Summer Internships 2025

Latest update: 30 September 2024

Companies in italics are new since last update.

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Internships in finance and accounting roles for summer 2025 are now being advertised. As has been common in recent years, we expect there will be a high demand for roles next summer - we would therefore encourage you to apply as soon as possible, particularly if roles are scheduled to close soon. (Companies can also close opportunities before the advertised closing date if they receive sufficient applications, so please do not assume that vacancies will remain open until the advertised date.)

It is important to remember how important a summer internship can be to your future career prospects. All of our 2025 graduating students who already have a graduate job offer, have this as a result of a successful internship this summer - this means they can now focus on their studies during their final year rather than job applications.

We would also encourage you to apply to a wide range of opportunities, so you can keep your options open – we regularly see some students only submitting a small number of applications who are then unsuccessful in finding a summer internship. (As a guideline, most of our students had to submit at least 10-12 applications in order to achieve a role in summer 2024.)

  • If you have already secured an internship for summer 2025, please can you provide us with details (including your employer, the role title, the location and duration)
  • If you are still looking for a role for summer 2025, please let us know what applications you have submitted and if you have any specific areas of interest

As ICAS Foundation students, we do expect you to be proactive in making applications. The ICAS jobs website (https://www.becomeaca.org.uk/job-listings/) is a good starting place to see what is available.

The ICAS Foundation Student Development Toolkit has a range of information and links to help you with job applications – it is available on our website at https://www.icasfoundation.org.uk/community/current-students. We would also encourage you to use any additional resources available through your university careers service, who can assist with application and interview preparation, and point you towards other helpful websites to find opportunities.

The ICAS Foundation wishes you the best of success in your search for an internship. Please get in touch with us if you have any questions about the application process.

TOP TIP: spot the employer names in bold below - these are ICAS Foundation partners or have a reputation for being friendly firms for ICAS Foundation students.

Now Open

Saltire Scholars - open to any penultimate or final year student at a Scottish university, this programme offers access to a range of paid internships in the UK, overseas and virtually, as well as a year-long programme of personal development in advance of the internship itself.

Deloitte (Glasgow / Edinburgh / Aberdeen / Birmingham / / Manchester / London and more) - roles in audit / tax / assurance etc

EY (Edinburgh / Glasgow / Aberdeen / Leeds and more) - roles in assurance / actuarial / tax / technology risk

PwC (Glasgow / Aberdeen / Edinburgh / across England) - roles in Audit / Tax

BDO (Edinburgh / Glasgow / Birmingham / London / etc)

Martin Aitken (Glasgow)

Drummond Laurie (Grangemouth)

Natwest Group (Edinburgh / London) - roles in Finance / Risk / Audit / Banking - apply for one programme only here.

Saffery (Edinburgh / London / Leeds / across England) - filter by  Opportunity / Internship

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Related Opportunities

Baillie Gifford (Edinburgh) - Technical Infrastructure / Software Development, closing 28 October

Barclays Bank (Glasgow / London - Banking / Operations) - see https://search.jobs.barclays/ and filter by Category / Early Careers

BlackRock - London Summer Internship

BNP Paribas (London) - Global Markets / Global Banking

Citibank (London) - Investment Banking / Financing and Sales / Global Wealth / Corporate Banking - search for UK based / Internship - Short Term

Goldman Sachs (London) - various programmes including asset management, investment banking etc

HSBC (London) - Banking / Investment Banking / Technology / Asset Management etc

JP Morgan (London) - various banking / investment programmes available

Lazard (London) - Financial Advisory / Equity Research roles

Morgan Stanley (Glasgow / London) - Finance, Operations and Technology roles

UBS (London) - programmes including internal audit, global banking, compliance, consulting etc

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Opening Soon

KPMG (Aberdeen / Edinburgh / Glasgow / Leeds and more) - roles in Audit or Tax

Azets (Edinburgh / Glasgow / Inverness)

Chiene + Tait (Edinburgh / Dundee)

EQ Accountants (Dundee / Glenrothes / Forfar) - see also Become a CA

Grant Thornton (Edinburgh / Glasgow)

M&G (Edinburgh / Stirling) - finance, pensions and wealth management roles

MHA (opportunities across UK)

Piper Sandler (Aberdeen) - see also Become a CA

RSM (Glasgow / Edinburgh / Aberdeen) - apply for one job only here (please note Audit may become available at a later date)

Thomson Cooper (Dunfermline / Edinburgh)

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Related Opportunities

Deutsche Bank (London)

TotalEnergies (Aberdeen) - Tax

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Now Closed