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Coding Your Future: A Guidebook for Students

17 Opportunities at the University of Manchester

Any internship or placement you do will help your CV stand out from the crowd. Any EXPERIENCE you get before you graduate will be a key part of your story enabling you to build your knowledge, improve your skills and gain professional experience through paid employment. Any co-curricular or extra-curricular PROJECTS you can do alongside or outside your University curriculum, will also help you stand out from your competition.

17.1 Student Experience Internships (SEIs)

The University of Manchester hosts its own summer internship scheme; Student Experience Internships (SEI), which has specific strands:

  1. Charities offering project based roles within local organisations and an opportunity to gain experience and insights working in the Charity and not-for-profit sector.
  2. Learning Through Research internships aimed at students wanting to explore what a PhD or academic career might look like. These involve working alongside an academic member of staff or other researcher undertaking a very specific research project related to the academic’s expertise.
  3. Internships within Schools and the Professional Services of The University of Manchester (eg, Careers, Business Engagement, Alumni, Student Marketing, Sports) undertaking student experience, Welcome Week or employability focused projects.

All SEI internships are paid, full-time and last four to eight weeks across the summer vacation. The SEI scheme is open to undergraduate, penultimate year students only. If you are in receipt of a bursary or financial support from the University, you are able to apply for as many SEIs as you wish. However, if this is not the case and you do not receive a bursary or financial support you can apply for a maximum of 3 SEIs. Once you have accepted an SEI offer, you will be withdrawn from any other SEI roles that you have applied for.

17.2 Projects available in 2026, closing 23rd March

There’s more than 40 projects to choose from. As these vacancies aren’t very easy to find, link to or browse on Career Connect, they are listed here. You will need to login to careerconnect.manchester.ac.uk to see the details when you follow any of these links below:

  1. Teaching & Learning Conference Internship (Teaching Excellence) - SEI/26/2JNVV
  2. Teaching Excellence Internship - SEI/26/X3QAV
  3. Teaching Learning and Student Experience Intern (Curriculum and Programmes) - SEI/26/YLXAX
  4. Natural product synthesis of alpha-tertiary amino acids in fungi. A computational study - SEI/26/3Z7JV
  5. Investigation of Primary Care Optometry Low Vision Service Provision in England - SEI/26/JQ7W6
  6. Evaluating PGT Assessment Experience through a Student Survey, Focus Groups and Interviews. - SEI/26/2JNLV
  7. Development of an Open-Source Orbital Aerodynamics Modelling Tool: ADBSat - SEI/26/MW733
  8. Cloud Forest Teaching Display Project, Firs Environmental Research Station & Botanical Grounds - SEI/26/G67E6
  9. Locating the First Galaxies and Stars in the Universe - SEI/26/X3Q9V
  10. Inflation Expectations and Sources of Information - SEI/26/YLX7X
  11. Smart Ultrasound: AI-Assisted Quality Assurance for Fetal Growth Biometry - SEI/26/B296K
  12. John Bradbury and His Legacy: How Imperial Plant Collecting Shaped the Firs Research Station - SEI/26/QL37J
  13. Analysis of SAXS Data of Phase Changing Polymer: Quantum Dot Polymer Composites - SEI/26/3Z7XL
  14. Mechanical Metamaterials as a Modern Alternative to Concrete Coastal Defence Systems - SEI/26/LE7KE
  15. Utilizing Ground Granulated Blast Furnace Slag in PEO Coatings for Corrosion Protection of Light Alloys - SEI/26/JQ7NL
  16. Evaluating the Health and Wellbeing Impacts of the Castlefield Viaduct Sky Park - SEI/26/VDGDL
  17. Understanding Spatial Inequalities Holistically: Economic, Political and Social Dimensions SEI/26/74N46
  18. Bottom-up Synthesis of Two-dimensional Framework Materials - SEI/26/QL3LN
  19. The Justice Hub Internship - SEI/26/B29JK
  20. Data Migration Intern - SEI/26/MW7KQ
  21. Exploring Boron Reaction Mechanisms Using Computational Chemistry - SEI/26/3Z73V
  22. Exploring Spintronics with Spin Valve Devices Based on Two-Dimensional Materials - SEI/26/LE7BE
  23. AI: The New ‘Geopolitical Oil’ of the 21st Century? - SEI/26/JQ7BL
  24. Big Data Analysis and Visualisation Using Radio Astronomy - SEI/26/ZJ8V7
  25. Machine Learning Techniques for Detecting Viruses in Plants from Multispectral Images - SEI/26/EW7NN
  26. Fluid-Based Transport of Hydrogel Coated Cells for the Development Advanced Cell Therapy - SEI/26/G67K4
  27. Design of Medical Radio-Isotopic Nanoparticles - SEI/26/MW7BQ
  28. The Electrolyte Design of Zn-ion Capacitors for Electrochemical Carbon Dioxide Capture - SEI/26/2JN6M
  29. Elite British Private Schools and Variation in Means-Tested Bursary Provision - SEI/26/W629L
  30. Understanding Attitudes Toward Second-Hand Fashion and Community Needs in Partnership with Oxfam Superstore SEI/26/W629K
  31. Artificial Intelligence and Knowledge Production: Evidence from Biomedical Science - SEI/26/3Z73L
  32. Birdsong in Avian Courtship: What do Males Learn and What do Females Like? - SEI/26/6ONZM
  33. LGBT Foundation Pride 2026 Internship - SEI/26/ZJ87B
  34. Live Well Programme Intern - SEI/26/8ON4Y
  35. Marketing and Publicity Design Intern - SEI/26/LE76Y
  36. Teaching Learning and Student Experience Intern - SEI/26/O6DWK
  37. Exploring Whole School Approaches to Challenging Sexism and Gender Stereotypes - SEI/26/EW7BN
  38. Colouring the Equations of Radiation Chemistry - SEI/26/G6744
  39. Exploring Sustainable Options for Protein Expression Analysis in Cancer Research - SEI/26/2JN7M
  40. Improving KRAS-inhibitor Responses in Lung Adenocarcinoma - SEI/26/O6DJK
  41. Exploring Consumer Behaviour and Garment Durability in Sustainable Textiles - SEI/26/VDGQ4

The closing date for applications is 5pm on Monday 23rd March February 2026.

17.3 Questions or comments?

Any questions or comments about these internships, email soe.studentexperience@manchester.ac.uk