Google launches paid internships for students, applications open for 2026

Google has rolled out internship and apprenticeship programmes with remuneration for 2026, targeting students who are currently pursuing Bachelor's, Master's or PhD degrees. The programmes aim to provide students with hands, on industry exposure in various technical, engineering and research roles by having them work alongside Google's teams in India.

The intake for Google internship 2026 is open to students from diverse academic disciplines and will be located in Google offices in Bengaluru, Pune and Hyderabad. People chosen for the role will work on real, world projects, receive mentoring from senior professionals, and leverage large, scale global technologies.

GOOGLE INTERNSHIPS 2026: ELIGIBILITY AND LOCATIONS

Depending on the type of role and eligibility requirements, students pursuing their undergraduate, postgraduate, or PhD studies can generally apply for the Google internship. Internships will be located at the following Google India offices:

• Bengaluru, Karnataka

• Pune, Maharashtra

• Hyderabad, Telangana

ROLES OPEN UNDER GOOGLE INTERNSHIPS 2026

Google has opened applications for several paid positions for the year 2026, including both engineering and research, focused roles.

Silicon Engineering Intern (PhD) Summer 2026:This internship at Google is open to PhD students who are working towards a degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electronics and Communication Engineering, Electrical Engineering or any other field of study related to the ones mentioned above.

The interns will be teaming up very closely with the hardware and software architects in order to come up with the design, model, as well as the evaluation of the next generation of Cloud Silicon technologies.

Software Engineering PhD Intern Summer 2026:This internship at Google is open to PhD students who are specialising in software development or any other technical areas related to software development.

The programme that is being offered, is a 12 to 14 week programme, and it includes:

Work on scalable and distributed software systems in a hands, on mannerWorking with different engineering teams to accomplish a taskProfessional development sessions along with an executive speaker seriesStudent Researcher 2026:The Student Researcher Google internship is intended for students pursuing Bachelors, Masters or PhD degrees in the following areas: Computer Science, Linguistics, Statistics, Biostatistics, Applied Mathematics, Operations Research, Economics, and Natural Sciences.

The students selected will be the members of research, engineering, or science teams, and their main focus will be on solving real, world problems through large, scale projects.

GOOGLE INTERNSHIP APPLICATION DEADLINE, HOW TO APPLY

The final date to send in your application for any of the Google internship programmes is 31st March 2026. Applicants should head over to the official careers portal of Google to find more information about job descriptions, eligibility criteria and application instructions.

The students are recommended to submit their applications well in advance since internship positions at Google are a very popular choice among the students from top institutions in India and abroad.