GlaxoSmithKline

GlaxoSmithKline is one of the world’s leading healthcare companies. We have a challenging and inspiring mission: to improve the quality of human life by helping people to do more, feel better and live longer. This mission gives us the purpose to develop innovative medicines and products that help millions of people around the world. In fact, we are one of the few pharmaceutical company researching both medicines and vaccines for the World Health Organization’s three priority diseases – ‘HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria’ and are very proud to have developed some of the leading global medicines in these fields.

While some people depend on GSK’s pioneering pharmaceutical products to tackle life threatening illnesses, others choose best-selling nutritional brands such as Lucozade and Ribena for a feel-good boost.

Opportunities at GSK include...

We offer Industrial Placement opportunities in Sales, IT, Communications, Engineering, HR and Science. We also offer Summer Placements in Marketing and Purchasing.

We’re also proud to be named one of the UK’s leading graduate employers in The 2009 Times Top 100 survey, which polls over 15,000 final year students. They rate us amongst the top 15 employers for graduate opportunities, making GSK the most desirable pharmaceutical company to work for. Put it all together and you can see why so many people choose to start or continue their career with us. But there’s another kind of benefit, and it’s one that very few organisations can offer. It’s the chance to help people all over the world live longer, healthier, happier lives. We even help to brighten smiles with some of the world’s favourite toothpaste brands.

So, whether you’re developing a marketing strategy for our innovative medicines or formulating vaccinations to help eradicate diseases in the developing world, your work with GSK will be helping people across the globe look forward to a better tomorrow.