Work abroad
A placement abroad will provide you with a unique opportunity to experience a different culture and a new working environment. You will enhance transferrable skills and develop confidence, resilience, and intercultural competencies. You will build academic and professional networks whilst increasing your global job prospects. What you do, and how you structure your placement partly depends on your degree subject and requirements, but also on what you want to do during your time abroad.
The opportunities
What you can do and when will depend on your degree programme - whether you have a placement integrated into your programme or you undertake an internship during the vacation.
Registering your placement
For further information please see Surrey Abroad.
All placements abroad, including Professional Training Year (PTY) placements, Health Sciences placements, Vet EMS placements, MPhys placements and PGR placements need to be registered with the International Engagement Office.
If you have self-sourced a Vacation Internship you can register your internship on MoveOn to have insurance support and receive pre-departure guidance.
For details on how to register and links to the required documents, please follow the tab for your stay type on Surrey Abroad.
Find out more
Please see Placements and work experience | MySurrey student website | University of Surrey for guidance and resources to support you find an opportunity.
To find out about the job markets, typical employers and vacancy sources as well as work experience and further study possibilities in more than 50 countries all over the world, please visit the Employability and Careers pages.