1. BUSINESS
SCHOOL
Undergraduate Placements
CAREERS AND EMPLOYABILITY
Work Placements
Add value to your business
► Recruit high-calibre, enthusiastic students
► Access fresh thinking
► Test run an employee
► Fill a skills gap
► Resource a project
► Raise your profile on campus

2. As the competition to recruit the best graduates intensifies, a way of identifying future
talent is by offering students the opportunity to undertake a work placement within
your organisation. The University of Exeter Business School develops high-calibre,
‘work ready’ students. We encourage our students to enhance their employability
through a guided programme of study and practical business experience.
WITH INDUSTRIAL EXPERIENCE PLACEMENTS
Many employers offer industrial placements to
identify, test and develop future graduate talent.
Students take the placement in their third year
and receive 120 credits towards their degree.
The minimum placement length is (36 weeks plus
holidays), but placements typically last for 12
months. Direction is provided through
subject-based seminars, interactive e-resources
and personal guidance. Opportunities, which
usually start in July, August or September are
welcomed from the UK, Europe and beyond.
BUSINESS EXPERIENCE PLACEMENTS
These are designed to encourage year 1 and
2 undergraduate students to enhance their
employability through a guided programme
of study and practical business experience.
Direction is provided through subject-based
seminars, interactive e-resources and personal
guidance. This 15 credit work placement module
lasts for a minimum of 140 hours (4 weeks).
Most placements take place during late spring
or early summer.
HOW MUCH WILL IT COST?
Business Experience placements can be paid
or unpaid. Industrial placement students,
however, are often paid an average of £21,000
per annum.
WHAT COURSES DO STUDENTS STUDY?
Accounting and Finance, Economics,
Business and Management.
HOW CAN I TARGET YOUR STUDENTS?
We can advertise your placement free of charge.
You simply need to provide a job description
which should include: organisation introduction,
placement overview, remuneration, person
specification, preferred start and end dates and
application instructions. We advise advertising
3 months before the start of short placements
and 6-9 ahead of industrial placements.
To find out more about working with the Business School Careers Team contact us via:
business-school-careers@exeter.ac.uk +44 (0)1392 723829
We have hired a number of Exeter students
into our industrial placement roles this year and
the quality has been outstanding. With a reputation
for being one of the best Universities in the UK for
Business students, this is also reflected in the services
offered by the Business School Careers Team.
Harriette Gwilt
University Recruitment Graduate, Johnson & Johnson
It was very exciting to have the chance to
develop a marketing plan that had a real impact
on a local business. My placement also gave me
useful tangible examples when I was applying for
my graduate job with Accenture, where I am now
working as an Analyst Consultant.
Jennifer Morris
BA Management with Marketing
Accenture’s relationship with the Business
School is proving evermore valuable in meeting
the needs of our business. Both on a graduate and
undergraduate level, their maturity, analytical approach
and business acumen puts them in high standing at our
assessment centres, and on countless occasions the
students at Exeter have proven themselves to be a
great fit to a career in consulting.
Francesca Seeley
Undergraduate Placements Recruiter, Accenture