Loughborough has a long history of supporting students with paid work placements in business or industry in the UK or overseas, usually after your second year of study.
On this course you'll have the option to undertake a placement as part of your degree, so that your time at Loughborough will consist of three years’ full-time academic study and one year of employment in industry. The placement year occupies the whole of the third year and normally commences between July and September, lasting 45 weeks.
Completing a placement is a great way to put your learning into context, improve your interpersonal skills, gain invaluable experience in the workplace, boost your employability and 'test-drive' a career to find out if a job is right for you.
Our School Placement Officers are in regular contact with organisations across the UK and advertise the available placements to you. The University Careers Network provides first class help with writing CVs, applications, cover letters, interview practice and presentations. Whilst on your placement you will be given full support by a Visiting Academic Tutor and Workplace Supervisor throughout.
Additional award
This course comes with the option to undertake a professional placement for a year, at the end of which you will gain a Diploma in Professional Studies (DPS). This is an additional award to the final qualification you will receive once you have successfully completed this course.
Featured placement year companies
Our strong industry links help our students to advance their skills and add to their CV through placements with professional sports teams, sporting organisations, educational institutions, health and wellbeing organisations.
Our students have previously undertaken placements with organisations including: Tottenham Hotspur Club; English Institute of Sport; Leicester Tigers; Southampton Football Club; Adidas; and Leicester Diabetes Research Centre.