Placement years
Gain real-world experience, develop your skills, and boost your employability.
What is a Placement year?
Explore work placements during your degree and gain real-world experience in a range of sectors. Most undergraduate courses now have the opportunity to add an an optional placement year as part of your degree programme.
A Placement year is:
- A year of work experience with an organisation, which is integrated into your course and included in your degree title.
- Self-sourced by students with support from the СŷÊÓƵ
- Typically undertaken in your penultimate year of study and usually lasting at least approximately 38 weeks.
- Available to both home and international students
- Paid, in most instances
A placement year provides you the opportunity to learn from industry leaders and build transferable skills.
Where to get help - Social Sciences students
As a Social Sciences student you can access placement support all across the СŷÊÓƵ including:
- Students can drop-in to Cornerstone Employability and Placements Hub from 10AM-3PM Weekdays
- placement year appointment with our advisor Tracy
- Build your skills and experience, and meet professionals at one of our events. Look out for emails about these events.
Where to get help else where at the СŷÊÓƵ:
- Students can access further support from The Careers and Employability Service.
- Visit the other hubs around the СŷÊÓƵ campus
- Look on for current vacancies
- to set up a placement year once you have found a job?
Learn more about how year long placements work
Hear from СŷÊÓƵ of Sheffield students who completed a placement year, and how it significantly enhanced their skills, career opportunities, confidence, and more!
