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Placements

ITECH’s engineering students have five opportunities to gain international experience

  • international experience at the end of the 1st year (6 weeks)
  • technical placement at the end of the 2nd year (2 months)
  • final year project (6 months)
  • an academic exchange with a partner university (see list, below)
  • a year or at least 6 months abroad (university or company) between the 2nd and 3rd years 

Students on Foreign placements mainly work for Companies

  • 30% of the students from each year group complete a Foreign placement of at least 6 months
    • as part of a year in industry, lasting either 6 or 12 months
    • or their final year project (5 or 6 months)
  • 25% gain 2 or 3 months’ experience abroad:
    • as part of an industrial placement at the end of the first year
    • or the technical placement at the end of the 2nd year

    For European destinations students can benefit from European “Leonardo/ERASMUS” grants.

              For world wilde destinations, Students can apply for regional grants (EXPLO'RA)