Global Banking Internship Programme 2027

Our Global Banking team provides credit and advisory solutions to Corporate and Financial Institutions clients across the world. Global Bankings comprehensive product capabilities span across loans, bonds, structured credit and advisory solutions. The solutions offered by Global Banking are catered to address a diverse set of client needs and sectors.  

About the Internship Programme how youll learn and grow
 
Join a skills-first organisation where your potential matters more than your background.  Over 10 weeks, youll work on real business challenges, build future-ready skills, and gain insight into how we support clients, facilitate trade and finance growth across our markets. Working alongside colleagues across our global network, youll develop the skills, confidence and connections to accelerate your career. For many interns, this is the first step towards a graduate role with us. 

The programme will support your development through: 

   A 10-week summer internship  
   A structured induction and orientation  
   Exposure to our products, clients and 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  

Where you could work
 
As part of our programme, youll be matched with one of our specialist teams based on your skills, interests, and strengths. Youll 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  

Bring the skills - well help you build your career
 
We welcome students from all degree disciplines and backgrounds, recognising that diverse perspectives drive innovation. 

Were 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 youre applying to.
 
You can only submit one application within a six-month period, so take time to review our 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

About Standard Chartered

We're an international bank, nimble enough to act, big enough for impact. For more than 170 years, we've worked to make a positive difference for our clients, communities, and each other. We question the status quo, love a challenge and enjoy finding new opportunities to grow and do better than before. If you're looking for a career with purpose and you want to work for a bank making a difference, we want to hear from you. You can count on us to celebrate your unique talents and we can't wait to see the talents you can bring us.

Our purpose, to drive commerce and prosperity through our unique diversity, together with our brand promise, to be here for good are achieved by how we each live our valued behaviours. When you work with us, you'll see how we value difference and advocate inclusion.

Together we:

• Do the right thing and are assertive, challenge one another, and live with integrity, while putting the client at the heart of what we do
• Never settle, continuously striving to improve and innovate, keeping things simple and learning from doing well, and not so wel
• Are better together, we can be ourselves, be inclusive, see more good in others, and work collectively to build for the long term

What we offer

In line with our Fair Pay Charter, we offer 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 our unique diversity, across our teams, business functions and geographies - everyone feels respected and can realise their full potential.

Recruitment Assessment

Some of our roles use assessments to help us understand how suitable you are for the role you've applied to. If you are invited to take an assessment, this is great news. It means your application has progressed to an important stage of our recruitment process.

Visit our careers website www.sc.com/careers