Postgraduate study

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Enhance your master's with a work placement or internship

Depending on your choice of master's degree from Bath you could gain valuable real-world experience and make contacts for your career.

Some of our postgraduate courses offer a placement or internship,1 during which you'll work and apply your academic knowledge in a business or organisation directly related to your area of study.

You might also have the option to do a consultancy project (also called a Practice Track) instead of a dissertation.

Placements and internships usually last up to 12 months and can be based in the UK or in another country.2 Some placements are paid so you could earn a salary while you work.

During your placement or internship, your tuition fee pays for continued access to all University resources and support from:

placement teams
academic staff
the Wellbeing Service
the Students' Union
the Library

On some placements, you'll pay a reduced tuition fee.

Bath's placements teams work with a range of organisations and have developed lasting relationships with the companies and charities they've placed students with in the past.

Placements and internships usually include a selection process. This could include submitting a CV and cover letter and taking part in psychometric tests, interviews, and an assessment centre. The employer will choose the best candidate for the role.

Your faculty's placement team will work alongside you to identify your personal objectives, develop your CV, and help you find a suitable placement. They will also organise practice interviews as well as placement-focused workshops within the faculty.

If you are disabled, our Careers team and Disability Service will be able to provide guidance on disclosing your disability to your employer.

A placement or internship lets you collaborate with and learn from experts while making a meaningful contribution to a company or organisation that operates in your area of study.

The chance to apply your knowledge in real-world scenarios is incredibly valuable while the transferable skills you'll develop could further enhance your employability. Placements also give you a unique opportunity to make a good impression on potential employers.

A placement that fits your career ambitions

As a student, you have a variety of placement or internship options to suit your career plans.3 Our students have previously completed placements at organisations4 including multinational corporations overseas, small to medium-sized businesses in the UK, and start-ups in the local area.2

Depending on the course you choose, you could do a research-focused placement, or work for a non-governmental organisation or charity.4

Fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) and retail

Decathlon
Unilever

Mobility and transport

AB Dynamics
GKN Aerospace

Pharmaceutical and science

Immunocore
STEMCELL technologies
Wellcome Sanger Institute

Public sector

Office for Students (OfS)

Technology and design

Amazon
General Electric (GE) Aerospace
Siemens

Utilities and infrastructure

EDF
Galliford Try
Mott MacDonald

Ranked joint 5th for career after 15 months by the Guardian University Guide 20265

Ranked 6th for graduate prospects in the Complete University Guide 20265

Ranked 6th for graduate prospects by The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 20265

89% of our full-time UK-based graduates were in high-skilled employment 15 months after leaving university6

Ranked in the top 100 for employer reputation in the QS World University Rankings 2026

‘Placements provide a very valuable experience that you cannot get in your normal study. I have learnt a lot about programming.’

— Harry Yu MSc Robotics and Autonomous Systems (2021)

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Around a third of our MSc courses for 2026 entry include a placement or internship. ↩
Some opportunities outside the UK might not be available to UK students because of visa restrictions and work permit requirements. We can't guarantee a specific placement in a specific country. ↩
Placements are not guaranteed. ↩
Company names do not constitute any endorsement or sponsorship by the companies. ↩
Rankings include data based on the experiences of undergraduate students. Find out more about our rankings. ↩
Data from HESA Graduate Outcomes survey 2022/23. Refers to full-time UK domiciled first degree 2022/23 graduates, who entered work in the UK, 15 months after completing their courses. Contains Higher Education Statistics Agency Data: Copyright Jisc 2025. Jisc cannot accept responsibility for any inferences or conclusions derived by third parties from its data. ↩