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:
- Consumer, FMCG & Retail
- Engineering, Energy & Infrastructure
- Financial Services
- Management & Operations
- Marketing, Media & PR
- Sales, Recruitment & Commercial
- Technology & IT Infrastructure
Key Dates
13th Jun 2025
- David Chipperfield Architects: Part 1 Architecture Student Placement 2025
- London North Eastern Railway: Machine Learning Engineer Placement 2025
16th Jun 2025
17th Jun 2025
- British Heart Foundation: Information Security Analyst Placement 2025
- Moog Inc.: Engineering Placement 2025
18th Jun 2025
- North Yorkshire Council: Contracts and Buying Industrial Placement 2025
27th Jun 2025
- Cooper Parry: Wealth/Financial Planning Placement Year, East Midlands
- FedEx: GSE Fleet Maintenance Placement 2025
30th Jun 2025
- Barnsley Council: Business Intelligence Placement 2025
31st Jul 2025
- Ancestry: International Marketing Placement 2025
- Ancestry: Marketing Operations Work Placement 2025
1st Aug 2025
- Frazer Nash Consultancy: Aeronautical & Mechanical Placement Year 2025
Rolling Deadlines
- AGH Engineering: Electrical Design Technician (Distribution & Plant) Placement 2025
- Agilent Technologies: Social Media Coordinator Placement 2025
- AMETEK, Inc.: Industrial Placements
- Arctic Lake: Industrial Placements and Internships London
- AXA: Talent Development Placement 2025
- AXA: Private Markets Product Development Industrial Placement 2025
- Baker Hughes: Marketing Placement 2025
- Baker Hughes: Engineering Placement 2025
- Balfour Beatty: Quality & Performance Industrial Placement 2025
- Balfour Beatty: Civil Engineer Industrial Placement 2025
- Bosch: Sales Account Management Placement 2025
- Bosch: Product Engineering Placement 2025
- Cambridge Consultants: Electronics Engineering Placement 2025
- Carter Jonas: Infrastructures Student Placement 2025
- Continental: Hydrogen Infrastructures Development Placement 2025
- Costain: Quantity Surveyor Industrial Placement 2025
- Cummins Inc.: Project Management Placement 2025
- Cummins Inc.: Application Engineer Placement 2025
- Dalcour Maclaren: Geomatics Placement 2025
- Dalcour Maclaren: Surveying Placement 2025
- Enterprise Mobility: Industrial Placements
- Exponential-e: Service Desk Network Technician Placement 2025
- Fibrus: Environmental Health & Safety Placement 2025
- GE Vernova: HR Administration Placement 2025
- Hexcel Corporation: Operations, Procurement, Quality & R&T Placement 2025
- Hoare Lea: Mechanical or Electrical Engineer Placement 2025
- HP: Software Developer Placement HP Wolf Security 2025
- HP: Software Developer Placement (HP Wolf Security) 2025
- Hyster-Yale UK Limited: Supply Chain Assistant Placement 2025
- Ipsen Biopharm: HR Industrial Placement 2025
- Jarmany: Junior Analyst Placement 2025
- Knight Frank: Commercial Surveyor (Valuation) Placement 2025
- Knight Frank: Commercial Surveyor Placement 2025
- KWS: Agricultural Placement 2025
- Macfarlanes: Early Legal Careers Internship 2025
- Middleby: Marketing Assistant Placement Year 2025
- Mitchells & Butlers: Property Industrial Placement 2025
- Natixis: Insurance & Pension Coverage Placement 2025
- Natixis: PMO Internship 2025
- Octopus Energy: Quality Placement 2025
- PayPal: Events Internship 2025
- Prysmian Group: Purchasing Placement 2025
- Prysmian Group: HV Engineering Placement 2025
- Raytheon Technologies: Finance Industrial Placement 2025
- RSM: Register Your Interest - Placement Opportunities 2026
- Siemens: Total Rewards Internship (12 Months) 2025
- Signify: Manufacturing General Management Placement 2025
- Sixt: Management Placement 2025
- SLB: Engineering Placement 2025
- Stride Treglown: Industrial Placements
- The Oxford Collection: Placement Opportunities for Students Oxford
- TPP: Technical Engineer Placement
- Vets4Pets: Student Veterinary Nurse 2025
- Warner Hotels: Operations Finance Business Placement 2025
- Wipac Technology Ltd: Design Engineer Placement 2025
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: