Standard Bank is opening doors for South African graduates with its Graduate Internship Programme 2026. If you have the right qualifications and want real-world experience in banking, this is your chance. Applications close on 31 May 2026, so check the details below to see if you qualify.
Programme Overview
This programme offers unemployed South African graduates hands-on training, mentorship, and projects in various bank areas. You will build skills for a career in financial services. The internships are based in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Available Graduate Programmes
Standard Bank has many options across departments like technology, operations, risk, and investment banking. Each programme lists specific qualifications needed. Most require a final-year undergraduate, honours, or master’s degree completed or finishing in 2026. Here are the details:
PPB Reporting and Analytics Graduate Programme
You need a postgraduate qualification in BCom Economics, Informatics, or Business Science, recently completed or finishing in 2026.
Apply here.
BCB Technology Graduate Programme
Qualify with a final-year undergraduate, honours, or master’s in BCom Information Systems, BSc Computer Science, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Robotics, or Mechatronics.
Apply here.
BCB Operations Graduate Programme
You need a final-year undergraduate, honours, or master’s in Automation, Digitisation, Process Improvement and Analytics, or Data Analytics.
Apply here.
BCB Enablement Graduate Programme
A final-year undergraduate, honours, or master’s in Behavioural Science is required.
Apply here.
PPB Security Engineer Graduate Programme
Qualify with a final-year undergraduate, honours, or master’s in Computer Science, Electronic Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronic Engineering, Informatics, Information Systems, Software Development, Software Engineering, or Information Technology.
Apply here.
PPB Software Engineer Graduate Programme
You need a final-year undergraduate, honours, or master’s in Computer Science, Electronic Engineering, Informatics, Information Systems, Information Technology, Software Development, or Software Engineering.
Apply here.
PPB Quality Engineer Graduate Programme
A final-year undergraduate, honours, or master’s in Computer Science, Electronic Engineering, Informatics, Information Systems, Information Technology, Software Development, or Software Engineering works.
Apply here.
PPB Data Engineering Graduate Programme
You must have an undergraduate degree from the last 2-3 years or a postgraduate completed or finishing in 2026 in Computer Science, Information Systems, Information Technology, Computer Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or similar.
Apply here.
PPB Youth and Mass Market Segment Analyst Graduate Programme
A postgraduate in Data Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Information Science, Actuarial Science, or Commerce is needed.
Apply here.
BCB SA Business Solutioning Graduate Programme
Qualify with a postgraduate in BSc Mathematics, BSc Actuarial, BSc Statistics, or BSc Econometrics, recently completed or finishing in 2026.
Apply here.
BCB SA Agribusiness Graduate Programme
You need a postgraduate like BSc Honours in agriculture-related fields such as Agricultural Economics, or BCom Honours specialised in agriculture.
Apply here.
BCB Risk, Commercial Lending Solutions Graduate Programme
A postgraduate in BCom Accounting or SAICA-endorsed Accounting Degree, completed or finishing in 2026.
Apply here.
CIB Transaction Banking Graduate Programme
Postgraduate in Finance, Economics, Accounting, Business Science, Engineering, Data Science, Computer Science, or Information Systems.
Apply here.
CIB Quantitative Graduate Programme
A postgraduate degree in Finance, Actuarial Science, Mathematical Finance, Business Mathematics and Informatics, BCom Honours, BSc Honours, or general science like Physics, Pure Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, or Engineering.
Apply here.
CIB Risk Management Graduate Programme
Postgraduate in Mathematics and Statistics, Actuarial Science, Financial Mathematics, Financial Risk Management, Finance, Economics, Risk Management, Accounting, Environmental Science, or PPE.
Apply here.
CIB Investment Banking Graduate Programme
Postgraduate or 4-year degree in Engineering, Accounting, Risk Management, Business Sciences, Financial Sciences, Economics, Mathematics, or Statistics.
Apply here.
CIB Global Markets Graduate Programme
Postgraduate in Actuarial Science, Applied Mathematics, Applied Sciences, Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, Financial Mathematics, Mathematics and Statistics, or Quantitative Risk Management.
Apply here.
CIB Technology Graduate Programme
Postgraduate 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.
Apply here.
CIB Finance Graduate Programme
Minimum postgraduate degree, diverse fields except Auditing. Skills assessed online.
Apply here.
PPB Credit Operations Graduate Programme
Honours or postgraduate diploma in operations, credit, or risk fields like Operations Management, Business Operations, Credit Management, Banking, Financial Services Operations, Risk Management, Operational Risk, Industrial Engineering, or Business Administration. Accounting, Law, or Economics with relevant honours also accepted.
Apply here.
PPB Data Science Graduate Programme
Honours or master’s completed or enrolled in Data Science, Analytics, Statistics, Computer Science, Applied Mathematics, or Quantitative Risk Management.
Apply here.
PPB Risk Graduate Programme
Master’s or honours in Statistics, Data Science, Pure Mathematics, Computational and Applied Mathematics, Informatics, Information Systems, Computer Science, Econometrics, or Behavioural Economics.
Apply here.
Who Should Apply
This fits graduates starting in banking, finance, technology, analytics, risk, engineering, data science, operations, agribusiness, or investment banking. Match your degree to the programme requirements.
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