Use our list below to keep an eye on the key dates and ensure you get ahead of the competition by applying early.
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Know which sector you're interested in? Take a look at the deadlines in:
- Consulting
- Consumer, FMCG & Retail
- Engineering, Energy & Infrastructure
- Financial Services
- Investment Banking & Asset Management
- Law
- Management & Operations
- Marketing, Media & PR
- Pharmaceuticals & Science
- Sales, Recruitment & Commercial
- Technology & IT Infrastructure
Key Dates
12th Sep 2024
- Sanofi: Student Medical Advisor Placement Reading 2025
- Sanofi: Pharmacovigilance Industrial Student Placement Reading 2024
13th Sep 2024
15th Sep 2024
22nd Sep 2024
- Pernod Ricard: 'Bright Futures' Internships - Register your interest
30th Sep 2024
- Volkswagen Financial Services: Industrial Placements
14th Oct 2024
- Mitchells & Butlers: Marketing Undergraduate Scheme Birmingham 2025
17th Oct 2024
- FTI Consulting: Technology (E-Discovery) Industrial Placement London 2025
- FTI Consulting: Technology (Radiance & Emerging Data) Industrial Placement London 2025
24th Oct 2024
25th Oct 2024
- Bank of America: Industrial Placements
- BlackRock: Placement Program (EMEA) 2025
31st Oct 2024
- Saffery: Accounts & Outsourcing Placement London August 2025
- Saffery: Accounts & Outsourcing Placement Manchester August 2025
1st Dec 2024
- Nomura: Information Technology Industrial Placement London 2025
- Nomura: Risk Industrial Placement London 2025
31st Dec 2024
- British American Tobacco: Preclinical Sciences Placement Southampton 2025
- British American Tobacco: Population Health & Consumer Behaviour Placement Southampton 2025
- Marks & Spencer: Register your Interest: Industrial Placement - Food Technology
- Marks & Spencer: Register your Interest: Industrial Placement - Clothing and Home Design
31st Mar 2025
17th May 2025
- Cooper Parry: Audit Placement Year
- Cooper Parry: Audit Placement Year
Rolling Deadlines
- Aldi: Customer Interaction Placement (Global Business Coordination) Atherstone 2025
- Aldi: Customer Interaction Placement (Communications) Atherstone 2025
- Arctic Lake: Industrial Placements and Internships London 2024
- Baker Hughes: Industrial Placements
- Bloom & Wild Group: Commercial Partnerships Internship (Ireland) London 2024
- Bosch: Sales Account Management Placement Denham 2024
- British American Tobacco: Industrial Placements
- Burberry: Customer Insight Placement London 2025
- Cambridge Consultants: Electronics Engineering Industrial Placement Cambridge 2024
- Cargill: Industrial Placements
- Crédit Agricole Group: FX Business Management Placement London 2024
- Danaher Corporation: Undergraduate Design Engineer Portsmouth 2024
- DE Shaw & Co.: Systems Administrator Placement Year London 2024
- Disperse.io Ltd: Construction Management and Operations Placement London 2024
- Drive System Design: Industry Placement Engineer Development and Test Leamington Spa 2024
- Eaton: Mechanical Engineer Placement Leicestershire 2024
- Element Solutions: Regulatory Support Industrial Placement 2024
- EQUANS: Quantity Surveyor Student Placement Belfast 2024
- ExxonMobil: Mechanical Engineering Industrial Placement Fawley & Fife 2025
- ExxonMobil: Chemical Engineering Industrial Placement Fawley & Fife 2025
- EY: Audit Industrial Placement 2025
- Fibrus: Marketing Placement Belfast 2024
- FTI Consulting: Economic & Financial Consulting Industrial Placement London 2025
- Fugro: Year in Industry Placement Wallingford 2024
- G-Research: Technology Placement Year London 2025
- Haleon: Industrial Placement Opportunities - Register Your Interest 2025
- Harrods: Online Trade Placement Hammersmith 2024
- Husco International: Engineering Industrial Placement Runcorn 2025
- IG Group: Finance Industrial Placement London 2024
- Intel: FPGA Software Design Engineer Placement High Wycombe 2024
- Intel: FPGA Hardware Design Engineer Placement High Wycombe 2024
- Jarmany: Junior Analyst Placement Kingston-Upon-Thames 2024
- Johnson & Johnson: Industrial placements - register your interest
- L'Oreal: Placement Year (Register Your Interest) Dublin 2025
- L'Oreal: Placement Year (Register Your Interest) London 2025
- Mitchells & Butlers: Property Undergraduate Scheme Birmingham 2024
- Mitsubishi Heavy Industries: Decarbonisation Placement London 2024
- Multimatic: Engineering Placements Thetford 2025/26
- Pall Corporation: Cost Analyst Placement Portsmouth 2025
- Reply: Talent Acquisition Industrial Placement (Reply Corporate) Manchester 2024
- Signify: Manufacturing General Management Placement Cwmbran 2024
- Statkraft: Operations and Maintenance Management Placement Aberystwyth 2024
- The Oxford Collection: Placement Opportunities for Students Oxford 2024
- Thermo Fisher Scientific: Industrial Placements
- The Smithers Group: Analyst Chemistry Industrial Placement Shrewsbury 2024
- TPP: Technical Engineer Placement Year 2024
- Unilever: Unilever Industrial Placement
- Vertex: Chemistry Industrial Placement Oxford 2025
- Wyndham Hotels & Resorts: Feasibility Placement London 2024
Many more roles listed under Industrial Placements
Planning your Career Path
If you’re not sure what kind of Graduate Scheme you want to apply for, our Career Path Guides will give you an insight into the different options. Explore the articles and advice in each guide to narrow down the sectors and roles that interest you, and start planning your Graduate Scheme applications from there.
Perfect your CV and Cover Letter
Creating a stand out CV and cover letter is the essential starting point for your Graduate Scheme application. Bright Network’s CV template and example cover letter will help you get off to the best possible start with your job hunt.
What's next?
Once you’ve submitted your CV and cover letter, the application process for most Graduate Schemes will involve several key elements. Many firms will ask applicants to complete aptitude tests, which may be numerical, verbal or personality-based. Make sure you’ve done plenty of practise tests and check out our video on how to prepare.
After passing your aptitude tests with flying colours, you need to tackle the interview. Interviews may be over the phone, through a video or face-to-face. Whatever form your interview takes, think about the questions you may be asked, research the company you’re applying to, and do some practice interviews to ensure you’re answering questions with structure and confidence.
Need some inspiration?
Follow in the footsteps of other successful Bright Network members to secure a top Graduate Scheme. Our members have shared their top tips and experience of the application process to help you land your graduate role: