The UK finance internship tracker.

UK Early Careers Applications 2027, What You Need to Know

The 2027 UK early careers cycle covers spring week applications opening from September 2026, summer internship applications opening from August 2026, and graduate scheme applications opening from August 2026 onwards. This tracker covers every major firm across investment banking, asset management, management consulting, commercial law, and Big 4 accounting, updated as firms open and close.

Spring Week Deadlines 2027

Spring weeks are 1-week work experience programmes for first-year students, run in March-April 2027. Applications open 6-12 months in advance, usually September and October 2026. The most competitive spring weeks in finance, Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan, Morgan Stanley, Citi, and Barclays, typically open in October 2026 and close within 4-6 weeks. Most firms do not have fixed deadlines for spring weeks, they close when places fill. Setting alerts on firms is the most reliable way to ensure you apply before a programme fills.

Summer Internship Deadlines 2027

Summer internship applications for 2027 are aimed at penultimate-year students graduating in 2028. These are 10-12 week programmes running June-August 2027, and are significantly more competitive than spring weeks.

Investment banking summer analyst applications typically open in August 2026. Goldman Sachs and J.P. Morgan are historically among the first to open, often in the first two weeks of August. Consulting summer internship applications, McKinsey, BCG, Bain, typically open in September and October 2026.

Off-Cycle Internships Have No Season

Every other ladder here has a window. Off-cycle has none: a desk loses an analyst or wins a mandate, the seat goes up, and it comes down when somebody takes it. These are three to twelve month paid seats, concentrated at private equity firms and independent advisory houses rather than the large banks, and a large share of them are open to final years and recent graduates in a way summer internships are not. Rows reading Rolling in the Closes column have no published closing date, because applications are read as they land. The off-cycle tracker covers this in full.

Law Vacation Scheme & Training Contract Deadlines 2027

Commercial law training contracts operate on a different timeline. Magic Circle firms, Clifford Chance, Linklaters, Allen & Overy, Freshfields, Slaughter and May, run vacation schemes as the primary route into a training contract. For summer 2027 schemes, applications generally open through the autumn of 2026, with many firms setting a fixed deadline in January 2027 and sifting after it closes rather than on arrival. Training contract offers are commonly made to scheme attendees at the end of the placement. Use the Law tab in the tracker above for firm-by-firm deadlines.

Which Firms Use HireVue in 2027?

HireVue and similar recorded video platforms are widely used across top UK graduate employers. Firms that have used a recorded video round in recent cycles include Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan, Morgan Stanley, Barclays, HSBC, Deutsche Bank, Deloitte, EY, KPMG, PwC, McKinsey, BCG, BlackRock, Schroders, and Unilever. Format: 3-5 questions, 30 seconds preparation, up to 3 minutes to record, one attempt at most firms. Responses are commonly scored or filtered before any human watches them, which makes this the stage most applications end at. HireVue firms are marked HV in the tracker above.