Your career
Benefit from a diverse range of industry opportunities that will support you to develop the skills, experience, and connections for your graduate career. Many of our students get their graduate roles with their work placement employers.
Work placements and experience
These form part of your optional modules, alongside an optional integrated placement year between the second and final years. We’ll support you to secure a placement with a UK-based or international employer, to match your interests and career goals – during which you’ll complete coursework. Placements can be paid or unpaid, and can be anywhere in the world.
Students have completed placements at a range of zoos, wildlife charities and conservation organisations, farms, and diagnostic labs.
You could also gain valuable work experience and applied skills using our on-site facilities, including our commercial canine and equine therapy and hydrotherapy centres as well as our on-site farm. These roles often proved opportunities to work with real clients, supervise others, or participate in special events, such as the world-class equestrian events that take place at Hartpury every year.