Data Science PhD Internship Opportunities

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Internship
Location: London
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Job offered by: Microsoft
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Category: IT & Technology
Come build community, explore your passions and do your best work at Microsoft with thousands of University interns from every corner of the world. This opportunity will allow you to bring your aspirations, talent, potential-and excitement for the journey ahead.

As a Data Scientist PhD Intern at Microsoft, you will use machine learning, statistics, experiments, and more to build and improve great products while making business impact. As a Data Scientist intern you will collaborate with stakeholders, formulate approaches to solve problems and use algorithms and data sources in the context of business and engineering needs. You will also be able to combine your engineering abilities with analytical skills to make customer experiences better. Our Data Scientists use innovative methods, algorithms and tools daily to drive results throughout Microsoft devices, operating systems, products, and services and provide novel insights into business and customer scenarios.

At Microsoft, Interns work on real-world projects in collaboration with teams across the world, while having fun along the way. You'll be empowered to build community, explore your passions and achieve your goals. This is your chance to bring your solutions and ideas to life while working on cutting-edge technology.

Microsoft's mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.

ISE is part of the Microsoft Industry and Partner Sales organization that focuses on delivering growth and share by providing market and sales leadership across industry, partner and enterprise segments, with end-to-end sales accountability. IPS accelerates revenue and share growth by empowering customers and partners to securely transform with Microsoft Cloud and AI. We drive business growth by creating new market opportunities, originating and accelerating strategic deals, increasing sales and consumption with industry solutions, co-innovating through engineering, maximizing enterprise customer engagement and enabling partner ecosystem transformation.

Responsibilities:

Program Duration: July 2025-December 2025 (Full - Time Internship) Formulate approaches to solve problems using well defined algorithms and data sources. Incorporate an understanding of product functionality and customer perspective to provide context for those problems. Use data exploration techniques to discover new questions or opportunities within your problem area and propose applicability and limitations of the data. Interpret the results of their analysis, validate their approach, and learn to monitor, analyze, and iterate to continuously improve. Engage with peer stakeholders to produce clear, compelling, actionable insights that influence product and service improvements that will impact millions of customers. Participate in the peer review process and act on feedback while learning innovative methods, algorithms, and tools to increase the impact and applicability of your results. Qualifications:

Required Qualifications (RQs)

Currently pursuing a PhD degree in Data Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Econometrics, Economics, Operations Research, Computer Science, or a related field. Must graduate before the end of 2026. You must be legally authorised to work in the UK to be eligible for this role. (Legally authorised = Has citizenship or has been granted a valid visa or work permit.) Preferred Qualifications:

Doctorate in Data Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Econometrics, Economics, Operations Research, Computer Science, or related field AND 1+ year(s) data-science experience (e.g., managing structured and unstructured data, applying statistical techniques and reporting results). Experience working as part of geographically dispersed, diverse, and virtual teams. Demonstrated ability to work with customers and collaborate across company boundaries. Experience with programming languages such as Python, R, or SQL. Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form. Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.

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