Standard Bank Graduate Internships 2026

Standard Bank invites suitably qualified and unemployed South African graduates to apply for the Graduate Internship Programme 2026. Internship Application Closing Date: 31 May 2026, Internship Location: Johannesburg, South Africa

Programme Overview

Standard Bank Group is offering exciting Graduate Internship opportunities for 2026. The programme is designed to give unemployed South African graduates valuable workplace experience through structured training, mentorship, and practical exposure across different business areas within the bank. Successful applicants will gain professional skills, work on real projects, and build a strong foundation for a career in the financial services industry.

Available Graduate Programmes

The following Graduate Internship opportunities are open for applications:

PPB Reporting and Analytics Graduate Programme

Applicants must have a postgraduate qualification recently completed or completing in 2026 in: BCom Economics, Informatics or Business Science.

BCB Technology Graduate Programme

Applicants must be in their final year undergraduate, honours or master’s degree, completed or currently completing in 2026, in: BCom Information Systems, BSc Computer Science, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Robotics or Mechatronics.

BCB Operations Graduate Programme

Applicants must have a final year undergraduate, honours or master’s degree, completed or completing in 2026, in:

Automation, Digitisation, Process Improvement and Analytics, or Data Analytics.

BCB Enablement Graduate Programme

Applicants must have a final year undergraduate, honours or master’s degree, completed or completing in 2026, in:

Behavioural Science.

PPB Security Engineer Graduate Programme

Applicants must have a final year undergraduate, honours or master’s degree, completed or completing in 2026, in: Computer Science, Electronic Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronic Engineering, Informatics, Information Systems, Software Development, Software Engineering or Information Technology.

PPB Software Engineer Graduate Programme

Applicants must have a final year undergraduate, honours or master’s degree, completed or completing in 2026, in: Computer Science, Electronic Engineering, Informatics, Information Systems, Information Technology, Software Development or Software Engineering.

PPB Quality Engineer Graduate Programme

PPB Data Engineering Graduate Programme

Applicants must have completed an undergraduate degree within the last 2 to 3 years or have a postgraduate qualification completed within the last 2 to 3 years or completing in 2026 in: Computer Science, Information Systems, Information Technology, Computer Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Electrical Engineering or a similar field.

PPB Youth and Mass Market Segment Analyst Graduate Programme

Applicants must have a postgraduate qualification in: Data Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Information Science, Actuarial Science or Commerce.

BCB SA Business Solutioning Graduate Programme

Applicants must have a postgraduate qualification recently completed or completing in 2026 in: BSc Mathematics, BSc Actuarial, BSc Statistics or BSc Econometrics.

BCB SA Agribusiness Graduate Programme

Applicants must have a postgraduate qualification recently completed or completing in 2026 in: BSc Honours in an agriculture-related field, such as Agricultural Economics, or BCom Honours with specialisation in an agriculture-related field.

BCB Risk, Commercial Lending Solutions Graduate Programme

Applicants must have a postgraduate qualification completed or completing in 2026 in: BCom Accounting or SAICA-endorsed Accounting Degree.

CIB Transaction Banking Graduate Programme

Applicants must have a postgraduate qualification completed or completing in 2026 in:

Finance, Economics, Accounting, Business Science, Engineering, Data Science, Computer Science or Information Systems.

CIB Quantitative Graduate Programme

Applicants must have a postgraduate degree completed or completing in 2026. Preferred fields include Finance, Actuarial Science, Mathematical Finance, Business Mathematics and Informatics, BCom Honours or BSc Honours.

Applicants with a general science postgraduate degree in Physics, Pure Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science or Engineering may also apply, especially with an MSc or MEng.

CIB Risk Management Graduate Programme

Applicants must have a postgraduate qualification completed or completing in 2026 in:

Mathematics and Statistics, Actuarial Science, Financial Mathematics, Financial Risk Management, Finance, Economics, Risk Management, Accounting, Environmental Science or PPE.

CIB Investment Banking Graduate Programme

Applicants must have a postgraduate or 4-year degree completed or completing in 2026 in:

Engineering, Accounting, Risk Management, Business Sciences, Financial Sciences, Economics, Mathematics or Statistics.

CIB Global Markets Graduate Programme

Applicants must have a postgraduate qualification completed or completing in 2026 in:

Actuarial Science, Applied Mathematics, Applied Sciences, Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, Financial Mathematics, Mathematics and Statistics, or Quantitative Risk Management.

CIB Technology Graduate Programme

Applicants must have a postgraduate qualification completed or completing in 2026 in:

Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, Electronic Engineering, Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, Financial Mathematics, Statistics, Informatics, Information Systems, Software Development, Software Engineering, Data Engineering or Data Science.

CIB Finance Graduate Programme

Applicants must have a minimum postgraduate degree completed or completing in 2026.

Diverse degrees will be considered, except Auditing. Applicants will be assessed according to the minimum required skills and knowledge during the online application process.

PPB Credit Operations Graduate Programme

Applicants must have an honours degree or postgraduate diploma in a field aligned to operations, credit or risk.

Relevant fields include:

Operations Management, Business Operations, Credit Management, Banking, Financial Services Operations, Risk Management, Operational Risk, Industrial Engineering or Business Administration.

Acceptable fields, only if accompanied by a minimum honours or postgraduate diploma in the relevant fields, include:

Accounting, Law and Economics.

PPB Data Science Graduate Programme

Applicants must have completed or must currently be enrolled in an honours or master’s degree in:

Data Science, Analytics, Statistics, Computer Science, Applied Mathematics or Quantitative Risk Management.

PPB Risk Graduate Programme

Applicants must have a master’s or honours qualification in:

Statistics, Data Science, Pure Mathematics, Computational and Applied Mathematics, Informatics, Information Systems, Computer Science, Econometrics or Behavioural Economics.

Who Should Apply?

This opportunity is suitable for graduates who want to start a career in banking, finance, technology, analytics, risk, engineering, data science, operations, agribusiness or investment banking.

Applicants must meet the qualification requirements for the specific graduate programme they are applying for.

Programme Overview

Available Graduate Programmes