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Early Careers at AstraZeneca

Summer Internship Programme (UK)

Now accepting applications for 2025 Summer Internships! Ads will be posted throughout the month of February. To explore openings, navigate to our Careers site and select 'Internships" as the Category.

About the Programme

AstraZeneca Summer Internships introduce you to the world of ground-breaking drug development, embedding you in highly dedicated teams, committed to delivering life-changing medicines to patients.

As an intern with us, you’ll get a taste for life as one of our people: scientists, engineers, project managers, HR professionals, finance analysts and beyond, helping you gain an invaluable insight into a potential future career. You’ll work on meaningful projects with real-world impact, helping you to integrate classroom knowledge with practical application in a supportive environment.

Programme Opportunities and Participating Sites

Our 10–12-week program is designed for undergraduate, master's, and doctoral students. We offer exciting opportunities across Research & Development, Operations, and Enabling Units (Corporate functions) at our sites listed below. Please refer to the job adverts for further details.

Cambridge

  • Bioinformatics & Computational Biology
  • Biopharmaceutical Development: Cell Culture & Fermentation Sciences, Dosage Form Design & Development
  • Chemistry: Synthetic Organic, Analytical
  • Clinical Pharmacology & Safety Sciences
  • Data Science & AI
  • Discovery Sciences

Speke

  • Engineering (Manufacturing)
  • Learning & Development (HR)

Macclesfield

  • Pharmaceutical Technology & Development (PT&D): Chemical and Process Engineering, Analytical Chemistry
  • Quality Control & Operational Excellence 
  • Regulatory Affairs
  • Supply Chain
  • IT: Systems, Data Analytics & AI
  • Digital Media
  • Statistics

Luton

  • Finance
  • Oncology Data Science

Essential Requirements

Across our intern positions, we look for individuals who have drive, enthusiasm, strong team working skills and a desire to learn. Please see individual job advertisements for specific educational requirements.

  • Must be at least 18 years of age at time of application.
  • Must have UK right-to-work status.
  • Must return to schooling at program close (candidates graduating before/during the programmes are ineligible).

Recruitment Timeline

Advertisements will be launched throughout the month of February. To explore openings, navigate to our Careers site and select 'Internships' as the category. Subscribe to job alerts towards the bottom of each page and we'll notify you when new relevant internships are available.

  • Feb: Applications open
  • Mar-Apr: Recruiters screen and managers interview
  • Apr: Offers extended and contracts drafted
  • May: Onboarding activities
  • May-Sept: 10-12 week programme (please see individual job ads for specific contract dates)

Please be advised that relocation assistance and travel to and from the site are not supported for these positions.

Our commitment to inclusion and diversity

Our mission is focused on creating an inclusive and equitable environment, where people feel they belong.
To find out more about our inclusion and diversity policy, click here.

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