Add a postgraduate work placement to your course

Many of our postgraduate courses at Kingston University offer the option to do a professional placement year. The placement year is an excellent way to gain valuable work experience and is an opportunity to develop the skills employers are looking for. The placement option is available for both home and international full-time students.

You must find and secure your own placement, but you can make use of the University's career support services to help you. The placement will be undertaken after the taught portion of your course.

Courses with professional placement

Take a look at the courses that offer a professional placement year:

Kingston School of Art courses

Faculty of Business and Social Sciences courses

Faculty of Health, Science, Social Care and Education courses

Faculty of Engineering, Computing and the Environment

Support, fees, application and programme structure

More information about the professional work placement year:

How we support you with your placement

Fees for the placement year

How to apply

Programme structure – Kingston School of Art

Programme structure – Faculty of Business and Social Sciences

Programme structure – Faculty of Health, Science, Social Care and Education

Programme structure – Faculty of Engineering, Computing and the Environment

International students

The work placement is an assessed part of the course. If you are an international student, you will need a two-year visa to cover both the taught part and the work placement component of your course. 

Please get in touch with the visa and immigration team if you have any visa queries or need further support – we are here to help.

Visa requirements for the placement year