Leeds Global Industry Programme 2025–2026 Overview
The Leeds Global Industry Programme is an industry consulting experience with real clients to develop your skills and prepare you for future employment.
The programme is guaranteed for all taught postgraduate students (UK and international), except students on the Leeds MBA course and students in the Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences (EPS), which has its own embedded virtual work experience (EPS students only).
The programme offers:
- collaborative work in a multi-disciplinary team (small groups of five to eight students) in a supportive virtual environment
- innovative projects that address genuine industry needs and real-world challenges, such as social impact, sustainability, policy, international business and more
- clients in the UK and overseas
- professional support and feedback
- proven development of skills that employers are looking for
- opportunities to build professional networks, make new friends, build confidence and consider your consider plans.
Develop key skills to advance your career
You’ll develop essential, future-focused skills that are highly valued across all sectors and professions. No matter your academic background, this experience will be transferable to a wide range of career paths.
All of the projects can be tackled by students from any degree subject as the key learning will be about developing core skills, such as:
- leadership
- communication
- collaboration
- problem-solving
- decision-making
- commercial and sector awareness
- creativity and innovation.
As well as strengthening your employability, these skills can be applied to your degree studies, enhancing your time at Leeds and beyond.