University of Chichester Placements

University of Chichester might look small and quiet on the outside, but when it comes to actual placements and part-time work for international students, especially Indians, it punches way above its weight.

The campus sits in West Sussex, just one hour from London and 30 minutes from Portsmouth and Brighton, so students can easily reach big employment hubs without paying London rent. The university has a dedicated careers team that runs one-to-one sessions for international students and brings companies like Boeing, IBM, Rolls-Royce, NHS trusts, and local councils straight to campus for recruitment drives.

What most agents notice first is the guaranteed placement year option in almost every business, computing, psychology, and sport course, and these are paid placements, usually £18,000-£22,000 for the year. Indian students regularly get placed with Hilton, Deloitte, PwC, Gatwick Airport, and Sussex Police because the university has strong regional ties and smaller cohort sizes mean every student gets proper attention from the placement office.

Part-time work is easy too, Chichester and Bognor Regis have plenty of hospitality, retail, and care jobs, and the 20-hour rule is actually achievable here without the mad competition of London or Manchester. Many students pick up weekend shifts at Butlins Bognor Regis (which pays above minimum wage) or in the big Tesco and Next stores nearby.

The two-year Graduate Route visa works perfectly because most Chichester graduates already have solid UK work experience on their CV before they even finish the degree. That’s why the post-study job success rate for international students sits comfortably above 90 %, higher than many bigger universities everyone talks about.