Equinor

Equinor is an international energy company committed to long-term value creation in a low-carbon future. Our purpose: Energy for people. Progress for society. Searching for better.

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Opportunities for students and recent graduates: Full-time job, summer job, project or thesis collaboration, open application, traineeship or internship

Most important areas of work

  • Communication

  • Programming, developing

  • Environmental protection, resource management

  • Organizational work

  • Energy

  • International work

  • Counselling

  • Innovation, product development

  • Research

  • Case management

  • Analysis, statistics, research, methodological work

  • HR, recruitment

  • Language, tanslation, rhetorics

  • Projects

  • Consulting services

  • Economics, finance

  • Culture

  • Law

  • Laboratory

  • Technology

  • Information, PR, web

  • Production in radio, TV, music

  • Sales, marketing

  • Education

  • Archive, library

Preferred educational background

  • Mathematics, natural sciences and technology

  • Information technology and computer science

  • Health science and medicine

  • Law, economy, management and administration

  • Media studies

  • History, philosophy and culture studies

  • Educational studies and pedagogy

  • Social sciences and psychology

  • Language, literature, and area studies

More about Equinor

With us, you can enjoy exciting career opportunities, a progressive approach to diversity and work-life balance, competitive pay – and the knowledge that you’re making an important contribution to society. A career at Equinor offers you an unparalleled opportunity to be part of a company that is working to advance the energy transition and combat climate change. At Equinor, we want to hire people who are inspired by that cause. We’re small enough that your ideas will be seen, yet large enough to make them happen. If that resonates with you, we could be a great match.

We are headquartered in Norway with around 25,000 employees in more than 20 countries. We are the largest supplier of energy to Europe, and our portfolio encompasses oil and gas, renewables, and low-carbon solutions. Equinor is a world-leading offshore operator, and an international pioneer in renewables and low-carbon solutions.

How to improve your chances of working with us

Application criteria for our Graduate programme:

  • Master’s degree or PhD with strong academic record
  • Completed degree within year of starting (2026)
  • No more than two years of relevant fulltime work experience
  • Formal experience is not a requirement 
  • Fluent in English
  • Extracurricular activities and/or voluntary work is an advantage 

Application criteria for our Summer Internship programme:

  • Currently studying for Bachelor’s, Master’s degree, or Ph.D with strong academic record
  • No more than two years of relevant full-time work experience
  • Formal experience is not a requirement
  • Have completed at least two years of higher education before the internship programme starts 
  • Have at least one year of education left before the internship programme starts
  • Fluent in English
  • Candidates must have the necessary work permit
  • Extracurricular activities and/or voluntary work are an advantage

This is what it is like to be newly hired in our company

Graduate program: 

The Equinor Corporate Graduate Programme is a two-year programme made up of several 3–12 months rotations to accelerate learning and to be exposed to different tasks and challenges. Our graduates are permanent employees from day one, so you’ll have access to all the benefits that are available in your country of work. 

The programme aims to give you a good overview of Equinor to see the big picture of how we need to work together to reach our goals. It focuses on cross geographical collaboration and cross business area understanding. 

You’ll develop and build your career through on-the job-training and development sessions and gatherings. You’ll also have structured tailored learning with access to courses offered by Equinor university. A buddy and mentor will be there to support you on your career journey. 

Positions for our Graduate programme 2026, will be posted 1 August with application deadline 7 September 2025. 

Summer internship program: 

If you are a student interested in a career in Equinor or the energy industry, our summer internships enable you to gain hands-on experience in your chosen discipline. 

The programme spans seven weeks and gives you a broad understanding of Equinor's strategy and operations across oil and gas, renewables, and low carbon solutions. 

Your time will be split between working within one of our business areas, taking part in learning and development activities, and delivering a group project with several of your fellow interns (the group project does not apply to US interns). Our internship is office based, but you will have the opportunity to work between home and office if agreed with your leader. 

Positions for our Summer internship programme 2026, will be posted 15 September with application deadline 19 October 2025.

Qualifications

How important are these qualifications when assessing candidates? 1 (not important), 5 (very important):

  • Norwegian language skills: 1
  • English language skills: 5
  • Grades: 3

Find out more

Please see more about career opportunities with Equinor at our website.