Placement Opportunities for 2012/13

Placements with the big pharmaceutical companies are advertised on the MOLE 2 - BMS Level 2 Community during the academic semester with closing dates for applications often during October.

As a student in the department of Biomedical Science you can now have the opportunity to benefit from taking an industrial placement year as part of your degree. A placement year is taken after your penultimate year of study, returning to University to complete your final year. A placement year provides you with a number of benefits:

• Develop your technical transferable & skills
• Opportunity to apply the knowledge, understanding and skills developed during the earlier stages of your degree programme within industry
• Improved finances - the average salary for a typical placement year is between £15,000 – £17,000, plus chances of sponsorship for final year
• Career Development – creation of career opportunities post graduation

By successfully completing a placement year you will graduate with an amended degree title to reflect your industrial placement experience e.g BSc Biomedical Science with Employment Experience.

BMS-related Placements

The BMS department contact for placements is Dr Susan Smith. Feel free to drop by Susan's office (B106 Addison building) or send her an email. She can provide more information or advice on placements. Alternatively, download and return the printable form (from the right hand 'Downloads' box) to her to express your interest in taking a placement year.

email : Sue.Smith@sheffield.ac.uk

Placement opportunities available for Biomedical Science students include:

Opportunities for Lab based Placements

Working in the research and development function of a pharmaceutical company such as GSK, Pfizer, AstraZeneca or within a Contract Research organisations such as Covance.

Other lab based opportunities include working with organisations such a Cancer Research, one of the larger Biotechnology companies or with a research institute such as the National Institute for Medical Research.

Opportunities for Placements outside of the lab

If you would like to gain experience outside of the lab, many pharmaceuticals offer placements in their business and commercial functions e.g in Marketing, business development, communications, Human Resources.