Deloitte's Summer Vacation Scheme offers real life work experience to 460 students

Deloitte's immersive Summer Vacation Scheme begins today (June 30^th), welcoming 460 UK university students to 15 Deloitte UK offices nationwide.

The summer paid work experience is for university students who are in the penultimate year of their degree. Participants gain a valuable insight into a career in professional services, including the opportunity to work closely with the firm’s audit and assurance; and tax and legal businesses, as well as the consultative businesses - strategy, risk and transactions advisory; and technology and transformation. There may also be an opportunity to receive an offer for a place on the firm’s coveted graduate programme.

Throughout the programme, students take part in real-life client work and on team projects, gaining a valuable grounding in professional skills, such as teamwork, and confidence and communication skills.

Richard Harries, who was promoted to partner in Deloitte’s tax business earlier this month in Leeds, attended the Summer Vacation Scheme in 2009, when he was a student at the University of Liverpool and credited it as the start of his journey to becoming partner. He was one of the seven new partners in the latest round of partner promotions who had previously completed the Summer Vacation Scheme.

Richard said: “I'm a huge fan of our Summer Vacation Scheme. It's more than just an internship; it provides a lasting impression of our firm's culture and the people who make it thrive.

“I was studying Financial Economics at University of Liverpool at the time, and thanks to the Summer Vacation Scheme I realised how much I enjoyed tax, and I took the opportunities on offer to make the most of my time on the programme. The connections and bonds you make have been instrumental to my success at Deloitte."

Jackie Henry, managing partner for people and purpose at Deloitte, said: “Each year, we see hundreds of bright, talented and motivated young people join our Summer Vacation Scheme and I’m looking forward to seeing the new faces across our offices this summer.

“I find it incredibly inspiring seeing the students develop valuable career skills, get stuck into client projects and grow in confidence as the weeks go on. I wish each student all the best this year and I encourage them to make the most of this wonderful opportunity.”

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Notes to editors

The Summer Vacation Scheme will take place in Deloitte offices in the following locations: Aberdeen, Belfast, Birmingham, Bristol, Cambridge, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, London, Manchester, Newcastle, Nottingham, Reading, and Southampton.

Applications for next year’s Summer Vacation Scheme will open on Monday 22 September 2025. To find out more, follow this link. The programme is for students in the penultimate year of their degree. Throughout, students take part in real-life work such as working with clients and on team projects, gaining a valuable grounding in professional skills, such as teamwork, and confidence and communication skills.

Summer Vacation Scheme participants in the firm’s consultative business (strategy, risk and transactions advisory, and technology and transformation) will take part in a six-week programme, with students in the audit and assurance and tax and legal business areas taking part in a four-week and five-week programme respectively. An induction will take place at a hotel in Westminster on Monday and Tuesday this week (30 June and 1 July).

Undergraduates can benefit from two other work experience programmes at Deloitte - The ‘Spring into Deloitte’ internship programme and the Industrial Placement programmes provide opportunities for students to gain valuable insights and hands-on experience in the world of professional services. 

• Spring into Deloitte – for undergraduates who are in the first and second years of study, the two-day introductory programme is open to students from across the UK. Students can learn about the firm and a career in professional services, and take part in business games, skills sessions, and debates. Those who complete Spring into Deloitte could be offered a further opportunity on the Summer Vacation Scheme in their penultimate year. You can find out more and register your interest here.   

• Industrial Placement programme - Places are also open to students who are required to complete a work experience placement as part of their university degree. Deloitte’s 12-month Industrial Placement programme sees students train and work alongside the firm’s first-year graduate intake. You can find out more and register your interest here. 

Deloitte also offers programmes for those who are still at school or college. The firm’s Career Shapers programme allows students to take a closer look at Deloitte by discovering what each of its business areas are and how they operate. Students can take part in case studies, develop valuable life skills and benefit from employability sessions that will help set them up for their future career. You can find out more and apply here.