Super quant internship 2026

Super Quant Internship 2026 at Robeco

Department

Robeco is home to one of Europe’s largest quantitative teams, with over 50 dedicated researchers and portfolio managers across equity, fixed income, and multi-asset strategies. Our team develops proprietary security selection and allocation/market timing models, as well as portfolio construction algorithms, and supports portfolio managers in areas such as risk management and performance attribution.

Super Quant Internship 2026

Robeco’s Super Quant Internship gives you the opportunity to work on the full lifecycle of quantitative model development while writing your master’s thesis. This full-time internship typically lasts around six months, with flexibility depending on your university’s requirements and the scope of your research. You’ll gain hands-on experience in data analysis, programming, interpreting results, and presenting your findings. Each project is supervised by an experienced researcher—many holding a PhD or CFA charter and affiliated with academic institutions—from one of our teams: Quantitative Research, Trading Research, or Multi-Asset Investing. Beyond research, the program includes engaging activities and gives you a behind-the-scenes look at life at Robeco and the broader asset management industry.

Super Quant Internship Themes

Internship projects are organized around five key research themes that reflect Robeco’s focus areas in quantitative research:

• Factor Investing
• Machine Learning
• Natural Language Processing
• Trading and Liquidity
• Sustainability

When applying, you’ll be asked to indicate your preferences for one or more of these themes. Within each theme, we offer a selection of specific topics that vary over time. If you advance past the first screening round and are selected for interviews, we’ll provide detailed descriptions of the specific topics you’ve been shortlisted for, within your chosen themes. This will give you a clearer understanding of the projects and help you prepare effectively for the interview(s).

Who We Are Looking For

We are looking for master’s students with financial and/or technical backgrounds such as Econometrics, Quantitative Finance, Economics, Finance, Investments, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Engineering, Statistics, Mathematics or Computer Science, or other related disciplines, who would like to write their thesis with us.

Key requirements:

• Eligibility for the program: You are a Master’s student about to begin your thesis at the start of the internship, with university approval to collaborate on a company thesis project within the themes mentioned above.
• Programming skills: Proficiency in programming and working with large datasets are major prerequisites.
• Analytical & creative mindset: You bring both strong analytical skills and creativity to tackle complex problems.
• Social & problem-solving skills: You can communicate the economic intuition behind your results, collaborate effectively with different stakeholders, and translate feedback into practical solutions.

For more information about this position, including application timelines, frequently asked questions, research themes available, and insights from past interns, please visit the Robeco website.

If you have any remaining questions, feel free to contact us via email at: sq@robeco.nl.

About Us

As a Dutch asset manager operating globally, Robeco has always combined the best of both worlds. We have global reach and ambitions, while retaining our head office in our hometown of Rotterdam. Employees at Robeco share that combination: we hire and nurture people who can think internationally and put the client first, while keeping their feet firmly on the ground. We have strong links with academia, which underpin the research in our robust quantitative and sustainability investing strategies. Our people have backgrounds in finance but also in economics and geography. Likewise, as pioneers in emerging markets investing, our diverse backgrounds also add local knowledge. We offer an informal and flexible office atmosphere that gives people the room to be themselves, to grow and to perform to the best of their ability.