A internship in the field of finance is an ideal way for finance majors to gain work experience in their area.

When looking at finance internships, you would need to determine for yourself whether you would want to pursue:

- commercial banking internships - private equity internships - corporate finance internships - venture capital internships - financial planning internships - investment banking internships - accounting internships - real estate internships.

Many financial institutions organize internship programs, including international internships, which are highly-competitive programs for ambitious students.

To help you find and apply for a finance internship, you can read more about finding an internship, writing an internship cover letter, and about the internship interview.

The following is a list of known finance internships at popular employers:

Aareal Bank
Australia and New Zealand Banking
AXA
Baillie Gifford
Bank of America
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Bank of Montreal
Barclays
BlackRock
BNP Paribas
Citi
Credit Suisse
Deloitte
Deutsche Bank
Deutsche Boerse Group
Dow Jones
Ernst and Young
Erste Bank
Fidelity
Fortis
Goldman Sachs
HSBC
ICAP
ING
J.P. Morgan
KPMG
Man Group Plc
Manulife Financial
Merrill Lynch
Morgan Stanley
Munich Re Group
Nomura
RBS
Robert W, Baird
Santander
Societe Generale
Standard Bank
SwissRe
Trafigura
UBS
UniCredit Group
Vanguard
Watson Wyatt