How to apply
Professional Training placements are usually applied for and secured via an open and free-to-all process, within which students can select and apply for numerous opportunities.
Searching and applying for opportunities
You will be in competition with other students when you apply for placements, but each year we have a high number of students who successfully secure one. For students who use our support and guidance, and make enough good applications, the chances of securing a placement are high.
Please be aware there may be travel costs incurred when attending interviews and assessment centres at the placement provider’s premises.
Undergraduate
You will begin submitting applications in your second year and will have a 12-month window in which to apply for and secure a placement. We advertise more than a thousand placements on our careers portal, Surrey Pathfinder, and it is your choice who you apply to and how many applications you make. There is also the option of sourcing your own placement. Placement providers use their own recruitment and selection procedures, and the majority of students secure their placements this way.
Postgraduate
Postgraduate placements are looked after by your school, if you have any questions regarding this programme please contact the programme leader who can be found in our postgraduate courses area. For our postgraduate students on courses with a Professional Training placement, you will begin to search and apply from the moment you arrive.
Support and guidance
We have a range of support available to help you successfully secure a placement. We can help with all aspects of this as well as interview and assessment centre preparation.
