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The BA Archaeology with Placement Year degree at the UCL Institute of Archaeology offers an exciting opportunity to join ASE's professional team.
- Spend a year with ASE, excavating, surveying, studying, managing and conserving archaeological sites and finds.
- Learn what it’s like to work full-time in the archaeology industry, gain practical skills and make industry connections.
- Gain ~6 months of excavation experience, highly desirable for a career in commercial archaeology.
- Enjoy 'tasters' in a myriad of archaeological roles and professions, from finds specialisms to illustration to project management.
- Discover your passion, with elements of the placement tailored to your career interests where possible.
You can hear from former placement students below. For more information on UCL Institute of Archaeology's BA Archaeology with Placement Year programme, see the degree webpage.
Placement degree and archaeological careers
ASE archaeologist - and former placement student - Alex talks about how his placement year prepared him for an archaeological career.
Archaeology 'Tasters' on your placement year
What placement year fieldwork is like
Student experience
2024-25: Luka, Jacob, Charlotte, Wendi, Dorothy
UCL Institute of Archaeology students begin ASE placement year
2023-24: Claire, Galahad, Solomon, Tasnima
ASE placement student reflects on CIfA conference 2024
Four months excavating with ASE: Placement students reflect
Four Institute of Archaeology students start year-long placement year with ASE
2022-23: Alex, Iris, Neeve
Iris reflects on her Placement Year
IoA Placement at ASE 2022-23: Welcome Alex, Iris and Neeve!
2021-22: Sakshi and Victoria
IoA Placement students Sakshi and Victoria win departmental prizes!
IoA Placement 2021-22: Victoria’s year with ASE
IoA Placement at ASE 2021-22: Welcome Sakshi and Victoria!
2020-21: Alex
IoA Placement 2020-21: Alex Allen
IoA Placement 2020-21: Alex's top tips for fieldwork
IoA Placement 2020-21: Takeaways from Stay-aways
IoA Placement 2021-21: Alex's time in post-ex
Listen to an episode of our ASE Digs Deeper podcast with Alex
2019-20: Neehaarika
IoA Placement 2019-20: Welcome Neehaarika!
IoA Placement 2019-20: Boxes, x-rays and conservation
2018-19: Iva
A year in commercial archaeology: student placement complete!