Healthcare Engineering Work Experience at UCL
Over the period of a week, get hands on experience to understand what it means to be a healthcare engineer
This year, our Work Experience programme will run from Monday 29 June 2026 to Friday 3 July 2026. And will be based on UCL’s main Bloomsbury campus.
Application deadline: Monday 8 June 2026, 23:59
In a nutshell, healthcare engineers find solutions to health issues using tech. Do you think you could be healthcare engineer?
Sign up to our work experience programme to find out more on what this means.
Work experience is a great way to dip your toes into how engineering, science and medicine come together to improve people’s lives. At the UCL Institute of Healthcare Engineering (IHE), students aged 16–18 will spend a week discovering how researchers and engineers develop new healthcare technologies, medical devices and digital tools to tackle real-world health challenges.
Through our structured programme, students will:
- Explore how engineering can improve patient care and public health
- Take part in practical activities inspired by real healthcare research
- Develop problem-solving, teamwork and communication skills
- Gain experience using research tools, laboratory equipment and design software
- Meet UCL researchers, students and healthcare innovators
- Learn about pathways into engineering, healthcare and research careers
- Strengthen their CVs, university applications and confidence
