Careers and placements
Graduate Internship Programme 2025
Paid experience. Personalised support. Real progress.
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Are you a 2025 leaver or 2024 graduate looking for a way to gain real-world experience, build confidence in your job applications, and take a meaningful step toward your future career?
The Graduate Internship Programme 2025 offers paid, part time internships designed to support your transition from university to graduate employment, with comprehensive coaching and guidance every step of the way.
About the Graduate Internship Programme
Our Graduate Internship Programme provides flexible, graduate-level internships paired with wraparound careers support to help you feel job-ready and confident.
We'll support you with:
- Preparing CVs and cover letters ahead of the application window
- Tailored coaching from our dedicated Graduate Success Coaches
- Confidence-building resources and check-ins to help you succeed
- Ongoing career development, even if you're not placed in an internship
What a graduate internship involves
Our graduate internships are 8 weeks long and start in September 2025.
You'll work 25 hours per week, and be paid £14.18 per hour.
At the start of the internship, you will get a personalised report identifying your professional skills, along with some recommendations for development.
You'll also get support from the Careers team, from application through to post-internship reflection.
Joining the Graduate Internship Programme
Eligibility
To join the Graduate Internship Programme 2025 you must:
- Be a 2024 or 2025 graduate from an undergraduate course
- Be available for the whole of the 8 weeks
- Be able to attend the first day in person on Monday 1 September
- Have the right to work in the UK
- Not be studying or in a graduate level role
How to join
To join the Graduate Internship Programme 2025 you need to submit an Expression of Interest form.
When you've submitted your Expression of Interest form, our team will be in touch with further details about comprehensive application support available to you. From there, you will be guided through the next steps.
Graduate internship roles will be open for applications from Monday 14 July. You will be able to apply for up to 3 roles. You will need to submit a tailored CV and cover letter for each role along with one video interview for all roles applied for.
Even if you're not matched with an internship, you'll still have access to:
- 1 to 1 support from a Graduate Success Coach
- Career planning sessions
- Resources to help you apply for other graduate opportunities
If you have any questions at this stage, please get in touch via careers@yorksj.ac.uk.
