Graduate programme
Our graduate programme offers exciting career opportunities in an international organisation managing one of the world’s largest investment funds. You will be given extensive training in various roles across the organisation.
Personal and professional development opportunities
Managing the fund is an important and complex undertaking. To succeed in this, we need the best people, so we are keen to recruit and retain young talent in a range of disciplines. The graduate programme is for those looking to work in areas such as:
- Investment management
- Risk management
- Technology and IT
We offer good opportunities for personal and professional development. You will receive extensive training and be assigned both a corporate mentor and a buddy to support you in your new role.
Graduate programme 2026
The application deadline for the graduate programme 2026 is 10 August 2025 at 23:59 CET.
Diversity brings the best results
Our objective is to generate the highest possible return, so we need to take the best possible decisions, have a broad outlook and be creative. The more diverse we are, the better the results we will achieve.
We are looking for talented individuals with different backgrounds and mindsets who enjoy taking chances. We are not afraid to make mistakes, because that is how we learn and improve. We welcome candidates from different academic disciplines and from different socio-economic and minority groups.
So that people thrive in our competitive, hard-working and high-performing organisation, we set great store by them having fun at work.
How to apply
The path to our graduate programme begins with successfully completing our summer internship programme or a student engagement assignment, either in Norges Bank Investment Management or Norges Bank. Our early career programmes provide you with valuable hands-on experience before transitioning to a full time role. If you have completed one of them in the past, you are eligible to apply to the graduate programme 2026. The summer internship application process for the class of 2026 will open in September. More information about the summer internship programme and the apllication process.
The graduate programme is for final-year students and recent graduates with up to two years of work experience post graduation who:
- take initiative, are curious and have a desire to learn
- are team players, flexible and happy to take chances
- have an international mindset
- can demonstrate resilience
- have a genuine interest in the fund's mission and in a job with a real purpose
Do you have any further questions?
Please contact us at: talent@nbim.no.
Marta Pelino, former graduate in Equities
"The most exciting thing is being part of company meetings with top management from different companies we are invested in".
Matthew Ng, former graduate in Risk
"Risk is a really great place to work because you get a good overview of the whole organisation".
Owen Yang, former graduate in Asset Strategies
"The most important thing is to have a passion for making money".