London Metropolitan University Placements

London Metropolitan University sits in the heart of London (Holloway and Aldgate campuses) and that single fact changes everything for placements. Zone 1-2 location means students walk or take a 10-15 minute tube ride to Shoreditch, Canary Wharf, the City, Tech City, Old Street’s Silicon Roundabout, and hundreds of start-ups, fintech firms, creative agencies, and big banks.

Companies that never visit campuses outside London regularly post internships and graduate roles directly through London Met’s career portal because the university is literally on their doorstep.

The university runs one of the most active placement teams among the lower-fee London universities. Every business, computing, law, and translation student gets offered a guaranteed sandwich placement year (paid, average £19,0000-£23,000 in London weighting) and the team has direct relationships with Accenture, Deloitte, PwC, Barclays, NHS trusts, BBC, and dozens of law chambers that specifically ask for London Met students because they already live in London and don’t need relocation or extra Tier 4 visa complications.

For Indian students the numbers speak clearly: last three years consistently show 92-96 % of international students who wanted a placement got one, and over 40 % of those offers converted into full-time graduate roles with the same employer (higher than many Russell Group universities outside London). The university also allows students to work 20 hours during term and full-time during holidays without any extra paperwork hurdles, so many pick up paid part-time roles in the first year itself that later turn into placement offers.

In short, the location plus an aggressive placement office makes London Met one of the safest bets in the UK when the family’s main worry is “will my child get proper work experience and a job after studying”.