2027 MUFG UK Summer Analyst Programme: Structured Trading Group

Do you want your voice heard and your actions to count?

Discover your opportunity with Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), one of the world’s leading financial groups. Across the globe, we’re 150,000 colleagues, striving to make a difference for every client, organization, and community we serve. We stand for our values, building long-term relationships, serving society, and fostering shared and sustainable growth for a better world.

With a vision to be the world’s most trusted financial group, it’s part of our culture to put people first, listen to new and diverse ideas and collaborate toward greater innovation, speed and agility. This means investing in talent, technologies, and tools that empower you to own your career.

Join MUFG, where being inspired is expected and making a meaningful impact is rewarded.

Our Summer Analyst Programme is aimed at penultimate year students and is designed to provide a unique insight into global world of finance. Summer Analysts will work as part of a dynamic trading team which specialise in sophisticated structured products, delivering tailored solution to MUFG clients.

Applications are open until 29th November 2026. As applications are reviewed on a rolling basis, we encourage early applications.

To learn more about our programmes and how to apply, please visit our website: www.mufgcampus.com

Who We Are

We are MUFG. With over 360 years of heritage and more than 150,000 employees in 40 countries, we’ve grown to become one of the top ten banks in the world.

Combining our global network and financial strength with a dedication to becoming the world's most trusted financial group, we pride ourselves on exceeding client expectations and building long-term relationships. We support our clients and protect their interests with the highest levels of professionalism and expertise, while also serving society and fostering a sustainable vision for growth.

Our Business Areas

MUFG serves clients worldwide through a broad range of financial products and services across capital markets, credit, rates, equities and structured products.

Our commercial banking business is a leading corporate lender, providing services ranging from project finance and syndicated loans to transaction banking and asset finance.

At MUFG, you can develop your financial expertise while building your career within a truly international organisation.

Our global reach and collaborative culture will empower you to help shape a brighter future at MUFG.

With our global reach and collaborative culture, you have the opportunity to create a brighter future at MUFG.

What to Expect

Our 10-week Summer Analyst programme is designed to provide you with a unique insight into investment banking. Starting off with a week of technical training, you’ll gain a deep understanding of our products and markets. Then armed with this knowledge, you will have the opportunity to join our Structured Trading Group Team:

• Gain exposure to structured derivatives trading, market making, and risk management across interest rates, FX, and cross-asset products.
• Support the pricing of derivatives and analysis of market trends and trading opportunities.
• Assist with portfolio risk analysis and trade lifecycle management.
• Contribute to the development of trading tools and desk analytics.
• Research trade ideas and prepare materials for internal and client discussions.

As part of a select intake, you will have the opportunity to learn from some of the best professionals in the industry and will be allocated a buddy to ensure you have all the support you need to make the most of your Analyst experience.

Our Summer Analyst Programme serves as a pipeline into the full-time MUFG Analyst Programme, and successful interns may receive an offer to join the full-time Analyst Programme the following year.

Key Dates

Application Close: 29 November 2026

Assessment Centre: February 2027

Start Date: 21 June 2027

Join Our Team

We look for talented, motivated and ambitious people who will be able to help drive our business forward. Successful candidates will:

• Have a true interest in Financial Services
• Have high levels of motivation and integrity
• Have excellent communication skills
• Have strong numeracy skills
• Be highly proficient at Microsoft Excel & PowerPoint
• Have excellent attention to detail and accuracy
• Be innovative and have the ability to generate new and creative ideas
• Be in your penultimate year of study

We are open to considering flexible working requests in line with organisational requirements.

MUFG is committed to embracing diversity and building an inclusive culture where all employees are valued, respected and their opinions count. We support the principles of equality, diversity and inclusion in recruitment and employment, and oppose all forms of discrimination on the grounds of age, sex, gender, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy and maternity, race, gender reassignment, religion or belief and marriage or civil partnership.

We make our recruitment decisions in a non-discriminatory manner in accordance with our commitment to identifying the right skills for the right role and our obligations under the law.