AstraZeneca
BioPharmaceuticals and Oncology R&D Undergraduate Industrial Placement Programme
2027 cycle
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What you need to do
Pick a placement area and apply through that placement's own job advert.
You apply.
Where it takes place
Macclesfield, Cambridge and 2 more places
“We offer 12-month placements at our campuses in Macclesfield, Cambridge, Luton and Liverpool”
Source (opens in a new tab), read 26 Sep 2026
Dates, as the organiser states them
On 26 Sep 2026 the official page showed applications open.
Applications open: 4 Sep 2026
“Applications open 4th September 2026”
Source (opens in a new tab), read 26 Sep 2026
Application deadline: Not stated by the organiser
Source (opens in a new tab), read 26 Sep 2026
Programme starts: Sep 2027
“Currently undertaking an undergraduate or integrated master's degree within a chemical or biological discipline with the opportunity to spend 1 year in industry starting in September 2027”
Source (opens in a new tab), read 26 Sep 2026
Who can apply
Undergraduate or integrated master's students taking a year in industry. Laboratory placements need a biology or life science course and a year finished; clinical study administration a life science and the first or second year finished.
- First-years: Laboratory and clinical study administration placements need at least your first year finished. DMPK, statistics and biometrics give no year rule.
- University restrictions: not stated by the organiser
- Laboratory placements take biological or life science courses, DMPK a chemical or biological subject, statistics a maths or statistics subject, biometrics biology, information or data science, and clinical study administration a life science.
Source (opens in a new tab), read 26 Sep 2026
Pay and length
- Pay not stated by the organiser
- Length: 12 months
Notes
Placement areas include laboratory research teams such as biologics engineering, discovery sciences and biopharmaceutical development, plus oncology DMPK, statistics, biometrics and clinical study administration, each with its own advert. Laboratory students get a bespoke project and an industrial project supervisor. The flu biopharmaceutical development placement is in Liverpool. The page gives no closing date and no pay.
Sources and last check
Checked by software on 26 Sep 2026. Confirm on the official page before you rely on it.