Finance internships for college students
Finance internships range from investment banking and trading to corporate finance, wealth management and commercial banking. The most competitive ones recruit early, often a year before the summer they start.
Recent finance internship listings
- Quantitative Trading Intern
- Quantitative Intern
- Equity Research Intern
- Quantitative Analyst Intern
- Quantitative Analysis Intern - Quantitative Analysis
- Financial Operations Analyst Intern
- Quantitative Development & Data Science Intern
- Private Equity Analyst Winter 2027
A sample of recent postings from employer job boards and public feeds. Search by ZIP code to see the ones near you.
Common finance internships
- Investment banking summer analyst — Builds financial models and pitch materials for mergers, acquisitions and capital raises.
- Corporate finance (FP&A) intern — Supports budgeting, forecasting and performance analysis inside a company.
- Sales and trading or markets intern — Supports traders and salespeople, analyzing markets and client flows.
- Wealth or asset management intern — Researches investments and supports portfolio and client teams.
- Commercial banking or credit intern — Analyzes businesses applying for loans and monitors existing credit.
Skills employers look for
- Excel financial modeling
- Accounting and the three statements
- Valuation (DCF, comparables)
- PowerPoint
- Market awareness
- Attention to detail under deadlines
When finance internships recruit
- Freshman–sophomore yearEarly-insight, diversity and sophomore programs at banks and investment firms. Some deadlines fall in the autumn of sophomore year or earlier.
- Sophomore spring–summerApplications for junior-summer investment banking and markets roles can open more than a year ahead. Network before they open, not after.
- Junior fallRemaining junior-summer roles — corporate finance, asset management, commercial banking and smaller banks — plus interviews.
- Junior summerThe summer analyst internship. Return offers from it fill most full-time analyst classes.
For every major side by side, see when to apply for business internships.
Certifications that strengthen a finance application
- Accounting Fundamentals — Corporate Finance Institute. Free Free.
- Introduction to Corporate Finance — Wharton · Coursera. Free to audit Free to audit; certificate ~$49.
- Bloomberg Market Concepts — Bloomberg for Education. Check your campus Free through a school with Bloomberg terminals; otherwise ~$149.
- Financial Markets — Yale · Coursera · Shiller. Free to audit Free to audit; certificate ~$49–$79.
- Excel training paths — Microsoft Learn. Free Free.
Resume keywords for finance internships
Questions students ask
How early do finance internships recruit?
Investment banking and markets roles for junior summer can open more than a year ahead, sometimes in the spring of sophomore year. Corporate finance and commercial banking usually recruit in the fall of junior year.
Which certification helps most for a finance internship?
None is required. Free options such as Bloomberg Market Concepts (through your school) and financial modeling courses show interest; the FINRA SIE exam is one of the few licenses a student can take without an employer.
Can I get a finance internship without a target school?
Yes. Networking, early applications, strong Excel skills and job simulations all help, and commercial banks, corporate finance teams and smaller firms hire widely.
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