Global Banking Intern UK

Global Banking Internship Programme 2027

Join a skills-first organisation where your potential matters more than your background. Over 10 weeks, you’ll work on real business challenges, build future-ready skills, and gain insight into how Standard Chartered supports clients, facilitates trade and finance growth across its markets. Working alongside colleagues across its global network, you’ll develop the skills, confidence and connections to accelerate your career. For many interns, this is the first step towards a graduate role with the company.

Programme Structure

The programme will support your development through:

• A 10-week summer internship
• A structured induction and orientation
• Exposure to products, clients and the international network
• Real projects and meaningful responsibilities from day one
• Technical, professional and behavioural skills development
• Support from managers, mentors and buddies
• Opportunities to learn from senior leaders and industry experts
• Community and volunteering initiatives

Potential Areas of Work

As part of the programme, you’ll be matched with one of the specialist teams based on your skills, interests, and strengths. You’ll gain hands-on experience and play a meaningful role from day one. Explore opportunities across the following areas:

• Capital Markets
• Commercial Real Estate
• Financing Solutions
• Fund Finance
• Infrastructure Development & Finance Group
• Leveraged & Acquisition Finance and Private Credit
• Transportation Finance

What We're Looking For

Standard Chartered welcomes students from all degree disciplines and backgrounds, recognising that diverse perspectives drive innovation. They are looking for people who can:

• Take ownership, show initiative and are willing to learn
• Think critically and solve problems using logic, analysis and sound judgement
• Learn quickly, stay curious and seek opportunities to grow and develop
• Build strong relationships and collaborate effectively with others
• Adapt and perform under pressure in a fast-paced environment
• Are curious about how businesses, markets and economies connect and grow.

Eligibility

To be eligible for this internship, you should be a penultimate year student, able to intern in June 2027, and start full time in July 2028. You should have the permanent legal right to work in the country you’re applying to.

You can only submit one application within a six-month period, so take time to review the opportunities and apply for the role that best fits your interests, skills and career goals.

Key Dates

• Assessment Centres: October 2026 onwards
• Start Date: June 2027

What We Offer

In line with the Fair Pay Charter, Standard Chartered offers a competitive salary and benefits to support your mental, physical, financial and social wellbeing:

• Core bank funding for retirement savings, medical and life insurance, with flexible and voluntary benefits available in some locations.
• Time-off including annual leave, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 months maximum) and volunteering leave (3 days), along with minimum global standards for annual and public holiday, which is combined to 30 days minimum.
• Flexible working options based around home and office locations, with flexible working patterns.
• Proactive wellbeing support through Unmind, a market-leading digital wellbeing platform, development courses for resilience and other human skills, global Employee Assistance Programme, sick leave, mental health first-aiders and all sorts of self-help toolkits.
• A continuous learning culture to support your growth, with opportunities to reskill and upskill and access to physical, virtual and digital learning.
• Being part of an inclusive and values driven organisation, one that embraces and celebrates its unique diversity, across its teams, business functions and geographies - everyone feels respected and can realise their full potential.

Recruitment Assessment

Some roles use assessments to help understand suitability. If invited, this is a great news, indicating your application has progressed to an important stage of the recruitment process.

Visit the careers website: www.sc.com/careers