2025 Summer Internship Programme

2025 Summer Internship Programme
Locations:  Glasgow, Leeds, Manchester, Reading & Southampton
Salary: £23,750 - £23,850 (pro rata) 
Applications close: 2nd February 2025
Programme starts: 7th July 2025 – 15th August 2025 

About our Summer Internships  
In a six-week Summer Internship at BDO, you’ll gain knowledge and experience that set you up for a successful career – with the possibility of an offer to our graduate roles. 

We’ll start with an induction week – jam-packed with extensive training on our business areas, information on professional qualifications you can study towards, and workshops that introduce you to our values and the importance of wellbeing. Explore advisory, audit, or tax. Expand your skill set. Impact meaningful projects alongside other interns and industry experts. It’s how you’ll get a taste of a career that goes way beyond the ordinary. 

Join us in one of the following teams: 

Audit
-    Glasgow
-    Leeds
-    Manchester

- Southampton

Tax 
-    Reading 

About Audit & Tax
Discover tax: a rewarding area for diverse personalities. Untangle complex technical details, work with technology, and relish connecting with brilliant people.  Wherever you work with us, you’ll be driving a meaningful, successful career, alongside mentors and peers who are rooting for your success. Wherever you find your passion, you’ll be kick-starting a career that’s way beyond the ordinary. 

About you 
We’re looking for: 
•    Penultimate year university students 
•    A predicted 2:2 degree in any discipline 
•    Three A-levels or equivalent at A*-C excluding General Studies and Extended Projects (obtained or predicted)  
•    9-4 in Maths and English at GCSE/Scottish Standards or equivalent 

Wherever you work with us, your learning is our priority. Learn, grow and be respected in a warm, welcoming culture. 

About BDO  
Operating out of 18 locations across the UK, we’re one of the world’s largest accounting and business advisory firms – but we’re so much more than that. The ambitious, high-growth businesses we work with boost the economy, and our people’s careers. This is where you’ll provide meaningful advice and solutions. Build thriving businesses. Feel respected at all times. Learn. Grow. And go beyond the ordinary – because your development is our priority.  

Accountancy isn’t what you think it is. It’s dynamic, hands-on, and collaborative. It’s work that needs you – and your moral integrity – to take accountability and help better businesses and society. The best part? The people. We’re a friendly, diverse bunch who work hard to achieve the best outcomes – and love to celebrate when we do. It’s one of the ways we prioritise wellbeing, along with agile, flexible working and extensive benefits that cover your lifestyle, money, and all aspects of your health. We’re all about supporting you to be your best, inside and outside of work. 

Discover life at BDO from all angles – the office, corporate sites, or occasionally, your home. We’ll need you to join us in the office so we can best support your development, so ensure you’re a commutable distance away.  

Your career deserves a beyond-the-ordinary start. Apply to join us today. 

Our firm is distinctive because we preserve and build on the strengths of our culture and the characteristics that make us successful and different. We look for people from all kinds of backgrounds who share these same qualities.