Teesside University Placements

Teesside University stands out for international students, especially Indians because the placement support is genuinely built around them, not just British kids. The careers team runs dedicated international employability workshops every term, covering everything from UK CV formats to mock Tier 2 sponsor interviews. Almost 95 % of courses have a compulsory or optional placement year, and the university has over 1,200 active employer links, including big names like Nissan, Cummins, Tata Consultancy Services, Fujifilm Diosynth, and NHS trusts that openly recruit internationals.

The Middlesbrough location is inside the Tees Valley Combined Authority area, which has hundreds of engineering, digital, and biotech firms hungry for talent and happy to sponsor Graduate Route visas.

The visa success angle is huge: Teesside’s placement office pre-screens companies for Home Office sponsor licences before students even apply, so rejection on visa grounds is almost zero. In 2024-25, Indian students secured paid placements at average salaries of £22,000-£28,000 per year with companies like Sage, Visualsoft, Thirteen Group, and PD Ports. Many convert these into full-time Graduate Route jobs because the employers already know the students for twelve months.

Living costs stay low (£750-£850 per month including rent), so students actually save money during placement year instead of draining savings. Add the university’s own Jobs4Teessiders portal that gives internationals first dibs on local roles, and the result is that around 87 % of international students who want a UK placement actually land one, way above the national average for modern universities. That’s why Overseas Education Consultants in India quietly call Teesside the “hidden placement king” for average-profile Indian students who want real UK work experience without fighting Russell Group competition.