Your introduction to Corporate & Investment Banking
Curious about a career in banking? Our Insight Programme is your opportunity to experience the fast-paced world of Corporate & Investment Banking first-hand. This three-day, in-person experience is designed for first-year university students (or second year of a four-year degree) who want to explore a future career in Corporate & Investment Banking (CIB).
Over three immersive days you’ll:
- Explore the world of Corporate & Investment Banking and the role it plays in the global economy
- Develop future-ready skills through practical workshops and business simulations
- Meet colleagues from across our CIB teams and hear about their career journeys
- Gain insights into internship opportunities and potential future careers at Standard Chartered
- Get a fast-track opportunity for our 2028 Summer Internship Programme in London.
Programme Dates
6 – 8 April 2027 in person at our London headquarters.
What to expect
- Deep dives into CIB - Learn how we help clients navigate international trade, capital flows and economic growth across more than 50 markets.
- Meet our business - Gain exposure to teams across Markets, Global Banking, Coverage Banking and Transaction Banking, and learn how they work together to support our clients.
- Hear from leaders and graduates - Learn from colleagues at different stages of their careers and gain insight into what it's really like to work in CIB.
- Interactive workshops and simulations – Build commercial awareness, analytical thinking, communication and teamwork skills through practical challenges and real-world scenarios.
- Job shadowing – Experience the pace and variety of work across Corporate & Investment Banking and explore different career paths.
- Career coaching - Receive application, CV and interview guidance from our Early Careers team.
Skills you’ll build
This programme is designed to help you develop the skills that matter for a career in banking:
- Commercial awareness and curiosity
- Analytical and problem-solving skills
- Communication and presentation skills
- Collaboration and teamwork
- Adaptability and resilience
- Confidence to learn, contribute and take ownership.
Who can apply?
We’re committed to building an inclusive future for banking and welcome applications from students of all backgrounds and identities. We actively encourage applications from groups that are underrepresented in banking, including women and Black Heritage students.
Eligibility
- Any degree discipline
- First year university students (or second year if on a four-year course)
- No prior banking or financial services experience required.
Who we’re looking for
Potential matters more than experience. We value:
- Curiosity and a desire to learn
- Strong communication and teamwork skills
- Motivation, resilience and a willingness to be challenged
- Interest in business, markets and the global economy
- A proactive approach to solving problems and developing new skills
- A commitment to doing the right thing and making a positive impact.
Next Steps
Perform well during the Spring Insight Programme and you’ll be first in line for our 2028 Summer Internship Programme – your gateway to a graduate role with us.
Recruitment Assessments
If selected, you’ll receive an invitation to complete an online assessment. Your responses will help us determine your place on the programme.
Additional Details
The Insight Programme is an unpaid educational workshop; however, travel and accommodation will be reimbursed for students outside of the immediate London area.
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
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