Placements

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Get support from your dedicated Placements and Internships Team in the Management School

What is a placement?

A placement is a period of professional-level work experience that is normally 10 to 12 months long and forms part of your overall degree.

Benefits of a placement

What students get from their placements:

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Experience

there's no experience like industry experience. Impress future employers with your CV

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Academic performance

improving your skills and knowledge on placement could help you earn a higher degree grade

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Career insight

try working in an industry before you decide if it's right for you

Reduced tuition fees

you only pay 20% of your annual tuition free during your placement year

Keep access to all university resources and support

you have access to all the university resources and support while you are on placement

Entitled to apply for student loans

you are entitled to apply for student loans as in any other year and will also continue to receive any bursary you have been awarded

Caitlin's experience

Caitlin spent her placement year at Adobe.

“I worked in the marketing sector of Adobe on the Creative Cloud side of the business.

You get to learn things that you wouldn’t have learned in your course, things that you can’t learn in a classroom.”

Support throughout your placement degree

It would be your responsibility as a student to secure a placement. We support you by:

Sharing opportunities & vacancies

for placements that may interest you

Offering events

inviting you to attend workshops related to the placement search and recruitment processes

Networking opportunities

Inviting you to attend networking sessions for you to meet with former placement students

Appointments & Drop Ins

Inviting you to attend drop ins or 1:1 appointments with our Placements team or International Careers Manager

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Where you can do your placement

Along with Adobe, our students have completed placements at organisations such as L’Oreal, IBM, Body Shop, The Walt Disney Company, Deloitte, Unilever, Intel, Renault, Tesco, Rolls Royce, Ernst & Young, and Lloyds Banking Group.

Your options for where you can do your placement include:

  • Large well-known organisations
  • Small and medium-sized enterprises

You are also encouraged to create your own opportunity with support from our team. Past students have created placement opportunities for themselves in:

  • Charities
  • Hospitality
  • Education
  • Retail
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The Management School’s Placements Team went above and beyond to share their knowledge and experience to really help me find my passion and career path.

A quote from Tom Pipes BSc Business Management (Industry)

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Contact

Contact the Lancaster University Management School Placements and Internships Team at lumsplacements@lancaster.ac.uk

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Current student?

Visit Careers Connect where you can book events about LUMS placements and appointments with careers advisors.