Supporting your recruitment
As part of Graduate Futures, the Placements and Internships Team works in partnership with you, connecting you with talented Northumbria students and graduates. Our experienced team will work with you to understand your recruitment needs and help you to meet your business objectives.
I have received fantastic support from everyone at Northumbria and hope to come along again to talk to the students. Thank you!
Northumbria has over 32,000 students from a diverse range of backgrounds and nationalities, studying a wide range of programmes.
We are ranked in the top 30 universities in the UK in The Guardian University Guide 2021. We also appear in the top 10 for Health Professions, Electronic and Electrical Engineering and Building, Town and Country Planning and in the top 20 for Nursing and Midwifery, Architecture, Design, Journalism and Law.
Northumbria is also in the top 15 in the UK for the number of graduates in highly skilled employment according to the latest Graduate Outcomes survey, and top rated in the Times Higher Education’s Young Universities Rankings 2020
Our students and graduates are consistently targeted by top graduate recruiters in the UK and internationally.
Though COVID-19 has substantially changed the UK employment landscape. Northumbria University Graduate Futures continues to work alongside you in a way which will keep you, our students and our recent graduates, safe.
Careers & Recruitment Fairs
Meet large numbers of motivated students and graduates and talk to them face-to-face about your business and opportunities.
Discover moreAdvertise your Jobs and Opportunities
NU TARGETconnect is a free and effective way to promote your full and part-time student and graduate jobs, placement, volunteering, and work experience opportunities, to thousands of Northumbria students and graduates.
Discover moreStudent Placements
Whether you’re a public, private or third sector organisation, a large multinational company or a small or medium enterprise, find out how your organisation can benefit from recruiting one of our ambitious placement students.
Discover moreConnect with our Students and Graduates
Connect with our students and graduates to raise your profile, promote your opportunities and attract talent and future leaders. This is a great way to meet motivated students who are keen to develop their skills, to enhance their applications and prepare for life after university.
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Get involved in other activities to raise your organisation's profile on campus.
Discover moreInternships and Funding
We can provide funding support to help you offer an internship to a Northumbria student or graduate
Discover moreTalk to us
We are always happy to talk to employers who wish to find out more about Northumbria and our students and how we can help you recruit them to placements, graduate opportunities and part-time/casual work.
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