Spring Weeks 2027: What They Are and When They Open
What a spring week is, who can apply, and when 2027 spring weeks and insight days open and close across finance, tech, law and consulting.
LucidTrack Team5 min readA spring week is a short insight programme, from a single day to a week, that employers run for first-year university students, usually in the spring term. You spend it at the firm learning how its divisions work, and many firms use it to find next year's summer interns. For 2027, LucidTrack's job board has recorded 66 spring weeks and insight events at 37 UK employers so far, with deadlines running from September 2026 to April 2027.
For the ones open right now, the finance spring week tracker and the other sector trackers below list every live programme with its deadline, updated within minutes of a new one going live.
What is a spring week?
A spring week, also called a spring insight programme, insight week or first-year insight day, is an employer's introduction for students early in their degree. Despite the name, many are shorter than a week: this cycle's programmes range from one-day insight days and open days to two- and three-day schemes and full insight weeks.
They are best known in investment banking, where banks such as J.P. Morgan, UBS and Standard Chartered run them every year, but quant trading firms, law firms, consultancies and engineering employers run them too.
Who can apply for a spring week?
Spring weeks are mostly for first-year undergraduates, and for second-years on a four-year course. Some law firms run separate open days for penultimate-year and non-law students. Each employer sets its own eligibility, so check the posting before you apply.
Why spring weeks matter
Many firms use their spring week to find their next summer interns, so a strong spring week can shortcut the summer internship process (see when finance summer internships open). Even where it doesn't, it gives you a firm to talk about with real knowledge in later applications, and it is often the first competitive application a student makes, so it is good practice for online tests and video interviews.
When do spring weeks open?
In finance, the first 2027 spring weeks opened in late May 2026, at GSA Capital, and BlackRock followed in June, but most of the market opened between mid-September and the end of October 2026. Our finance spring weeks 2027 post has every opening month and deadline.
Law firms open their first-year insight days later in the autumn and keep them open longer, with many deadlines in the new year. For vacation schemes, the next step, see law vacation scheme deadlines.
2027 spring week deadlines by sector
These are the deadlines on each posting when we checked on 29 October 2026. Firms marked rolling review applications as they arrive and can close early.
| Sector | Programmes | Deadlines |
|---|---|---|
| Finance | BlackRock, Blackstone, Evercore, GSA Capital, Houlihan Lokey, J.P. Morgan, Macquarie Group, Marsh McLennan, MUFG, Point72, Standard Chartered, UBS, Weatherbys Banking Group | Mid-September to 4 December 2026 |
| Quant and technology | G-Research, GSA Capital, Jane Street (five programmes), J.P. Morgan Engineer & Innovate (London and Glasgow) | 18 September 2026 to 3 January 2027 |
| Law | 34 insight days, open days and first-year schemes at 19 firms, including Clifford Chance, White & Case, Gibson Dunn, Mayer Brown, Cooley, Dentons and Baker McKenzie | Mid-October 2026 to April 2027 |
| Consulting and advisory | Lazard Financial Advisory, Marsh McLennan | 27 October to 20 November 2026 |
A few deadlines worth knowing:
- J.P. Morgan: 1 November 2026, across six Spring Insights programmes in London, Bournemouth and Glasgow, some rolling
- Point72 and Standard Chartered: 15 November 2026
- Houlihan Lokey: 29 November 2026
- BlackRock: 4 December 2026
- Jane Street: 8 November 2026 for FOCUS, 3 January 2027 for its other insight programmes
- Cooley: 3 January 2027, for its 2027 Spring Programme
- Gibson Dunn: 12 February 2027, for its London first-year insight days
How to get a spring week
Apply as soon as a programme opens. GSA Capital, J.P. Morgan, Evercore and Marsh McLennan all reviewed applications on a rolling basis this cycle, and rolling programmes can fill before their deadline.
Have your CV ready before term starts. Most finance spring weeks open within weeks of you arriving at university, so the students who do well aren't writing their first CV the week J.P. Morgan opens.
Prepare for the online test and video interview. Many spring week applications include numerical or situational judgement tests and a recorded video interview. See our guide to HireVue interviews.
Apply widely. Spring weeks are competitive, and every firm runs its own process, so apply to more than one sector if you are unsure where you fit.
Frequently asked questions
What is a spring week?
A short insight programme, from a single day to a week, that employers run for first-year university students, usually in the spring term, to introduce their business and find future summer interns.
When do spring weeks open for 2027?
In finance, the first opened in late May 2026 and most opened between mid-September and the end of October 2026. Law firms' first-year insight days opened later in the autumn.
When do 2027 spring week applications close?
Deadlines run from September 2026 to April 2027. Finance programmes close earliest, mostly by early December 2026, and law first-year insight days latest, many in January and February 2027.
Who can apply for a spring week?
Mostly first-year undergraduates, and second-years on a four-year course. Each employer sets its own eligibility.
Are spring weeks only in finance?
No. Banks run the best-known ones, but this cycle quant firms such as Jane Street and G-Research, 19 law firms, Lazard and engineering employers also run spring weeks or insight days.
Do spring weeks lead to summer internships?
Often. Many firms use their spring week to find the next year's summer interns, so a strong spring week can shortcut the summer internship process.
Track every spring week you apply to
The fastest way to hear about a new spring week is the tracker for your sector: finance spring weeks, technology spring weeks, law spring weeks and consulting spring weeks. Each lists every live programme with its deadline. With a free LucidTrack account, every spring week you apply to goes into your tracker with its deadline, and you can follow it through online tests and video interviews to an offer.
Find the roles in this guide
Every live role, with its deadline, and every closed one with the date it opened.