London Business + Finance Internship Program | Summer 2025

Are you? 

• Interested in Business and Finance (regardless of your major)?
• Looking for an amazing summer internship opportunity?
• Ready to see a new part of the world?​​
  

What are the benefits of an internship abroad? 

• Expand your network – go global!
• Experience work in a different culture for unparalleled professional development
• Build your resume – an international internship demonstrates your ability to navigate business culture around the world​​
• Develop personally as well as professionally
• Learn about yourself as you immerse in a foreign culture

What’s included? 

If selected for this internship program, you will enjoy:

• Guaranteed placement for an eight-week, full-time internship in London that compliments your career aspirations
• Assistance with interviewing, career coaching, and other skills necessary to find your best match in London
• A stipend to help cover airfare, meals, and incidentals
• Paid housing in London featuring a private bedroom/bathroom and shared common room and kitchen with other Grinnell students selected for this program
• A cohort of Grinnell College roommates all working at different companies
• Assistance securing a work visa for the summer, with visa fees paid for you, that allows you up to two weeks post-internship to explore on your own​​​​​​​

What am I, the student-intern, responsible for?

• Personal incidental and entertainment expenses above the stipend
• Optional travel insurance
• Note: Students selected for this program will not be eligible to apply for any other CLS funding for summer 2025 (including internship funding and travel grants)

Who can answer questions for me about this opportunity?

If you have questions, please contact Business & Finance Career Community Director Michael Lawrence (lawrence1@grinnell.edu).​​​​​​

Who is eligible? 

Currently enrolled Grinnell students who will have completed at least one year of college coursework prior to June 1, 2025, are eligible to apply. This includes all majors, even if you haven’t yet declared. Students in this program must be interested in being placed in a business- or finance-industry related internship. Due to the nature of the program and the extensive process to obtain a UK visa, the following criteria also applies:

• Applicants must be currently enrolled as a full-time student at Grinnell College for the spring and fall 2025 terms. Fourth-year students graduating in December 2025 are eligible to apply.
• Students must be on-campus during the spring semester to facilitate the UK visa application process. Students studying away from campus during the spring term are ineligible to apply.
• Applicants must be in good conduct standing as verified by Student Affairs.
• Students on leave during the spring 2025 semester are ineligible to apply.

For this unparalleled opportunity, the CLS will be selecting up to six students to participate.

Students accepted into the program will be able to work in one of these important areas:

• Business: operations, research strategy, account management, public relations and marketing, customer care, business development, sales, project management, event planning, e-commerce, data analysis
• Consulting: data analysis, business development, growth strategy, research and market research, project management, project planning, strategy planning, modeling
• Entrepreneurship: research, business development, growth strategy, marketing, digital marketing, assisting the growth and development of new business ventures
• Finance and Accounting: investment-related roles, research, real estate investment, asset management, financial services, consulting, equity management

Selection Criteria

• Current resume
• Quality of responses to the short-answer essay questions in the application
• Minimum one-year successful college coursework (as of June 1, 2025)
• Priority will be given to applicants who have not previously received internship funding