Work Placements

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Welcome to Work Placements!

The Careers Service has a dedicated Work Placement Team which supports work placement opportunities. 

Information about the Aberdeen Internship is available here.

Employers like to see all sorts of work experience gained throughout your time at University, be it bar work (ability to work under pressure, business awareness), supermarket work (developing strong customer care skills) or a formal work placement in a company (developing business awareness and undertaking project work). For more information on the range of work experience opportunities that are available, have a look at the work experience page.

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.

Exclusive Placements

The Work Placement Team sources paid placement opportunities for students from the University of Aberdeen. These Exclusive@Aberdeen placements generally run during the summer vacation period, and are mainly for students about to enter their final year of undergraduate study, and include the Aberdeen Internship.

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.

Past Employers

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.