Advanced Degree​​​​​​​ Candidates

(United Kingdom)

Advanced degree candidates (ADs) are students who are currently pursuing their PhD, postdoc, or medical degree (including veterinary and dental medicine), as well as current residents and practicing physicians. If you are thinking about your life after an advanced degree and interested in a business career, we encourage you to explore all of the opportunities available at BCG!

At BCG, we recognise that conventional approaches are often inadequate in helping our client get to where they need to be. We believe that the toughest business problems must be met with creative thinking and a diversity of backgrounds, viewpoints, and perspectives. As a consultant with an advanced degree background, you’ll bring a unique experience that will make a different kind of impact.

Your fresh and distinct perspective is valued at BCG, and we know that your intellectual curiosity, creativity, and problem-solving abilities will enable you to make an impact for clients from day one. At BCG, you will continuously expand your areas of expertise, enhance your skills, and advance your career at a pace that unmatched by most other companies.

We offer extensive training that is customised for non-business backgrounds to ensure a strong foundation as you make the transition from the academic or scientific world to strategy consulting. You’ll learn from our on-the-job apprenticeship model, and have plenty of mentorship opportunities from BCGers who have made similar transitions.

If you are interested in learning more about consulting or BCG, we encourage you to check our out upcoming events for advanced degrees, where you can meet our consultants and ask questions about BCG. We hope to see you there!


AD Candidate Eligibility
To qualify as an AD candidate, you would need to be in one of the following degrees or pathways:
  • PhDs and postdocs
  • Medical students (including veterinary, dental, and pharmacy)
  • Medics in foundation training

Generally, AD candidates have 2 years or less of work experiences (not including a post-doc.) If you have 2 or more years of work experience, you might qualify for our experienced hire pathway.
UK Advanced Degree Events​​​

UK AD Mentorship Workshop

Our summer Mentorship Workshop is designed to be an immersive program to help talented students, like you, test-drive the BCG case team experience.

As a Mentorship Workshop participant, you will work within a team to strategically solve a BCG style case in a typical case team simulation to better understand the why and how behind our case work.

Advanced Degrees @ BCG
Virtual Open House

Are you trying to figure out your next career step and interested in solving complex problems alongside some of the world’s top companies while driving meaningful impact for global issues?

Join us to learn more about consulting and how your degree can make an impact from BCGers who were in your shoes. We encourage you to come with any and all questions! 
Advanced Degree Application Process

BCG knows that advanced degree candidates bring a diverse skillset to our firm and thus can contribute to several different positions. We offer the following job opportunities for ADs. Click on one of the opportunities below that interests you to learn more about the recruiting process.
Full-time Positions (Associates & Sr Associates)
Generalist consultants work on varied projects across topics and industries analyzing problems, discovering insights, delivering recommendations, and making change happen for our clients.

We hire across all advanced degree backgrounds and concentrations (PhD, medics, postdoc, resident, practicing physician). 


APPLICATION:

  • CV
  • Cover letter (not required for London office)
  • London office only - Maths assessment (30 minutes). After a first review, you will be asked to complete a numerical assessment which is evaluated as part of your application. 
  • International offices only - Pymetrics games (30 minutes). The games must be completed within 48 hours of submitting your application (prompt to play sent via email within 1-2 hours after application submission)

Full-time applications for UK ADs are currently closed, please check back in autumn 2024.
Internship positions (Associates & Sr Associates)
Generalist consultants work on varied projects across topics and industries analyzing problems, discovering insights, delivering recommendations, and making change happen for our clients. We hire across all advanced degree backgrounds and concentrations (PhD, medic, postdoc).

APPLICATION:

  • CV
  • Cover letter (not required for London office)
  • London office only - Maths assessment (30 minutes). After a first review, you will be asked to complete a numerical assessment which is evaluated as part of your application. 
  • International offices only - Pymetrics games (30 minutes). The games must be completed within 48 hours of submitting your application (prompt to play sent via email within 1-2 hours after application submission)

INTERNSHIP ELIGIBILITY:

To qualify for our internship programme, candidates must be in their penultimate year of studies. 

Internship applications will open in January of 2025. 

Mentorship Workshop

Our summer Mentorship Workshop is designed to be an immersive program to help talented students, like you, test-drive the BCG case team experience. 

During the program, you'll receive advice on improving your CV, preparing for interviews, and tackling case study problems. You'll also have the chance to ask any questions you may have about a career in consulting or life at BCG.

The workshop will take place in the BCG London office on Friday, June 14th.


ELIGIBILITY:
  • Open to all PhDs and Medical (including veterinary, dental, and pharmacy) students who are currently in their final or penultimate year of study at a UK university.

APPLICATION:
  • CV
  • One-page response to the question – “In reflecting on your successes, what do you consider your greatest personal achievement and your greatest professional achievement?”

The Mentorship application will close on Tuesday, April 30th and you should expect to be notified of the outcome of your application by mid-May.
MDs, Residents, Practicing Physicians at BCG
Learn more about how we recruiting and support incoming medical candidates at BCG.
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Meet our UK Advanced Degrees recruiting team

Bradley Pitter
Jasper Vink
Project Leader & UK Advanced Degree Recruiting Director
Yael Steinman
Britt Blakey
International Campus Recruiting Manager 
Stefani Germanotta
Abi Dickinson
Consultant & UK Advanced Degree Recruiting Lead
Adrian Signell
Senior Associate & UK Advanced Degree Recruiting Lead