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IMC Trading graduate schemes

1 open now

1 intake listed, every one read from IMC Trading’s own recruitment system. Last confirmed 12 September 2026.

IMC's London office in Liverpool Street, around 85 people focused on FX options trading and technology, hires through graduate programmes and ten-week summer internships. Trading and quant research graduate hires go through a six-week Trading School before further training at their local office.

SectorFinance
LocationsLondon
Intake types1 of 4 tracked
Deadline windowRolling
Open right now1 intake

1 intake tracked at IMC Trading

Graduate Machine Learning Researcher - LondonGraduate scheme · Data and AI · LondonRolling deadlinecloses when the cohort fillsApply

How IMC Trading recruits

IMC publishes its process end to end: application review, an online assessment, a first-round interview, final rounds with different stakeholders, then the offer. You get one shot per role per recruitment season, and must wait for the next season to reapply if unsuccessful.

IMC's UK Masterclass insight events, run separately as Trading and Technology tracks and exclusively for students at UK universities, ran in London in late September last cycle.

How the process usually runs

Stages as IMC Trading describes them. Timings vary by programme, so treat this as a guide rather than a commitment.

01Application and reviewRecruiters review the CV and application before deciding whether to progress.
02Online assessmentShortlisted candidates may be sent an assessment ahead of, or instead of, an interview invite.
03First-round interviewAn introduction on both sides, covering motivation and experience.
04Final roundsStrong first-round performers meet different stakeholders across further interviews.
05OfferIMC reviews everything and aims to give feedback quickly.

Deadline history

What the same programmes did last cycle, from IMC Trading’s own postings. Useful for guessing this year’s window, never a promise.

UK Masterclass, TradingOpening not recordedClosed event held 27 September 20252025 cycle
UK Masterclass, TechnologyOpening not recordedClosed event held 28 September 20252025 cycle

Worth knowing

  • The Graduate Machine Learning Researcher role, with London as an option, asks for an MSc at minimum and prefers a PhD, in ML, statistics, deep learning or a related quantitative field.
  • Trading and quant roles typically want final-year students in mathematics, physics, econometrics or similar; no prior finance experience is required anywhere, including internships.
  • One sponsorship restriction is published, and it is narrow: IMC cannot sponsor candidates who hold citizenship of Russia, Belarus or Iran AND study at a university in one of those countries. Studying in the UK is not affected.

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