What is an industrial placement?
An industrial placement is work experience at a firm that counts toward a degree, most often 6 or 12 months long, Imperial College London's careers service says.
A full year of it is also called a placement year, sandwich year or year in industry. The University of Nottingham's careers service puts a placement year at nine to 13 months, usually taken after the penultimate year of study. Middlesex University's four-year sandwich degrees place a year-long placement before the final year, and Middlesex charges no fees for that year.
3 sources · checked 8 Nov 2026
- Imperial College London careers service, Industrial placements, checked 8 Nov 2026
- University of Nottingham Careers and Employability Service, Placement year, checked 8 Nov 2026
- Middlesex University, Sandwich (placement year) courses, checked 8 Nov 2026