Year in Industry Student Handbook 2025-26: Before the Placement

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Please tell us what you have enjoyed as well as what you feel we can improve on to allow us to further build on your positive experience.

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This Handbook will provide you with all the relevant info about the Year in Industry programme at the School of Economics and Finance. No paper copy will be issued, so please refer to these pages.

5. Before the Placement

Making Applications

It is really important that you start working on your applications for placements early in the first semester of Year 2 as lots of companies start recruiting in the autumn and have closing dates before the Christmas break.

There is a huge amount of information about the job-hunting process available online that you can use to help you create a CV, write applications and prepare for interviews. A good place to start is with the resources available through the QM Careers and Enterprise Centre.

You can also book appointments to meet with one of the QM Careers Consultant. To view available booking times, login to your Target Connect account. If there is something we can do to make our services more accessible (i.e. extra time or resources in a specific format), please contact the Careers Information Desk on 020 7882 8533.

Before a placement can start…

You must notify the Placement & Study Abroad Manager of any placement offers you wish to accept. Students should find suitable placements through their own research or contacts and do not have to solely rely on the Placement & Study Abroad Manager or the University for this. However, no student may start a placement without formal approval from the School. On accepting a placement, a student must provide the Placement & Study Abroad Manager with a copy of their contract of employment and the name of a contact in the placement organisation who we can contact if necessary.

Students can only commence on a placement once they have their Yr2 module grades confirmed and they have met the entry criteria for Yr3. The purpose of this is so that we can ensure placement students can seamlessly return and complete their final year of study once they have finished their placement.

What happens if you do not find a placement?

The final cut-off date for finding a placement is the start of your third academic year (September 2025). If you have not secured a suitable placement by this date or if you decide to withdraw from the ‘with year in industry’ degree, please inform the Placement & Study Abroad Manager as soon as possible.

You will then need to transfer to the 3-year Economics and Finance degree by completing a ‘Change of Programme’ form. You must submit this to the ugsefsupport@qmul.ac.uk before the start of the new academic year. You will then complete your final year of studies at Queen Mary.