“三明治课程”
部分英国大学可以提供含有业内实习期的硕士项目，选择这种课程的学生可以先在学校学习，随后以学生身份进入企业实习一段时间，再回到学校完成剩下的学业及毕业论文。
标有with placement或with a year in industry的课程就属于这一类项目，一般为期两年，也就是一年学习一年实习。这类项目实际属于工读交替制，因此也有“三明治课程”的形象化叫法。
选择三明治课程有什么好处
选择该类课程并不仅仅意味着学生能多出一学年的时间进入企业实习，还意味着学生能更大程度地利用学校提供的资源。
在进入placement year之前，学生可以从学校的就业中心获得指导，包括简历修改、关系网（network）搭建、熟悉业界工作环境、模拟面试等。
很多学校企业间存在固定的合作关系，而学生因此可以优先获得进入招聘流程的机会。虽然学校的帮助不能百分百确保学生获得实习，但简化过的流程也能提高学生拿到offer的机会。找到实习之后，学生也能拿到报酬cover自己的生活费。
如果学生实在无法获得一份实习，学校也会允许学生转回非三明治课程，让学生一年毕业。
哪些大学提供三明治课程
部分院校的with placement项目：
卡迪夫大学
Business Management with a Professional Placement Year (MSc)
Computing and IT Management with Placement(MSc)
Computing with Placement (MSc)
Advanced Computer Science with a Professional Placement Year (MSc)
Software Engineering with a Professional Placement Year (MSc)
Wireless and Microwave Communication Engineering with a Year in Industry (MSc)
巴斯大学
Biotechnology (Healthcare Technologies) MSc– 2 years including placement year
Biotechnology (Sustainable Biotechnologies) MSc – 2 years including placement year
Data Science MSc – 2 years including placement year
Data Science and Statistics MSc – 2 years including placement year
Data Science and Statistics (Health) MSc –2 years including placement year
Robotics and Autonomous Systems MSc – 15 months including three-month placement
Health Psychology MSc – 2 years part-time including placement
Machine Learning and Autonomous Systems MSc– 2 years including placement year
Mathematics with Data Science for IndustryMSc – 2 years including placement year
Molecular Biosciences (Bioinformatics) MSc– 2 years including placement year
Molecular Biosciences (Medical Biosciences) MSc – 2 years including placement year
Molecular Biosciences (Microbiology) MSc –2 years including placement year
