- Standard Bank
- Johannesburg, South Africa
- Category: Internships
- Apply before May 15, 2026
Programme Overview
Standard Bank Group is inviting suitably qualified and unemployed South African graduates to apply for the 2026 Graduate Internship Programme. The programme offers graduates the opportunity to gain valuable workplace experience through structured training, mentorship, and hands-on exposure across various business areas within the bank.
Participants will develop professional skills, work on real projects, and build a strong foundation for a successful career in the financial services industry while contributing to the bank’s mission of driving growth and development across Africa.
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Available Programmes
The following Graduate Opportunities are open for applications:
CIB Transaction Banking Graduate Programme
Post Graduate qualification (Completed or Completing 2026)
- Finance
- Economics
- Accounting
- Business Science
- Engineering
- Data Science
- Computer Science
- Information Systems
CIB Quantitative Graduate Programme
- Postgraduate Degree (Completed or completing in 2026): A background in Finance (Actuarial Science, Mathematical Finance, Business Mathematics and Informatics, etc.) is preferred (e.g., BCom Hons, BSc Hons).
- Alternatively, a general science postgraduate degree with a limited finance background (Physics, Pure/Applied Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, Engineering, etc.) with an MSc or MEng is also suitable.
CIB Risk Management Graduate Programme
Post Graduate qualification (Completed or completing in 2026)
- Mathematics and Statistics
- Actuarial Science
- Financial Mathematics
- Financial Risk Management
- BCom Hons (Finance/Economics/Risk Management/ Accounting
- BSc Hons (Environmental Science)
- PPE
CIB Investment Banking Graduate Programme
Postgraduate or 4-year degree (Completed or completing in 2026)
- Engineering
- Accounting
- Risk Management
- Business sciences
- Financial sciences
- Economics
- Math/Statistics
CIB Global Markets Graduate Programme
Post Graduate qualification (Completed or completing in 2026)
- Actuarial Science
- Applied Mathematics
- Applied Sciences
- Computer Science
- Data Science
- Engineering
- Financial Mathematics
- Mathematics and Statistics
- Quantitative Risk Management
CIB Technology Graduate Programme
Post Graduate qualification (Completed or completing in 2026)
- Computer Science
- Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
- Electronic Engineering
- Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, Financial Mathematics
- Statistics
- Informatics, Information Systems
- Software Development
- Software Engineering
- Data Engineering
- Data Science
CIB Finance Graduate Programme
A minimum of a postgraduate degree completed or completing in 2026.
- Diverse degrees will be considered (with the exception of Auditing) and emphasis for filtering for minimum skills/knowledge (e.g. financial acumen) will apply more rigorously in the online application process
PPB Credit Operations Graduate Programme
A Honours degree or Postgraduate Diploma in a field aligned to operations, credit or risk. The Postgraduate Diploma must be preceded by a Degree in a relevant field
BA/ BCom/ BEng/ BSc/ LLB
Relevant fields of study include:
- Operations Management or Business Operations
- Credit Management or Banking or Financial Services Operations
- Risk Management or Operational Risk
- Industrial Engineering (process or operations‑focused)
- Business Administration (operations‑focused)
Acceptable fields (only if accompanied by a minimum of Honours/ Postgraduate Diploma in the above relevant fields):
- Accounting
- Law
- Economics
PPB Data Science Graduate Programme
Completed or currently enrolled in an Honours or Master’s degree in the following fields:
- Data Science / Analytics
- Statistics
- Computer Science
- Applied Mathematics
- Quantitative Risk Management
PPB Risk Graduate Programme
Masters or Honours
BSc/BCom/ BDatSci
- Statistics
- Data Science
- Pure Mathematics
- Computational and Applied Mathematics
- Informatics/ Information Systems
- Computer Science
- Econometrics
- Behavioural Economics (with an interest in applied banking analytics, credit decisioning or fraud behaviour)
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