castrol International Technical Centre
- Caterham Cars
- Caterpillar/Perkins Engines Co Ltd *
- Corus R & D
- Corus Technology
- Cosworth Racing
- Cosworth Technology
- Cummins Engine Co Ltd *
- DENSO
- Denford
- Douglas Engineering
- Eaton Ltd
- ESSO & Exon Group *
- Ford / Visteon *
- GKN Group
- Group Lotus Ltd *
- Ifor Williams Trailers
- Jaguar Cars
- JC Bamford Excavators Ltd
- JE Engineering Ltd
- Johnson Matthey *
- Leyland Technology Centre
- Lubrizol Ltd *
- Metzler
- MIRA *
- Mobil
- Nissan European Technology Centre *
- Penske Cars Ltd
- Peugeot Motor Company plc
- Pi Research Group Ltd
- Prodrive
- Ray Mallock Ltd *
- Red Bull Racing
- Ricardo Consulting Engineers Ltd
- Rolls-Royce
- Shell Research Ltd
- TOMCO Europe
- Toyota
- Transport Research Laboratories
- TVR Engineering Ltd
- Van Diemen Racing
- Vauxhall Motors Ltd *
- Vehicle Safety Research Centre
- Volvo Truck and Bus Ltd
- Volkswagen, Germany
- WS Atkins Consultants Ltd
- XTRAC Ltd *