Participating in a placement while you are studying will provide you with valuable professional experience and can help you figure out your future career. Many students learn a lot from their placement period and find them to be an opportunity for development.
A placement offers you:
- the chance to try out different tasks and work cultures;
- a way of testing and developing your skills in a professional environment;
- collaborations and new contacts for your future;
- references and achievements to put on your CV when you are applying for jobs.
How to find a placement yourself
Companies, public authorities and organisations in Sweden and abroad all offer placements. Finding a placement yourself takes preparation, but enables you to focus on the employers you find most interesting.
Some tips:
- Make a list and start contacting the employers straight away.
- Look for information about placements on employers’ websites.
- Tell others you are looking for a placement – talk to teaching staff, course coordinators and your programme director of studies.
- Contact former students (alumni) in your field.
- Participate in careers fairs and make sure to have copies of your latest CV with you.
- Look for vacancies on the SLU student Career Connect portal.
Apply for a work placement course
You will need to apply for and register on a work placement course before you can earn credits and be eligible for student finance from CSN. A work placement course may be included in degree programmes. SLU also offers freestanding work placement courses.
Work placement courses
Apply for an Erasmus placement
By participating on a placement abroad, you will gain international work experience, insights into new work cultures and the chance to develop your language skills. The Erasmus+ programme offers grants for participating on placements in the EU. You can apply to companies, organisations and public authorities. You can read more about Erasmus placements on the Internships abroad page.
Participating in a placement while you are studying will provide you with valuable professional experience and can help you figure out your future career. Many students learn a lot from their placement period and find them to be an opportunity for development.
A placement offers you:
- the chance to try out different tasks and work cultures;
- a way of testing and developing your skills in a professional environment;
- collaborations and new contacts for your future;
- references and achievements to put on your CV when you are applying for jobs.
How to find a placement yourself
Companies, public authorities and organisations in Sweden and abroad all offer placements. Finding a placement yourself takes preparation, but enables you to focus on the employers you find most interesting.
Some tips:
- Make a list and start contacting the employers straight away.
- Look for information about placements on employers’ websites.
- Tell others you are looking for a placement – talk to teaching staff, course coordinators and your programme director of studies.
- Contact former students (alumni) in your field.
- Participate in careers fairs and make sure to have copies of your latest CV with you.
- Look for vacancies on the SLU student Career Connect portal.
Apply for a work placement course
You will need to apply for and register on a work placement course before you can earn credits and be eligible for student finance from CSN. A work placement course may be included in degree programmes. SLU also offers freestanding work placement courses.
Work placement courses
Apply for an Erasmus placement
By participating on a placement abroad, you will gain international work experience, insights into new work cultures and the chance to develop your language skills. The Erasmus+ programme offers grants for participating on placements in the EU. You can apply to companies, organisations and public authorities. You can read more about Erasmus placements on the Internships abroad page.