Placements at RGU

Employability

Placements at RGU

Placements are an excellent opportunity for you to gain real experience and for employers to see what you have to offer. We support students to find relevant work placement opportunities with local, national and even international organisations.

Throughout our courses, there is a wide range of compulsory and optional placements or work-related experiences.

Benefits include the opportunity to:

  • Put academic knowledge to practice
  • Learn professional skills and values
  • Earn money - some placement opportunities are paid
  • Demonstrate independent, responsible working
  • Build industry connections and possibility for job offers
  • Work on live projects and diversify your interview answers
  • Gain experience, skills and references for your CV
  • Be distinctive against less experienced candidates

There are many ways you can develop experience at RGU including placements, projects and volunteering. We encourage you to view the placement and job opportunities on our course pages or contact our team for more information.

Contacts

  • For all courses within the School of Applied Social Studies, School of Health Sciences, School of Nursing, Midwifery & Paramedic Practice and the School of Pharmacy and Life Sciences, please contact the school directly for further details of placements.
  • For courses in all other schools, contact the placements team: placements@rgu.ac.uk, +44 (0) 1224 263069 or +44 (0) 1224 262335

Placement opportunities on our courses

Aberdeen Business School

Undergraduate Placement Opportunities

There are optional year long, paid placements available in Year 3 in:

Postgraduate Placement Opportunities

Various opportunities available in:


School of Applied Social Studies

Undergraduate Placement Opportunities

Postgraduate Placement Opportunities


School of Computing

Undergraduate Placement Opportunities

All our computing courses offer a placement option:

Postgraduate Placement Opportunities

All our computing courses offer a placement option:


School of Creative and Cultural Business

Undergraduate Placement Opportunities

All our undergraduate courses have placements during Year 3:

Postgraduate Placement Opportunities

All our postgraduate courses offer a 4 week period of professional industry experience:


School of Engineering

Undergraduate Placement Opportunities


Gray’s School of Art

Undergraduate Placement Opportunities


The School of Health Sciences

Undergraduate Placement Opportunities

Postgraduate Placement Opportunities


The Law School

Undergraduate Placement Opportunities


School of Nursing, Midwifery & Paramedic Practice

Undergraduate Placement Opportunities

Postgraduate Placement Opportunities


School of Pharmacy and Life Sciences

Undergraduate Placement Opportunities

Postgraduate Placement Opportunities


Scott Sutherland School of Architecture and Built Environment

Undergraduate Placement Opportunities


Placements for Businesses

Recruitment is a fundamental part of any business, it does not need to be difficult or costly. Find out how we can help you connect with our students.

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