Morgan Stanley Summer Analyst Program

The Morgan Stanley Summer Analyst Program places penultimate-year undergraduates on live desks and deal teams across investment banking, sales and trading, research, technology, wealth management and more, in offices from New York and London to Hong Kong, Mumbai and Dubai. Interns earn a pro-rated analyst salary over eight to ten weeks, and the program is the firm’s primary pipeline into full-time analyst offers.

Applications open around a year before each summer and are reviewed on a rolling basis, so early submission genuinely matters. Expect online assessments and video interviews soon after applying, followed by superday rounds for final offers.

• Undergraduate students, normally in their penultimate year, from any degree background with strong academics.
• Divisions include investment banking, sales and trading, research, investment management, wealth management, technology, quantitative finance, risk and operations.
• Demonstrated interest in financial markets through coursework, societies, competitions or prior internships.
• Strong analytical and communication skills, with technology and quant tracks requiring coding ability.
• Language and work-authorization requirements follow the office you apply to, and Morgan Stanley recruits across the Americas, EMEA and Asia including large hubs in Mumbai and Budapest.
• Applications are made per division and location, so choose deliberately.
• Early-year students can use the firm's insight and discovery programs as stepping stones.

• Work as a junior member of a live desk or deal team for eight to ten weeks, producing analysis the business actually uses.
• Build financial models, prepare client materials, monitor markets or ship code depending on your division.
• Complete the structured training week that opens the program before joining your team.
• Work with an assigned mentor and buddy, with mid and end-of-summer performance reviews.
• Attend senior-leader speaker sessions and cross-division networking events.
• Compete for the return offer that most full-time analyst hiring flows through.

• Salary pro-rated from the first-year analyst base, competitive in every region.
• The summer program is the firm's main full-time pipeline, so a strong summer effectively secures a graduate offer.
• Structured training in modeling, markets and the firm's systems before desk work begins.
• Global offices allow applications close to home, from New York and London to Hong Kong, Mumbai and Dubai.
• Mentorship and an alumni network that carries across the finance industry.
• Dedicated early-insight programs create on-ramps for first and second-year students.

• Create a profile on Morgan Stanley's student careers site and apply to the Summer Analyst posting for your chosen division and office.
• Applications for each summer open roughly a year ahead (from spring onward) and are reviewed on a rolling basis, with popular divisions filling early, so apply as soon as your materials are strong.
• Prepare a one-page CV that quantifies impact, and tailor your motivation answers to the division.
• Expect an online assessment and a HireVue-style video interview shortly after applying.
• Final rounds are superday interviews with multiple team members.
• If unsuccessful, reapply next cycle; earlier applications with sharper division fit visibly outperform.