Internships and Work Experience

Contacts with the companies and organisations which support the IMB programme start early in the first year of study. You will be introduced to people from the largest and most successful companies and organisations across every industrial, commercial, consulting and financial sector right from the start of your studies. This means that you are able to meet with people from the companies and get to know them, and so begin to form your own impressions of the kinds of organisations that you would like to work for, and the sorts of careers on offer – and the sorts of careers that will inspire you also!

The companies offer a variety of work opportunities to suit all student requirements. These opportunities range from short periods of work shadowing and observation, through to the ability to take a full year out on an industrial or commercial placement. There are also plenty of opportunities for shorter placements of between one and four months, and these are taken during the summer vacation. Students wishing to take a full year out simply need to arrange this with the course director and the particular company. A full year out is normally taken between the second and third year, or between the third and fourth year for those who wish to continue with the full MSci programme.