Year in Industry Student Handbook 2025-26

The Year in Industry allows you to spend up to one year working with an appropriate employer.

The employment will usually be offered as part of an employer’s formal placement scheme for students, however, any contract of employment may be accepted, subject to the following minimum criteria:

• The placement should be at least 1,200 hours / 9 months (including holidays) and must take place between the end of your second and the start of third year study. It can also be taken abroad.
• There is evidence to support the relevance of the role for your programme of study at the time the offer is made.
  

When you receive an employment offer, send it to the Placement & Study Abroad Manager (n.hamedi@qmul.ac.uk) as soon as possible to check that it meets all the requirements. No placement can start without the official School's approval.

Aim

The aim of the ECN277 Experience in Economics and Finance module is to provide a route to develop genuine and practical problem solving skills in a professional context. In addition, it will enable students to gain a better understanding of their own abilities, aptitudes, attitudes and employment potential.

Objectives

ECN227 Experience in Economics and Finance will enable you to:

• Make an effective contribution to the workplace and to understand your role and how it relates to the work of the employing organisation;
• Demonstrate the ability to reflect on your experience and to evaluate your performance;
• Develop key employability skills, professional and social, within a workplace environment; 
• Make a clearer connection between theory and practice; 
• Identify, reflect on and plan for your own personal and professional development needs; 
• Develop and improve your technical, transferable and interpersonal skills.