Advanced Degree Candidates
North America

Advanced Degree Candidates 


Advanced degree candidates (ADCs) are students pursuing a PhD, postdoc, JD, or MD, and also current residents and practicing physicians. If you are interested in a business career, we encourage you to explore opportunities at BCG.

ADCs@BCG

Your fresh and distinct perspective is needed at BCG. You'll join a team of incredibly diverse backgrounds, where your intellectual curiosity, creativity, and problem-solving skills can make valuable contributions to client projects from day one. At BCG, you will continuously expand your areas of knowledge, enhance your skills, and advance your career in a way and at a pace unmatched by most other companies.

We will help you transition from the academic or scientific world through our on-the-job apprenticeship model, mentorship opportunities, and extensive training program. We offer customized training programs for non-business background consultants to ensure a strong foundation for a successful career in strategy consulting.

If you have any questions at all, don’t hesitate to reach out to ADC Recruiting team. If you are a UK advanced degree candidate, please learn more about our recruiting process and events
here.

ADC Eligibility

Eligible degree programs and pathways include:
  1. PhDs
  2. Postdocs (including industry postdocs)
  3. JDs
  4. MDs, MD/MBAs, MD residents/fellows
  5. Practicing physicians
  6. Professors 
  7. Current non-MBA masters with a JD, MD, or PhD

Advanced Degree EventsWe invite you to learn more about BCG and consulting through our upcoming events for advanced degree candidates. These events allow you to meet our consultants and ask questions. We hope to see you there!

BCG Middle East Advanced Degree Events
Explore our Middle East offices in our upcoming virtual event sesies to learn more about the impactful work we do in the region. Find out how you can begin your journey towards unlocking your potential. 

Advanced Degrees at BCG Middle East
14 October | 5:00pm - 6:00pm GST REGISTER HERE

Middle East's Women Connect
15 October | 4:00pm - 5:00pm GST REGISTER HERE

Middle East Virtual Cafe | 14 - 18 October
For general strategy consulting REGISTER HERE
For digital strategy consulting REGISTER HERE

BCG Middle East Recruiter Connect
22 October | 4:00pm - 5:00pm GST REGISTER HERE
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BCG Greater China Event
October 31st | 9:30AM - 11:00AM (Beijing Time)
BCG Greater China, North America Campus, MBA and Advanced Degree Summer Intern Recruiting Information Session.

Please join us at BCG Greater China Connection Event to find out more about the fascinating and high impact work we do in Greater China as well as to discuss a career in management consulting in general. The event targets Class of 2026 ADC candidates enrolled in North America Campus interested in Summer Internship opportunities in BCG Greater China. We are looking for candidates who are fully proficient in Chinese and English to join our practice. The information session will be conducted in Chinese.

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 ADCs. Click on one of the three jobs below that interests you to learn more about the recruiting process. 

Need resume tips? Check out our Resume Writing Workshop for suggestions on what to provide on a one-page, business style resume.

Full-Time Consultants

General 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.

The full-time application deadline has passed for the class of 2025.
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Consultant Interns
Our Greater China offices have now opened their PhD Internship application: Apply Here.

Our Canadian offices will be posting their PhD internship application shortly. Be sure to check back soon for updates!

If you are interested in our U.S. offices, we encourage you to check out our Bridge to BCG program.
BCG X Data Scientists
Data scientists design and build powerful, analytics-based solutions in order to help our clients tackle their business problems. BCG X hires candidates with advanced degrees with excellent academic achievements in specific fields such as computer science, applied mathematics, statistics, machine learning, deep learning, operations research, etc. BCG X also looks for relevant experience in data science and proficiency in Python.
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Additional Advanced Degree Opportunities
Explore additional opportunities we offer to advanced degree candidates below.
BCG Accelerate
BCG Accelerate is a tailored virtual info series for advanced degree candidates. Explore a career as a BCG consultant and gain essential skills and insights for success at BCG.

Bridge to BCG Workshop
Bridge to BCG is an interactive workshop designed to help you test-drive the BCG project team experience. 
 
  

MDs, Residents, Practicing Physicians at BCG
Learn more about how we recruit and support incoming medical candidates to BCG.