Student Placements


Placements and Internships

Placement and internship opportunities for students are available within medical research and are commonly advertised directly on company websites. For inspiration we have compiled a list below of companies who offer placement schemes. Please note this list is not exhaustive. 

Companies offering student placements or internships often establish strong links with Universities in the UK and opt to communicate details of upcoming placements to university students directly, for example Bath and Cardiff Universities.

Applications for full year placements usually open in November and often involve an assessment day typically including a competency interview, technical interview and a group exercise.

If you are interested in undertaking a placement and have any questions, or are an organisation that offers placements and would like to add your details to our website then please contact us.

Click on the profiles below to read about student experiences from the 2019/20 intake. Also, you can watch the video interview with the 2019/20 placement students from IQVIA to learn more about how their year has been.  

   

 

 

Jeevan

Jeevan Uppal
Janssen

Justin and Sally

 

Explore a number of placement and internship opportunities below.

Abbott

Type of Placement: Student Statisticians within Abbott Diabetes Care.

Length: 12 months

Pre-Requisite: Applicants should be studying for a degree related to mathematics or statistics.  Placements are advertised at universities.  If interested, please contact stats_placement@abbott.com. Visit the website https://www.diabetescare.abbott/

Amgen

Type of Placement: Student Statisticians, Student Programmers

Length: 12 months

Amgen offers 12 month placements in biostatistics in the Centre for Design and Analysis. Placements are for students who have completed the first two years of their undergraduate degree in a maths, statistics or related subject. Placements are advertised via Cogent Skills. Visit the website...

AstraZeneca

Type of Placement: Student Statisticians, Student Statistical Programmers

Length: 12 months

AstraZeneca offers 12 month placements within the biometrics function. Placements are for students currently undertaking an undergraduate mathematics or statistics degree. Applications close early December. Visit the website...

 

 Covance 

Type of Placement: Student Statisticians, Student Programmers

Length: 12 months

Pre-requisite: BSc undergraduate studying mathematics, statistics or computer science

Typically the student placements will tend to be a full placement year of 12 months, which forms the 3rd year of their BSc course. Visit the website...

 Eli-Lily 


Type of Placement: Student Statisticians, Student Analyst/Programmers

Length: 12 months

Pre-requisite: BSc undergraduate studying mathematics or statistics

The decision to have a statistician or programmer placement student is usually determined by who is available to manager a student that year. Visit the website...

GSK 

Type of Placement: Student Statisticians, Student Programmers

Length: 12 months

GSK offer placements for both programmers and statisticians. Applicants should be studying for a degree related to mathematics or statistics. Visit the website...

IQVIA 

Type of Placement: Student Statisticians, Student Programmers

Length: 12 months

IQVIA offer one-year placements to BSc students (i.e. students on sandwich courses who have completed two years of their degree).

IQVIA usually contact universities within an hour or so of Reading, but are open to any applicants. Visit the website...

Janssen R&D

Type of Placement: Statistical Programming Placement Student

Length: 12 months

Pre-requisite:  Enrolled on a qualified, relevant Bachelor’s degree program or higher and/or equivalent in computer science, mathematics, data science/analytics, or other relevant scientific field.  Demonstrated written and verbal communication skills. Basic knowledge of relevant programming languages is preferred (e.g. SAS, R, Python etc.).   

Janssen offer Statistical Programming Placement opportunities within the Statistical Programming & Analysis group based in High Wycombe, UK. Positions are advertised during the autumn semester for placements starting the following summer. To apply, visit our careers website. Visit the website...

Pfizer 

Type of Placement: Student Statisticians, Student Programmers

 

Length: 1- 2 weeks

 

Pre-requisite: Currently working towards a degree in maths, statistics, computing, science or related subject. Visit the website...

 Roche 

Type of Placement: Industrial placement year as part of a 4 year BSc degree program. Positions available in statistical programming and biostatistics

Length: 12 months

Pre-requisite: BSc undergraduate studying mathematics, statistics or computer science.  Other courses with high numerical content considered.

Opportunities are advertised during September and October for placement years starting the following summer. Adverts are placed on the website when available. Please search for Associate Statistical Programmer/Assistant Statistician - Industrial Placement. Visit the website... 

Roche is also launching this year a Summer Internship scheme for PhD students

Type:  Summer Internship scheme for PhD students

Length: 8-10 Weeks

If interested please contact  Chris.Harbron@Roche.Com . 

 

UCB

Type of Placement: Student Statistician

Length: 12 months (September start date)

Pre-requisite: Currently in your 2nd year of a BSc with a strong background in mathematics/statistics.

If interested please contact PRS@ucb.com or visit the website…

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