Curricular Internship

An internship provides you with the opportunity to engage in activities within organizations or companies, aiming to complement your university education with practical experience. 

The Course provides for one type of internship:  

• Curricular internship (optional), valid 6 CFUs (150 hours) 

You can apply for the internship  on SOL-Tirocini:  

• starting from the third year, after choosing it in the study plan;

• if you fees payments are complete.

On SOL-tirocini, choose Professor Francesca Sbardella as a tutor in the Internship database when submitting the internship application.  

To begin, prepare an effective CV and a cover letter. You can seek guidance from University services on crafting impactful CVs, creating targeted cover letters, and participating in job interview simulations in Job Placement.

Make sure you have completed the mandatory training courses on health and safety in the workplace (Module 1 and Module 2).
If you completed the general training (Module 1) outside the University, you must request verification by sending an email to sicurezza.formazione@unibo.it, and sharing in CC arin.tirocinilettere@unibo.it.

Module 2, however, must be completed exclusively through the University's training programme. Certificates issued by other institutions are not accepted.

Log in to SOL–Tirocini, where you will find:

• internship offers from companies/institutions you can apply to;
  or

• the companies/institutions already affiliated with the University that interest you, which you may contact to check whether they are available to host you as an intern. If they confirm availability, you may submit a spontaneous application.

In both cases, once the company has accepted your application, log in to SOL–Tirocini and:

• follow the instructions that will be sent to your institutional email address;

• download from SOL–Tirocini the attendance register, which will show the authorized internship period.

The internship must be carried out in person. The Internship Committee, after evaluating the overall project, may authorize the internship to be carried out in blended mode or entirely remotely.

Remember that:

• The internship cannot begin until the internship programme has been signed by all parties involved and you have downloaded the attendance register.

• You may not carry out the internship at an organization where you have family ties or relationships up to the second degree with the legal representative, a partner, or the person in charge.

To carry out your internship, follow these steps:

• Make sure that the company/institution is already affiliated with the University. If it is not, it must first complete the affiliation process. Useful information is available on the “Are you a company or institution?” page in the “Study/Internships” section.

• Ask the host organization’s tutor—who will supervise you during the internship—to enter a personalised internship offer in the Internship Service for companies/institutions.

• Follow the guided procedure that will be sent to your institutional email address.

• Download the attendance register from SOL–Tirocini, where you will find the authorized internship period.

The internship must be carried out in person. The Internship Committee, after evaluating the overall project, may authorize the internship to be done in blended mode or entirely remotely.

Remember that:

• The internship cannot begin until the internship programme has been signed by all parties involved and you have downloaded the attendance register.

• You may not carry out the internship at an organization where you have family ties or relationships up to the second degree with the legal representative, a partner, or the person in charge.

To carry out your internship within a University structure, you must:

• Consult the file “Internal Internship Host Structures” and agree on the objectives and activities with the academic tutor and the contact person of the host structure (if different from the tutor).

• Complete the mandatory training courses on workplace health and safety (Module 1 and Module 2).
  If you completed the general training (Module 1) outside the University, you must request verification by sending an email to sicurezza.formazione@unibo.it, putting in CC arin.tirocinilettere@unibo.it.
  Module 2, however, must be completed through the University’s training programme. Certificates issued by other institutions are not valid.

• Log in to SOL–Tirocini and select “Submit internship request in Unibo.”

• Fill in the request form by selecting the structure from those listed in the “Internal Internship Host Structures” file.

• Follow the instructions sent to your institutional email address.

• Download the attendance register from SOL–Tirocini, which will show the authorized internship period.

The internship must be carried out in person. The Internship Committee, after evaluating the overall project, may authorize the internship to be carried out in blended mode or entirely remotely.

Remember that:

• The internship cannot begin until the internship programme has been signed by all parties involved and you have downloaded the attendance register.

You can pursue an internship abroad by: 

• Applying for an exchange program (i.e., Erasmus+ program) 

or 

• Selecting a hosting institution abroad, following the same procedures as for Italian hosting institutions 

If you have done an extracurricular activity and wish to have it recognized as an internship, see the information on the page “Recognition of extracurricular activity as an internship”, which you can find in the “Studying” section of your Degree Programme website. 

Complete the attendance register within the timeframe specified by the hosting institution.

If there are any changes, such as the interruption or cancellation of the agreed internship program, notify your internship office via email. Make sure to include your academic tutor and your tutor at the hosting institution in the cc field. 

Throughout the internship, the University of Bologna provides insurance coverage for accidents at work and third-party liability claims. For more information, please visit Insurance for students. 

If you need to travel to locations or facilities not indicated in the already approved internship programme, you must notify the Internship Office and your academic tutor in advance by email, and the tutor must authorize the trip.

In your email, you must specify:

• the reason for the trip,

• the date,

• the time,

• and the full address of the destination (street/square, street number, city, etc.).

Insurance coverage will only be valid after authorization from the academic tutor.

The internship, like any other course in your study plan, must be recorded on AlmaEsami. 

After completing the required internship hours, you must log in to SOL-Tirocini, to: 

• enter the date of your last day of internship; 

• upload your attendance record book (only page 1 and page 2), completed with required data and signature of the tutor of the Host organization; 

• fill out the internship questionnaire.  

Your answers, which we ask you to provide carefully, will help us monitor the progress of the internships and, if necessary, will allow us to intervene to improve them. 

Please note: if you are about to graduate, the registration of the internship must take place within the deadline for "meeting the admission requirements" , therefore you must upload the required documents to SOL-Tirocini at least 10 working days before the abovementioned deadline. 

After uploading the documentation and completing the questionnaire: 

• the internship office checks the attendance register; 

• the academic tutor evaluates the internship and registers it on AlmaEsami. You don’t have to contact the teacher.