STUDENTS AND GRADUATESLaunch your career, shape your future
Your potential. Your path. Your opportunity. Your future. Your company.
At HSBC, we don’t expect you to follow a set journey – we’ll support you to create your own.
We’re interested in your qualities, not your qualifications. Not where you’ve been so far, but where you’d like to go next.
No matter who you are, there’s a place for you here.
“At HSBC, you’ll collaborate and innovate with people from every walk of life, across the world. The opportunities will be as vast as the global network supporting you.”
Your path to a great career
University students and graduates
If you’re a university student or recent graduate, our programmes will teach you all the skills you need to shape change and deliver real impact for communities in all corners of the world.
Explore our opportunitiesUK schools and apprenticeships
Our apprenticeships for school leavers and career changers offer opportunities to earn while you gain professional qualifications. More information will be coming soon.
Explore our opportunitiesBenefits of working at HSBC
Unlock your skills in a supportive, inclusive environment.
Reach your potential
Whatever your background, there’s a career waiting for you at HSBC. We care about your skills, not what you studied. Through structured development programmes, wellbeing initiatives and flexible working, you’ll be supported to reach your full potential.
A career without boundaries
Opportunity is everywhere at HSBC – capitalising on it will be in your hands. You’ll have the support of more than 200,000 colleagues and we’ll develop in you the skills you’ll need for a long and thriving career. Where you take it will be up to you.
Have impact on a global scale
Through our programmes, you’ll be empowered to deliver impact at scale from day one, working with high-profile clients across the world – everything from helping to attract funding for clean tech start-ups, to enabling businesses to enter new markets and securing wealth across generations.
Feel the support of a global community
You’ll feel the power of partnership from your very first day at HSBC. From mentor and buddy programmes to networking initiatives and resource groups, you’ll build a network of friends and colleagues, so you’ll belong, wherever you want to be.
Explore careers at HSBC
Sales and investments
Work with financial products and services, making or guiding investment decisions for the bank and its clients, ranging from individuals to some of the world’s biggest organisations.
Investment banking
Support high profile clients on complex transactions such as mergers, acquisitions and other fund-raising activities to drive their growth.
Learn moreTrading
Work in the fast-paced world of the financial markets, supporting the buying and selling of assets.
Learn moreSales and investments
Sell our products and services, and/or advise clients ranging from governments and companies of all sizes to high-net-worth and other individuals.
Learn moreTechnology
Work with the latest technology to make banking simpler, faster and safer for over 40 million clients and customers worldwide.
Engineering
Shape the future of banking tech. Solve real problems and make an impact on a global scale.
Learn moreRelationship management
Manage customer and client relationships in areas across the bank from commercial, to retail and investment banking.
Relationship management
Manage customer and client relationships in areas across the bank from commercial, to retail and investment banking.
Learn moreAnalysis and data
Consult, advise, and guide internal and external clients and unlock the power of data in informing strategy and decision-making.
Data analytics
Extract, analyse and interpret data to drive strategic decision-making for the bank.
Learn moreBusiness analysis and consulting
Shape the future of HSBC with data, insight and creative thinking.
Learn moreFrequently asked questions
Do I need to have studied finance to work for HSBC?
No, not at all. We welcome students from all degree disciplines and backgrounds. We’re interested in the skills and unique perspectives you bring, not what you studied. Over 60 per cent of the students that join us don’t have a background in finance and we’re actively working to increase that number. We see the value in teams that contain a broad mix of people from different backgrounds and with different ways of seeing the world.
I don’t know anything about banking. How can I work out which programme to apply to?
We have a variety of roles ranging from trading to technology, consulting to sales – and everything in-between. If you’re not sure where you might best fit, you can use our Skills Matcher (opens in new window). Answer a few simple questions about what you enjoy, and we’ll guide you to areas and programmes we think will suit you best.
Is working in the finance industry tough?
Financial services is a dynamic and exciting area to work in. No day is ever the same. There can be a lot to learn at the beginning, but we have support structures in place to ensure that you succeed; from mentors and buddies, to skills development programmes, resource groups, wellness initiatives and hybrid working. And while the pressure and hours can be intense in roles like trading and investment banking, that’s not the case across the bank.
How can I stay up to date on your opportunities?
Join our Talent Community (opens in new window) and we’ll send you a monthly email about what’s happening at HSBC and ways to join us.
Libby
Role: Relationship Management Analyst Joined: 2023 Location: Birmingham, UK Studied: Biology
“Having no knowledge of finance was daunting, but I was encouraged to focus on the skills and perspectives I did bring.”
