Get real work experience and earn a salary with an undergraduate placement at one of our partner companies.
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.
There are many benefits to doing a work placement.
Work placements are:
All of our BSc courses offer work placement opportunities.
We recommend that all students study or work abroad, but it's possible to stay in the UK for your placement if:
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.
BSc Business students Neroli and Natasha share the opportunities that have been available to them on their placement at Wild.
We have strong connections with some of the world’s leading businesses.
Our Placements Team will help you:
Current placement employers include:
Consultancy/professional services
FMCGs and retail
Finance and banking
Telecommunication, energy, technology
SMEs, start-ups, creative agencies, marketing and PR
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.
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:
If you're an international student you will be able to do a paid placement if you have a Student visa.
Based on the 2025/26 academic year. Source: internal data
73% of School of Management undergraduate students took a work placement.
Over 450 companies employed School of Management students on a placement.
Over 1,500 placement roles were advertised on our internal jobs board, MyPlacement.
I did my placement at Lloyd's Banking Group at their London offices. The experience was amazing. The staff were always supportive from my first day until my last day.
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