European Central Bank

Position Title/Short Description

Full Text of JOE Listing:

https://talent.ecb.europa.eu/careers/JobDetail/Economist-Graduate-Programme-2026/12985

The European Central Bank is looking for up to four highly talented recent graduates with postgraduate degrees, preferably PhDs, for the ECB’s Graduate Programme in Economics.

Qualifications, experience and skills:

Essential:
a master’s degree and a PhD in Economics or a related field completed between 1 February 2024 and 6 January 2026; alternatively you may be due to complete your PhD by the end of 2026;
an advanced (C1) command of English and an intermediate (B1) command of at least one other official language of the EU, according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.

Desired:
a sound knowledge of macroeconomics, international economics, monetary economics and/or international finance, including banking, financial markets and financial intermediation;
advanced knowledge of MS Office applications, including Word, Excel and PowerPoint;
advanced knowledge of time series or panel econometrics;
strong programming skills, especially experience with MATLAB, STATA, Python and R.

Further information:

You can only apply via the ECB career pages.

You can find additional information on the Graduate Programme on our website https://www.ecb.europa.eu/careers/what-we-offer/graduate/html/index.en.html.

The recruitment process for this position will be conducted remotely. It will include a written exercise, a presentation and an interview.

How to join us.
https://www.ecb.europa.eu/careers/before-you-apply/html/index.en.html