Creative Business Internships

Creative Business Internships are designed to support recent graduates who would be unable to take unpaid opportunities and gain work experience. The internships are aimed at final-year students and recent graduates from an undergraduate bachelor programme only. Those starting, completing or who have graduated from MA or other higher courses are not eligible.

Creative Business Internships are open to students/graduates with a right to work in the UK who are:

• UAL students currently in the final year of their undergraduate, bachelors, programme (due to graduate in summer 2025).
• UAL alumni who graduated from an undergraduate bachelors programme in 2024. Those who graduated before 2024 are not eligible.

You cannot apply if you:

• have had an internship in 2023 as part of the Enterprise Experience Programme or the 2024 Creative Business Internship programme
• are enrolling onto, completing or graduated from an MA or other higher courses other than a bachelor programme
• are not studying on a UAL bachelor programme (e.g. Diploma or Foundation level)
• graduated before 2024
• do not have the right to work in the UK or your visa does not allow you to work the total number of hours (150 hours) required for the internship.

• Over 6 to 10 weeks, you will have the opportunity to work up to 150 hours. Some employers will be able to offer flexible hours.
• You will be paid an hourly rate above the London living wage.
• Your internship includes 2 sessions, run by UAL’s Careers and Employability team – you must take part in these sessions:
  • 1 before the internship starts which will support you in how to prepare for the internship and get the most from the opportunity.
  • 1 at the end of the internship will help you take forward your experience and what you have learned.

• You will have a named contact in UAL’s Careers and Employability team who is available to provide support to you throughout the programme.
• You will have a one-to-one with a Graduate Employability Specialist.
• Each internship is unique, but you can expect to experience what it is like to work in a professional environment, apply your existing skills to real-life work scenarios, learn new skills and gain an understanding of some of the things involved in running a creative business.
• The internships offered are a mix of working from home, some are based at the employer’s premises and others will be both working from home and on-site with the employer.

When you apply for a Creative Business Internship you will need to complete an application form and attach your CV.

You can apply for up to 3 different internships, although you will only be able to do one if offered.

For each internship you apply for you need to complete a separate supporting statement on your application form. This statement should explain:

• why you are interested in the role
• what relevant skills and experience you can bring to the role
• what you hope to gain and learn by doing the internship.

The supporting statement can be written or recorded (video or audio-only). If you are recording your statement you must put the URL into the application form and the password if you have set one. Please do not attach the video or audio files to the application form.

Access to the recording should not be time limited as the business will need to access your application in full.

For more advice on applying for jobs see our guides on writing cover letters, creating CVs and more information on our careers resources padlet or our graduate support padlet.

UAL Career Toolkit

Access support and guidance through your Moodle account with the UAL Career Toolkit. Our new range of online learning resources are aimed at developing your career skills at a pace that suits you.

We recommend trying our CV Library course before you start your application for your internship.

You can access the toolkit as both a student and for your first year as a graduate.