Work Placements

Welcome to Work Placements!

What are Work Placements?

A formal work placement will develop key employment skills and is valued by employers as it showcases your skills and can set you apart from other applicants. Work placements allow you to complete a set piece of work, or a short project, and allow you to enhance your employability skills (such as communication, business awareness, IT, teamwork and so on). Placements are offered during the summer vacation and in some cases can form part of the employer's graduate recruitment scheme. For more information on the range of work experience opportunities that are available, have a look at the work experience page.

Who are these placements for?

The placements on these pages are for penultimate year undergraduate students (i.e. those planning to graduate in 2014).

Where are placements advertised?

Placements exclusively for students from the University of Aberdeen are advertised here. The placements are competitively awarded, highly regarded by employers, and application is usually through CV and covering letter. Students are supported during the recruitment process and throughout the placement. Employers providing exclusive placements are required to confirm that students will be covered by their employee liability insurance, and provide appropriate health and safety induction to the student.

Our jobs site has listings of local, national and international work placements. Register now to receive regular email alerts of relevant opportunities.

The Aberdeen Internship

Information about the Aberdeen Internship is available here.

Past Employers offering "Exclusive to Aberdeen" Placements

The Careers Service would like to thank the following companies for offering dedicated placement opportunities to our students:

2H Offshore
A S Mosley, Oyne
Aberdeen Scientific Services Laboratory (Aberdeen City Council)
Aberdeen City Council
Aberdeenshire Community Planning Partnership (Kincardine and Mearns Area Office)
Aker
Aberdeen International Youth Festival
Atkins
BP
Burness
Broomhill Nursery Charity
Cameron + Ross
Canadian Natural Resources (CNR)
Champion
Chevron
Craigton Lodge
CSE Controls
DNV
Demys
DIT, University of Aberdeen
EnviroCentre
Finesse
Friendly Technologies
Fugro
Grampian Credit Union
Grampian Police
Halliburton
ITF
J & S Ltd
Joseph Robertson Ltd
KMAP
Les Enfants
Novabiotics
Paradigm Flow Solutions
Perigon Solutions
Poyry
Saftetec Ltd
Saltire Foundation
Senergy
Scottish National Party
Shell Upstream
TechFest, University of Aberdeen
Tesco Corporation
Tritech International
The Spires
The University of Aberdeen
WA Fairhurst, Aberdeen
Wood Group