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
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 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.
How to Apply
NB. Use the links given below to Apply
PPB Reporting and Analytics Graduate Programme
Apply Online for the PPB Reporting and Analytics Graduate Programme
BCB Technology Graduate Programme
Apply Online for the BCB Technology Graduate Programme
BCB Operations Graduate Programme
Apply Online for the BCB Operations Graduate Programme
BCB Enablement Graduate Programme
Apply Online for the BCB Enablement Graduate Programme
PPB Security Engineer Graduate Programme
Apply Online for the PPB Security Engineer Graduate Programme
PPB Software Engineer Graduate Programme
Apply Online for the PPB Software Engineer Graduate Programme
PPB Quality Engineer Graduate Programme
Apply Online for the PPB Quality Engineer Graduate Programme
PPB Data Engineering Graduate Programme
Apply Online for the PPB Data Engineering Graduate Programme
PPB Youth and Mass Market Segment Analyst Graduate Programme
Apply Online for the PPB Youth and Mass Market Segment Analyst Graduate Programme
BCB SA Business Solutioning Graduate Programme
Apply Online for the BCB SA Business Solutioning Graduate Programme
BCB SA Agribusiness Graduate Programme
Apply Online for the BCB SA Agribusiness Graduate Programme
BCB Risk, Commercial Lending Solutions Graduate Programme
Apply Online for the BCB Risk, Commercial Lending Solutions Graduate Programme
CIB Transaction Banking Graduate Programme
Apply Online for the CIB Transaction Banking Graduate Programme
CIB Quantitative Graduate Programme
Apply Online for the CIB Quantitative Graduate Programme
CIB Risk Management Graduate Programme
Apply Online for the CIB Risk Management Graduate Programme
CIB Investment Banking Graduate Programme
Apply Online for the CIB Investment Banking Graduate Programme
CIB Global Markets Graduate Programme
Apply Online for the CIB Global Markets Graduate Programme
CIB Technology Graduate Programme
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CIB Finance Graduate Programme
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PPB Credit Operations Graduate Programme
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PPB Data Science Graduate Programme
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PPB Risk Graduate Programme
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Closing Date: 31 May 2026