Hi P'n'J, my industrial experience equals something around nil unless endless tampering with my car counts - that's actually why placements are here, to get some. Mine's more of operations than engineering, which I'm happy about, although I would have enjoyed stress analysis just as well and am not ruling it out for the future in any case. Try and get in touch with your uni's careers office, they should have someone for international relations, so tell them you are interested in getting somewhere out and they'll tell you what can be done. It takes some courage and a lot of luck, just as everything, but it sure looks amazing on your CV afterwards, not to mention the language. And if you're extremely lucky and handleit well, they might as well offer to finance your Masters or something. Definitely worth a shot.
