EY

For UK Summer Internships, Industrial Placements and Graduate programmes, EY's published application process runs four stages: an online application form, a series of online assessments (rank-order questions, written and recorded video answers, plus a numeric reasoning test where the programme requires it), an EY Experience Day assessment centre (in-person for placements and graduate roles; virtual for Summer Internships), and a final interview with a senior member of the business area. Selection runs on EY's strengths-based framework rather than a competency rubric, and a candidate may hold only one EY application in any six-month window. For the 2026 cycle, EY Experience Days and final interviews are running from mid-October 2025 onwards, so the assessment stages sit squarely inside the same autumn window most other UK professional-services deadlines fall in.

EY's UK Early Careers ladder spans five entry points across the firm's four service lines (Assurance, Consulting, EY-Parthenon and Tax):

• Discover EY: a two-day hybrid insight programme for first-year undergraduates (second-year on a four-year course)
• Summer Internship: a paid four- or eight-week placement for penultimate-year undergraduates
• Industrial Placement: a paid one-year placement for penultimate-year undergraduates
• Graduate Programme: full-time entry roles for finalists and recent graduates across the four service lines
• Apprenticeships: school-leaver and Level 7 apprenticeship routes, the latter Ofsted-rated outstanding

The one-application-per-six-months rule means service line and programme are locked in at the point of applying: a candidate has to decide between, say, Assurance and EY-Parthenon before any assessment runs, with no swaps mid-process.

Per EY's UK Early Careers FAQ, the firm does not sponsor work visas for apprenticeships, Summer Internships or Industrial Placements; some Graduate Programmes can support sponsorship through a Certificate of Sponsorship, but EY holds a capped annual allocation and the role must meet the Home Office minimum-salary thresholds. Candidates needing a work permit must apply by Friday 28 November 2025 for the April 2026 intake or Friday 1 May 2026 for the September 2026 intake, to leave enough processing time. The combination of the cap, the salary floor and the earlier deadline is a hard gate: it narrows the realistic UK shortlist for a candidate requiring sponsorship and pulls their application timeline weeks ahead of the rolling general deadline most peers face.

For the 2026 cycle, EY's UK graduate programmes opened in autumn 2025 with closure governed by capacity rather than a single fixed date:

• 2026 applications: open
• Closing rule: each programme closes as soon as its set number of roles is filled, unless a specific deadline is stated on the programme page
• Work-permit deadlines (visa-sponsored candidates): Friday 28 November 2025 for the April 2026 intake; Friday 1 May 2026 for the September 2026 intake
• EY Experience Days and final interviews: running from mid-October 2025

A rolling-when-filled model means the earliest strong applications take the seats first, so a candidate who waits is competing against a shrinking pool. Visa-sponsored candidates face the November/May hard cuts on top, often well before the equivalent rolling deadline at other UK Big Four firms they may be tracking in parallel.

EY is one of the Big Four professional services firms alongside Deloitte, PwC and KPMG, reporting FY24 global revenue of US$51.2bn across roughly 393,000 people. A few features genuinely separate the UK early-career entry from peers: EY removed the minimum UCAS-points and degree-classification requirement in 2016, ahead of the sector; selection runs on the firm's published Strengths Framework rather than a traditional competency rubric; and EY-Parthenon, EY's strategy and transactions arm, recruits a dedicated undergraduate and graduate stream alongside Assurance, Consulting and Tax. A candidate choosing EY over the other Big Four is buying the strategy-arm entry route, the strengths-based selection mechanic, and one of the most academically open application gates in the field.

Yes. EY currently has 18 open internship and graduate roles on Jorb AI: summer internships, insight programs, graduate schemes, and early-career positions across the United Kingdom, Hong Kong, Singapore, and the United States. Postings update continuously as new roles are added and filled.

EY has open internship and graduate roles in the United Kingdom, Hong Kong, Singapore, and the United States. Specific offices and program structure (summer vs year-round, internship vs graduate scheme) vary by region; check individual postings for details.

Applications to EY go through the official careers site. Each role on this page links directly to the specific application. EY does not use third-party submission services.