Cardiff Metropolitan University Placements

Cardiff Metropolitan University has quietly become one of the strongest placement universities in the UK for international students, especially Indians, and the numbers speak louder than marketing brochures. The latest Graduate Outcomes survey shows 95-97 % of Cardiff Met graduates are in employment or further study within 15 months, which is comfortably above many Russell Group names. The reason is simple: almost every course has a compulsory or optional placement year built in, and the university runs its own dedicated placement unit that works directly with over 3,000 employers across Wales and England.

Companies like Airbus, Deloitte, PwC, NHS Wales, Admiral Insurance, British Airways, Hilton, and Sony regularly take Cardiff Met students on paid placements (average salary £19,000-£23,000 for the year). Business, computing, hospitality, sport, and biomedical science students almost always walk into roles in Cardiff itself, London, or Bristol because the university has strong regional ties and the city has a growing tech and finance hub. The placement team literally finds the job for the student, they send CVs, arrange interviews, and even help with Tier 4 to Tier 2 visa transition if the employer wants to keep the student after graduation.

For Indian students the bonus is huge: the placement year counts as the third year of the degree, so the total cost stays almost the same as a normal three-year course, yet the student returns with 10-12 months of UK work experience on the CV. That experience makes the two-year Graduate Route visa far more valuable because most graduates already have solid UK references and often a job offer waiting. That’s exactly why Overseas Education Consultants in India across Kerala, Punjab, and Gujarat quietly push Cardiff Met when parents ask for “university with real job chances” rather than just a degree certificate.