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Discovery Programme

The Discovery Diversity Programme is an opportunity open to all students that are two years away from graduation. The two-day insight programme offers students from underrepresented groups to explore career opportunities at Barclays.

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What is Discovery?

Day 1

You’ll learn all about Barclays: who we are and what we do. You’ll also enjoy interacting with us through technical, soft skills and networking workshops.

Day 2

You will have the opportunity to take part in assessments to be considered for a Summer Internship in 2026.

The highlights

Discover your path

This is your opportunity to explore the roles, internships and a fascinating variety of career paths - from data and digital to marketing and of course, banking and investments.

Do and Develop

Build your understanding of the working world and see behind the scenes of a global business.

Get a Head-start

Participants of our Discovery Programme may be considered for a 2026 internship.

Meet our people

Who’s this programme for?

The Barclays Discovery Diversity Programme is open to all students who are 2 years out from graduation. It’s an opportunity to explore the wide-ranging internship opportunities we offer, and secure a place on one of them. We target these opportunities particularly at key underrepresented groups in each of the regions where we run internship programmes.

The internships cover all kinds of roles and skills, so it doesn’t matter what degree you’re taking. For example, we offer a whole range of technology-focused programmes – so if you are an aspiring developer or an expert coder, you’ll discover a our technical opportunities.

For a long time, the conversation was focused on gender, but since Black Lives Matter we’ve been talking a lot more about race. Our Race at Work Charter gives us a clear way forward and we’re hiring a lot more diverse talent in Risk.
Micaela, Risk Analyst Read more
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Who’s this programme for?

The Barclays Discovery Diversity Programme is open to all students who are 2 years out from graduation. It’s an opportunity to explore the wide-ranging internship opportunities we offer, and secure a place on one of them. We target these opportunities particularly at key underrepresented groups in each of the regions where we run internship programmes.

The internships cover all kinds of roles and skills, so it doesn’t matter what degree you’re taking. For example, we offer a whole range of technology-focused programmes – so if you are an aspiring developer or an expert coder, you’ll discover a our technical opportunities.

I majored in Organisation Theory and I was keen to put what I had learnt to use in a Banking environment. As I explored the cultures and offerings from different Banks, Barclays really stood out as the place that could provide everything I was looking for.
Yosuke, Investment Banking Read more
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Diversity at Barclays

Our teams should mirror the customers we serve. There is still plenty of work to do, but we choose action over words. We hope the recognition we’ve received from the communities for whom we aim to provide equality at work is a sign we’re making progress.

98%

We received the Gold standard

from the Business Disability Forum

29%

of Directors and Managing Director globally are women

Working Mother Media and AVTAR Group’s

100 Best Companies for Women in India (Top 10)

The Times Top 50 Employers for Women

…for 10 consecutive years

Corporate Equality Index

Score of 100 and named 'Most inclusive employer' at the British LGBT Awards in 2022

45%

of our people worldwide are from Black, Asian or minority ethnic groups

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