The EY Audit Summer Internship in Aberdeen offers students the chance to gain hands-on experience with a global leader in professional services. Starting in July 2026, this internship is designed for individuals in their penultimate year of study, as well as those in their final year undertaking a one-year Master’s degree or planning a gap year.
This internship provides an excellent opportunity to develop technical knowledge, strengthen analytical skills, and work alongside experienced professionals in the field of audit. Interns will gain exposure to real-world client projects, learn how businesses operate, and build a strong foundation for a future career in professional services.
The role meets the current thresholds required for sponsorship by EY for the graduate position. Visa sponsorship may be available on a limited basis, allowing eligible candidates to apply for this internship with a pathway to longer-term opportunities after graduation.
By joining EY’s Aberdeen office, interns will benefit from structured training, mentoring, and valuable insights into the career opportunities available within audit and assurance.
Position: Audit Summer Internship
Salary: Competitive
Job Type: Full Time
Location: Aberdeen
Full job description
Experience first-hand how the business world operates, whilst learning how your contribution could make a difference.
Programme overview
The role of an auditor is continually evolving, however our purpose to bring trust and confidence to society and financial markets has not changed.
Technology, including AI is transforming the way that we deliver our audits as it’s embedded in everything that we do. It allows us to focus on using our key skills on analysis, exercising professional judgement and providing powerful insights to EY teams and clients.
What you will be doing
- Gaining a wider variety of experience to transform you into a business advisor. One day you could be talking to companies to understand their businesses, the next day you could be developing the audit strategy with the team.
- Working in teams we analyse data, consider sustainability metrics, and test business controls to determine whether financial statements are accurate.
- Gaining exposure to EY and networking with people from different levels of the business and working on live projects.
- Building your knowledge of our clients and how we support them.
- Developing core skills in business writing, effective time management, client service and personal brand through structured learning and self-directed learning.
- Being supported by an EY mentor and buddy across the programme.
- Working in teams alongside other EY people, learning from them as they coach and guide you in the work assigned to you.
Key Programme Facts
Programme length
Four weeks. Please note: Due to UK policies, you must be based in the UK for the entire duration of the programme.
Professional qualification
Skills and training for the future
Salary
Competitive
Start date
July 2026
Eligibility for applying
If you’re in your penultimate year, or if you’re already in your final year but will be doing a one-year Master’s degree, or taking a gap year, this internship is for you.
We operate an open access policy, meaning we don’t screen out applications on your academic performance alone. You will however, need to be working towards an honours degree in any subject, have a minimum of grade 4/C GCSE (or equivalent) in English Language and Maths, or in your home language if you do not hold English Language GCSE, and three A-levels/Five Highers (or equivalent) to be eligible to apply.
We welcome applications from all academic backgrounds and are looking for individuals who will succeed at EY in the desired role and future qualifications, therefore throughout our recruitment process your academic performance will be considered against your online assessment scores to determine your suitability for an EY role. We are also proud to partner with RARE recruitment, so that your application can be processed in the context of your socio-economic background. This allows us to give you the maximum credit for your achievements, assessing whether you have overachieved in light of your personal circumstances.
Eligibility for visa sponsorship
Please see visa sponsorship details below for this programme, for location: London.
The EY summer internship and industrial placement programmes are specifically designed as a pathway to our Graduate programme within the same business area and location. If you require EY to sponsor a work visa after university graduation we can accept applications for this vacancy on a limited basis. The ability of EY to make an offer of employment is subject to the UK immigration rules in force at the relevant time. This position is one that meets the current thresholds required for sponsorship by EY for the Graduate position. Please note, however, that EY has a set number of Certificate of Sponsorship applications that can be made each year. If you require sponsorship and this limit is reached and/or UK immigration rules are not capable of being met, this will prevent EY from being able to sponsor you and we will not be able to progress your application.
For the Graduate programme, we can sponsor using the Skilled Worker visa New Entrant salary threshold for this particular vacancy. Your eligibility for the New Entrant rate must subsist for the entire duration of the Graduate programme.
The criteria to be eligible for the New Entrant rate are (subject to change by the UK Government): you’re under 26 on the date you apply; you’re currently in the UK on a student visa studying at bachelor’s degree level or above; you’re currently in the UK on a Graduate visa and your total stay in the UK by the end of your EY Graduate programme plus the date you applied for your Graduate visa will be less than 4 years. Each visa application is unique to the individual and there may be other criteria which mean you are not eligible for visa sponsorship. EY will assess your individual circumstances and we may be required to withdraw your application or offer of employment if EY cannot sponsor your visa.
Please see visa sponsorship details below for this programme, for locations: Aberdeen, Birmingham, Bristol, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, Luton, Manchester, Newcastle, Reading and Southampton.
The EY summer internship and industrial placement programmes are specifically designed as a pathway to our Graduate programme within the same business area and location. We’re unable to offer visa sponsorship for the Graduate programme aligned to this internship due to UK Home Office regulations. Therefore, we cannot accept applications for this role from those who would require EY sponsorship after university graduation.
We have a variety of other summer internships and industrial placements that lead to a Graduate position, complete with the support for visa sponsorship where needed. We encourage you to explore these opportunities and find the one that aligns with your career aspirations. You can find out which vacancies are able to support applications from candidates who require visa sponsorship by looking at the individual vacancy pages.
More information can be found on our FAQ page.
Application Process
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Application Deadline
Open until filled