Degree Apprenticeship 2025

Hi guys,

I'm planning to pursue a degree apprenticeship after finishing my A-Levels (currently in Year 12, going into Year 13), and I’m looking for advice from those who have already applied or started one. I'm particularly interested in Business and Management, so any tips or sector-specific insights—especially in Business Management, Project Management, or General Management—would be really helpful!

Could someone also let me know when the opening and closing dates for applications are?
Thanks so much!

Reply 1

BeingBoring

Somebody asked a very similar question a couple of weeks ago, so the bulk of this I've copied from what I wrote for them:
You are doing the right thing by getting organised and starting early! A lot of the bigger companies launch their apprentice applications as early as September, and very often will only accept a certain number of applications before closing them again. So do not assume that you have 2 or 3 weeks to make your application as some of the very popular ones close after just a few days. You should get yourself a shortlist of companies, next you should subscribe to any email updates they offer for their apprenticeship schemes and visit their websites every week or so just to be sure you've not missed anything. Also make sure you regularly check the 'junk' or 'spam' folders for your emails as these emails sometimes end up in there and you don't want to miss it because of that! It is also worth trying to find if there are any discussions or posts about these companies process from previous years, they often ask the same (or very similar) questions, and it is useful to have prepared some responses in advance while you have time to think about them. A lot of the companies are very similar, some questions will be very direct about who you are and your expected qualifications etc. Other questions will be more like the personal statement in a university application, so have a think about these kind of questions:

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Why do you want an apprenticeship in this subject?

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How (or what) qualifications and studies have helped you to prepare?

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What else have you done to prepare outside of education, and why are these experiences useful?

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Why do you want to work for this particular company?

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What qualities do you have that will help you to make a contribution to this company?

I suggest that you do some research on what companies you'd like to apply to and create a list off all of them. Think about each company separately, you need to ensure you've done a bit of research and learned something about them. Look at their website, not just the first page! Click through into the 'about us' sections, see if there is any info on recent projects they've done or companies they are engaging with. Make notes, maybe create a spreadsheet as you need a good place to keep them, even if you do not use some of this info at the application stage it is still useful if you make it through to an interview as you can make comments about it even if they don't ask, it never hurts to show you are genuinely interested in their specific company. UCAS has a page where you can search for apprenticeship's, it may be worth seeing if there is one already open you can apply to, just to get some exposure and experience with the application process. Most of the bigger companies will look to make decisions and offers in January or February, but some of them do open their process later in the year so they are not all the same. The most important thing is to be prepared and ready to make you application as soon as they release them, as they are very popular now and you need to move quickly - but don't rush it! Good luck!