Computer Science
Placements and careers
Placements
Whichever programme you are studying you can spend a year on a professional placement. You will be employed full-time by an employer in the third year of your degree, then returning to the University to complete your studies.
Why take a placement?
- Over 40% of placements lead to a permanent job with the placement company
- Earn a salary; in 2012-13 the average salary was £21,000, with a few students earning £38,000
- Employers favour graduates with employment experience
- Experience working in the professional world
- Proven enhanced final year performance
- Develop time management, communication and team work skills
- Invaluable experience of the recruitment process
Support
Our dedicated Placements Team will support and guide you through the recruitment process, developing your skills for applications, interviews and organising employer-led workshops.
During the placement you will also have regular contact with the Placements Team, a Placements Tutor and a workplace supervisor, as well as a visit from a member of staff, in most cases.
What kind of job could you do?
Our students have undertaken placements in a wide range of industries, which include: media, communication, investment and finance, global defence, management consultancies and research laboratories.
Some of our 150 placement employers have included:
- Accenture
- GlaxoSmithKline
- Goldman Sachs
- IBM
- Imagination Technologies
- Microsoft
- Nomura
- Nokia
- PayPal
- Red Bull Technology
We cannot guarantee that a particular placement will be available or that you will be able to earn a particular salary; applications for placements can be very competitive.
Careers
Our computing graduates are placed in the leading companies and institutions of the UK and overseas. Major employers in the past few years have included: computing and communications companies, software houses, accountancy, banking and finance institutions, management and computing consultancies, government departments, research laboratories, and the media industry.
Within each industrial or commercial sector, the job opportunities are wide. For example, the media industry has offered our graduates employment in publishing, games software, virtual reality, multimedia applications for film and video, computer animation, internet hardware and software support and development.
The University of Bath is highly respected by industry and commerce, therefore our computing graduates are sought by the leading companies and commercial institutions.
