Improve your employability with a School of Management work placement

Get real work experience and earn a salary with an undergraduate placement at one of our partner companies.

Learn business, live business

We want to help kickstart your career. That’s why all of our undergraduate courses offer work placement opportunities.

Placements let you put your studies into action in a real job while learning about a particular industry. Most pay a real salary. Employers often look for workplace experience and many make graduate offers to students as a direct result of placements.

We have over 400 company partners from across all business sectors and of all sizes.

With our worldwide connections, the globe is at your fingertips.

Placements are not guaranteed, but our dedicated Placements Team will do everything they can to support you through the process.

The placement advantage

There are many benefits to doing a work placement.

Work placements are:

valued by employers
a way to give you an advantage in a competitive job market
a chance to try out a career you are considering
a way to gain new skills (and sometimes professional qualifications)
a potential route into full-time employment

How placements work on our courses

All of our BSc courses offer work placement opportunities.

Placements on our undergraduate courses

BSc Accounting & Finance, BSc Accounting & Management and BSc Finance

a 12-month placement in Year Three of the four-year course
takes place summer to summer

BSc Business

a 12-month placement in Year Three. Choose between
- a 12-month work placement
- two six-month work placements
- an International Academic Exchange followed by a work placement

BSc International Management & Modern Languages

work placement in Year Three of the four-year course
placement only option: at least nine months with a company in another country
study abroad option: an academic year studying at one of our partner business schools in France, Spain, Germany, Latin America or Canada
combination: one semester studying and one semester working
takes place summer to summer

BSc Management

a 12-month placement in Year Three of the four-year course
takes place summer to summer

BSc Management with Marketing

12-month placement in Year Three of the four-year course. Placements must be in a marketing role
takes place summer to summer

BSc International Management

work placement in Year Three of the four-year course.
placement only option: at least six months with an international company
study abroad option: study at one of our partner business schools
combination: one semester studying and one semester working
takes place summer to summer

We recommend that all students study or work abroad, but it's possible to stay in the UK for your placement if:

you're working at a multinational company
your role has a significant international aspect

Improve your employability

We work hard to help you gain an advantage in a competitive job market.

We’ve designed our courses to give you the skills you need to succeed in the working world. Because of the business focus in the classroom and our placements, Bath graduates are highly sought after.

Stand-out candidates are more than their degree. Put your key skills to the test. Take your experience forward as you start your career.

Undergraduate placement stories: Wild

BSc Business students Neroli and Natasha share the opportunities that have been available to them on their placement at Wild.

Placing you with the right company

We have strong connections with some of the world’s leading businesses.

Our Placements Team will help you:

find the right placement
complete your applications
prepare for interviews and assessment centres

Current placement employers include:

Consultancy/professional services

PwC
Accenture
Deloitte
EY

FMCGs and retail

Kraft Heinz
L'Oréal
Unilever
GlaxoSmithKline

Finance and banking

Goldman Sachs
HSBC
JP Morgan
BNY Mellon

Telecommunication, energy, technology

Virgin Media
Vodafone
IBM

SMEs, start-ups, creative agencies, marketing and PR

AKQA
Wild Cosmetics
Rocket Internet
Wheely

You can also do voluntary or charity work for your placements, if you want to give something back. Previous students have worked for hospitals and charities.

Earn and learn

Get paid while gaining experience.

Most placements pay a salary, although we can't guarantee you will get one. In 2024/25, our average salaries for students on placement in the UK were:

BSc Management: £25,682. The highest salary was £50,000. This is based on data provided by 74 students who went on placement in the UK
BSc Management with Marketing: £23,407. The highest salary was £30,000. This is based on data provided by 61 students who went on placement in the UK
BSc Accounting and Finance: £26,747. The highest salary was £50,000. This is based on data provided by 77 students who went on placement in the UK
BSc Business (previous version of the course featured two six-month placements):
- £22,588 for the first placement. This is based on data provided by 144 students who went on their first placement in the UK.
- £23,023 for the second placement. This is based on data provided by 134 students who went on their second placement in the UK.
- the highest salary was £70,000

If you're an international student you will be able to do a paid placement if you have a Student visa.