Banking Academy at UC Berkeley
About the program
River City Bank will host a ten-week program called Banking Academy this January at UC Berkeley. Banking Academy is a unique opportunity to explore commercial banking careers in an educational setting. At Banking Academy, you will discover how commercial banking impacts critical industries like clean energy project finance and commercial real estate. You will have the opportunity to complete a case study covering real-world loan requests and showcase your work to a panel of our senior managers. Let us show you the rewarding career and growth possibilities that exist in the business banking field.
Schedule
Banking Academy at UC Berkeley will begin in January 2027. Sessions will be held on Wednesdays from 10:00 a.m. to Noon.
Requirements
Banking Academy is for students pursuing a university degree and is usually undertaken during the second, third, or fourth year of study. Specifically, candidates must have:
- Undergraduate major in Economics, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field with a minimum cumulative 3.5 GPA
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Important program details
While the Bank screens and selects applicants for Banking Academy, selected participants are not "hired". Participants do not produce any tangible work for the Bank and are not employees of River City Bank. This is an unpaid educational program.