DISCOVER YOUR FUTURE

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Derby Arena | Wednesday 5th November 2025

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Since 2013, The Graduate & Apprentice Engineer Show has been bringing together the UK’s most inspirational businesses with the emerging engineering talent of tomorrow in a series of major physical events.

 

We think it’s the biggest event of its type in the UK and is growing rapidly each year. The event is always very popular with employers looking to strengthen their early careers talent pipeline or to increase their profile as a career destination.

 

The competition for talent is intense, and our focus is on closing the skills gap in engineering/manufacturing and promoting engineering as a career destination. It is, we believe, the most engineering focused event of its type in the UK. 

 

We attract students from all over the country from universities, colleges and schools interested in the opportunities that engineering can provide, from apprentice technician level to graduate and post graduate level.

 

Last year we welcomed many of the UK’s top employers including BBC, Rolls-Royce, Mars, Mondelez, Balfour Beatty, Horiba Mira, Alstom, Unipart, Nestle, Sodexo, East Midlands Railway, Sellafield, Systra, Thales, BAE Systems, JCB, Frazer-Nash, AWE, Drax, Bombardier and many more and over 2000 students attending. Employers are a broad range of technology-based companies looking to inspire, attract and secure the next generation of talent.

 

We are already starting to take reservations for the Derby event this year, so it looks like they will be a very busy day for employers and students alike.

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With presentations throughout the day designed to fire your imagination, inspire your ambition and improve your employer-facing skills, it's unmissable if the first steps in your career are on your personal agenda.

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Why Exhibit? |  6 key reasons to exhibit at the Graduate & Apprentice Engineer Show

 

• Meet thousands of engineering-focussed students from across the UK in one event.

• Position your business with the UKs most prestigious engineering and manufacturing employers 

• Build awareness of career pathways now and into the future.

• Showcase your routes to entry across all levels from technician, apprenticeship and graduate-entry in one event.

• Demonstrate leadership in your early careers strategy and present your career pathways in our dedicated careers theatres.

• Generate interest through pre-event  and post-event involvement in the Graduate & Apprentice Engineer Show website and online brochure.

 

Visitor entry is free. However, due to the expected demand, we recommend early registration in order to avoid disappointment.

 

Children under the age of 16 MUST be accompanied by an adult.

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