Business Analyst Internship
A four-week cohort-based experiential learning program. Work on a structured project brief built around a real-world business problem, alongside a global team in your chosen domain. Guided, fully virtual, and free to participate.
You don't join a program. You join an organisation.
From day one you are part of a functioning digital environment — with a group, a structured project brief, professional tools, and the expectation that you contribute meaningfully. The structure mirrors how professional teams operate, adapted as an educational program designed for depth of learning.
Engage closely in a group of 5–9, within a diverse global cohort. Tight collaboration within your group — breadth and diversity across the wider community. Every participant brings a different academic background, country, and perspective.
Career Laboratory
Explore domains through structured project engagement — discovering what resonates through doing, not assumption.
Digital Workplace
Professional tools, structured check-ins, async communication, and shared deliverables — the rhythms of a real professional environment.
Global Cohort
Your group works closely together throughout four weeks. Around them, a wider cohort of peers from institutions across multiple countries and time zones.
The ABCD methodology — structure that produces output
Every group follows the same four-phase progression — adapted from how professional consulting and finance teams approach engagements, modified here as a guided educational framework.
Align
Scope · Structure · Setup- Read the brief — what is it actually asking for?
- Divide workstreams by interest and background
- Agree on the central question your group will answer
- Identify data sources and research approach
Build
Research · Analyse · Model- Each workstream runs independently and in depth
- Gather data, run benchmarks, build analytical frameworks
- Share interim findings — look for connections
- Test whether evidence supports the hypothesis
Converge
Synthesise · Decide · Narrate- Stop collecting — start concluding
- Draw conclusions across workstreams
- Agree on a clear recommendation
- Draft the structure of your final deliverable
Deliver
Present · Submit · Close- Integrate all workstream outputs into a final piece
- Every claim evidenced and explainable
- Polish only after content is solid
- Live group presentation to the full cohort
Choose your domain. Or explore more than one.
Two specialist domains, each with its own project brief and workstream focus. Indicate your preference at application — groups are assigned by domain and timezone wherever possible.
Banking & Finance
Structured finance, investment analysis, capital markets, and financial modelling. Projects are drawn from real-world scenarios in private credit, equity research, and corporate advisory — framed as structured analytical briefs.
Consulting & Strategy
Market entry, competitive strategy, business model analysis, and structured problem-solving. Projects are framed as consulting engagements — your group is the advisory team, the brief is the mandate.
Representative examples from past cohorts
Projects vary by cohort. These examples are representative of the scope and format participants can expect.
Pre-IPO Investment Thesis
Build a full investment case for a late-stage technology company approaching an IPO — covering valuation, competitive positioning, risk assessment, and a go/no-go recommendation for a hypothetical investment committee. Groups work with publicly available data and apply structured valuation frameworks.
Asia-to-US Market Entry
Advise an Asian edtech platform on entering the US market — evaluating the regulatory environment, competitive landscape, partnership structures, and a phased launch roadmap with resource implications. Groups structure their output as a consulting recommendation to senior stakeholders.
How the program actually runs
Four structured touchpoints across the four weeks, built around async-first collaboration with live sessions at key moments.
Slack — async-first collaboration
Your group channel is the heartbeat of the program. Updates, questions, file sharing, and peer accountability all live here. Respond within 24 hours — the one non-negotiable.
Live check-ins with the founder
A welcome call in Week 1, a mid-program check-in, and a final presentation session in Week 4. Small groups — you are seen, not lost in a crowd.
Google Workspace for deliverables
Docs, Sheets, and Slides — shared, versioned, and reviewed. Your final deliverable is a professionally formatted document ready for your portfolio.
Group Coordinators
Each group is supported by two peer coordinators drawn from the cohort — equal standing, same certificate recognition. They facilitate group rhythm, not hierarchy.
Outcomes that follow you forward
The program is four weeks. The credentials and experience that come out of it are permanent additions to your professional profile.
Structured project experience — business analysis and problem-solving on a real-world brief, portfolio-ready and shareable
Cross-functional collaboration — coordinating within a group of peers from institutions across multiple countries
Professional digital toolkit — Slack, Google Workspace, async communication, and structured document delivery
Alumni network access — a growing community of program completers, accessible on completion
Digital Certificate of Completion — LinkedIn-compatible, issued by AperioHub on successful completion
LinkedIn recommendation from the founder — for strong performers across the program, at discretion
Ready to apply?
The application takes about two minutes. Earlier submissions receive more considered review.