Internships in industry
Fast-Track Your IT Career
As an IT postgraduate student at City you have an unrivalled opportunity to gain up to six months of professional IT experience as part of your masters degree.
How You Benefit
Our internship scheme gives you the chance to apply the knowledge you have gained from your taught modules in a real business environment. An internship enables you to develop your technical skills and business knowledge, to really understand the IT industry, and to learn about the different career paths open to you.
Internships delivered by City University London offer an exceptional opportunity to make you stand out in a competitive, professional job market. Internships are available to all students.
Long-standing Employer Links
City University London has been operating a sector-leading IT placements scheme for our undergraduates for over 15 years. We've developed an excellent reputation with a very wide range of employers, both large and small.
Unrivalled Support
At City we take your internship experience seriously. Our dedicated unit proactively seeks out internship opportunities for you. Whilst on internship, you will receive regular visits from City's Work-based Learning Advisors who provide support in helping you achieve the most from your IT industry experience. You'll receive further support from your academic supervisor regarding your dissertation.
External Professional Body Recognition
Whilst on internship our British Computer Society approved Professional Development Scheme gives you both career development planning and evidence of experience that you can use when applying for professional positions. This can accelerate your progression to Chartered IT Practitioner, the gold-standard for IT professionals, as time spent on internship counts as IT work experience.
Internships are available on these degrees:
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Contact us: Postgraduate Team, Programmes Office School of Informatics, City University London, Northampton Square London EC1V 0HB United Kingdom
Tel: + 44 (0)20 7040 0248 Fax: + 44 (0)20 7040 0233
Email: pgenquire@soi.city.ac.uk Web: Postgraduate Courses