Year in Industry Student Handbook 2025-26: Introduction

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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.

1. Introduction

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Spending a Year in Industry (or placement year) is an exciting opportunity to gain experience and develop new skills while working in a field relevant to your degree studies.

There are many names now being used for this scheme. "Year in industry" is the one we've chosen at the School of Economics and Finance (SEF) for our communications, but "placement year", "industrial/work placement", "sandwich year", "industrial experience", "12-month internship" and sometimes even "long-term internships" are all terms used by companies and universities alike to refer to the same thing.

TOP TIP Keep all these names in mind when browsing for jobs and look out for all the keywords above.

You will also hear and see the programme being called ECN227 Experience in Economics and Finance. This is the official module name SEF has given to the 120 credits of your third year covered by the year in industry.