Professional Practice and Placement
Choose from two options that guarantee you a placement and prepare you for the world of work.
Our new two-year MSc with Professional Practice and Placement follows the same structure as the one-year MSc during the first three taught terms.
You then complete either the Placement or Professional Practice option in terms 4–7, before re-joining the one-year MSc cohort to complete your taught modules and final project.
Which option would you like to explore?
Why choose Professional Practice?
✅ Broaden experience across organisations.
✅ Complete an 8-week global internship.
✅ Build leadership, digital and global skills.
✅ Develop agility and commercial awareness.
✅ Graduate with global project experience.
Terms 4-7
Careers and Foundation Skills Workshops
📝 Assessment Centre Practice
🎤 Interview Skills
💬 Communication Development
👥 Team working
🧠 Critical Thinking
💼 Business Practice
🌐 Cultural Intelligence
🤖 Using AI effectively
Terms 4-7
Learn a Language!
Choose from one of the following languages: Arabic, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Mandarin Chinese and Spanish.
Terms 4-7
Choose your stream
Leadership with the GOLD Programme: Develop your leadership, citizenship and cultural intelligence.
Entrepreneurship with ASPIRE: Step-by-step guide to starting a business.
Consultancy with KBS Business Clinic: Work with clients on real-life projects.
Terms 4-7
Guaranteed Global Virtual Internships
🏢 Choose from 13,000+ companies.
🌍 Internships in 80+ countries.
💻 Remote, hybrid and in-person options.
🎯 Roles aligned with your core skills development needs.
Term 8
Capstone Challenge Project
Final term project to showcase all the skills you have learnt on the pathway with focus on your specialist areas of interest.
Why choose a Placement?
✅ Gain real industry experience during your degree.
✅ Apply your knowledge in a professional setting.
✅ Build valuable employer connections.
✅ Develop workplace skills and confidence.
✅ Strengthen your CV with placement experience.
Real-world experience
Industry Placement of 39-44 weeks
Gain fresh ideas, innovative perspective and new-found knowledge - just some of the things you'll develop and build upon during one of Kent Business School's placement schemes.
Links with industry
We have a dedicated team of advisers at Kent who help you to secure a placement. They have secured placements with a wide range of companies including start-ups, local businesses and global brands.
How much can you earn?
Placements are generally paid, with average earnings between £22,000 and £35,000.
Poorvika Ravikumar, International Business and Management
“I secured a placement as an Executive Training Advisor with Beat Limited, a professional services and leadership-focuses firm in Malta.
As the business evolved, my role began to transition within the same employer group into Humanity Works.”
A Master's with Professional Practice and Placement at Kent Business School...
...makes you future-focused.
Learn from world-leading experts at a triple-accredited business school - a global mark of excellence. Built on leading research and industry insight, our courses equip you with future-ready skills in areas such as data and AI. With practical, real-world learning and assessment, you’ll graduate ready to make an impact.
...gets you career-ready.
Career-ready skills are built into every course, through industry links, guest speakers, and company challenges. Our careers team supports you through placements, internships, or projects - helping you step into employment and making your degree a smart investment.
...gives you global opportunities.
Learn business in a global context and be part of a diverse international community of students, staff, and alumni. Share ideas across cultures, broaden your perspective and build the global mindset employers value. Gain the confidence and credibility to succeed on a global stage.
Course structure
For the academic content of each course please check our course pages. Here we outline the structure and support you'll receive in preparation for either your placement or professional practice.
What can you study?
FAQs
In year 1 students will choose their preferred option.
Yes, the second-year costs an additional £2,000 for all students.
We advise students to only accept paid placements – with average earnings of £22K and £35K for KBS.
No.
Yes. The internship hours do not count towards their 20 hours, as they are compulsory and part of their programme.
If for any reason students can’t proceed with a placement by June 2027, they can swap to the professional practice option.
Prior to the June 2027 deadline.
Yes, but they need to so before they start at Kent due to visa implications for international students. They will need to transfer before their CAS is issued.
The virtual internships provider and Kent’s Careers and Placement teams will work with students to identify their ideal options to improve their skills development and employability.
Students will select from 19 different careers fields. The internship provider will consider sector, company type, country, skills development needs, dates etc and will match students with an employer based on the data they provided.
Yes, it is. The provider works with leading institutions globally - 13,000 companies across 80 countries.
No. Both options offer alternative routes to develop career-ready graduates with CV-worthy credentials.
Industry Placement option: Students gain in-depth experience in their chosen industry while developing practical skills in a real professional role.
The Professional Practice option: Through professional development activities students will develop transferable workplace skills and apply them in a range of practical role-based experiences; including an 8-week guaranteed virtual internship.