2027 Summer Internship - Global Banking UGB - London

This is UBS's 2027 Summer Internship in what the bank calls Unified Global Banking (UGB), inside its Global Banking business, in London. The internship is 10 weeks and paid, with mentors, access to senior people, and the chance of an offer to return to the Graduate Talent Program after your studies if the summer goes well. Source

What UGB means is in the work list: as well as evaluating companies and building models for M&A, private placements, financing and public transactions, and preparing pitches and working on live mandates, you would work closely with the Wealth Management department to provide client-centric solutions and interact with entrepreneurs, business owners and family offices. Source

'Unified' is the word that carries the meaning: this is investment banking joined up with the wealth business, so the clients are the owner-managed companies and family offices that already bank with UBS, and the deals are the sales, financings and private placements those owners need. If you want to sit where a founder's company and a founder's money meet, this is the seat; if what you want is large-cap public M&A, check the advert's client list against that before you spend an application on it.

Nothing attaches this posting to a named team node, so the description below comes from the advert itself.

You would work in the Unified Global Banking team in London, which the bank says is responsible for coverage, advisory, capital markets and financing solutions for corporate, financial institution and sponsor clients. Source

84 people have held London roles at UBS's IBD since 2018, the investment banking population UGB draws on. there is no separate count for the UGB team, so treat that as the wider London banking group rather than the seat.

UBS describes itself as a firm with a truly global footprint, says it uses artificial intelligence to work smarter and puts collaboration at the centre of how it works, and states it is an equal opportunity employer that offers reasonable adjustments through the recruitment process. Source

253 people have held London roles at UBS as a whole since 2018, against 84 in IBD, so investment banking is the largest single destination for the bank's London hires.

A successful internship may lead to an offer to return for the Graduate Talent Program after you complete your studies, and the advert asks for candidates in their penultimate or final year, which places the summer as the interview for that graduate intake. Source

A 2027 summer programme posted in mid-August 2026 with a mid-September deadline is the front of the annual campus cycle, and it converts into the 2028 graduate class. Treat the ten weeks as an extended interview.

The bank says applications may close before 13 September. With rolling review in a four-week window, apply in the first fortnight rather than the last.

You should be in your penultimate or final year of studies, on track for a 2:1 (UK system) or equivalent in your first undergraduate degree, able to show how experimental and responsible use of AI can improve outcomes and efficiency, and have values the bank lists as hard-working, trustworthy, dedicated and collaborative, with strategic thinking, strong communication and the motivation to work to tight deadlines. All majors are welcome, but an interest in the financial industry matters, and the bank asks you to show what makes you unique, giving fundraising, team sport or learning a hard subject as examples. Source

The AI line is now a standard question at this bank, not a throwaway: have one concrete example ready of a task you did faster or better with an AI tool and what you checked. Final-year students are eligible here, which is not true of every summer programme, so a 2027 graduate can apply.