The programmes
Q5 Partners runs an eight-week Research Analyst internship for current undergraduates or recent graduates that runs throughout the year rather than in a single summer window, with cohorts published office by office.
Q5 explicitly does not operate a separate graduate scheme: the internship is the firm's sole entry point to a permanent Research Analyst role (Bright Network listing corroborates the same structure). Interns work on a client-facing project and a cross-firm "Pop Up" project rather than rotating through service lines. A candidate planning a permanent role at Q5 is not choosing between an internship and a graduate scheme: the internship is the route, so timing the application to a cohort that matches an available work window matters more than it would at a firm with parallel graduate intake.