Curricular internships are learning activities that allow students to obtain credits contemplated in the course structure diagram of their degree programme, which also allow to acquire practical skills and make initial contact with the world of work.
Internships are carried out on the basis of an agreement between the University of Bologna and the Host Structure (company, public body, professional firm etc.) and an internship programme signed by the parties concerned.
Students are eligible for internships, which must be carried out as part of their degree programme. For this Course Internship is an optional learning activity. The optional internship must necessarily be added in the study plan in the periods proposed for the selection of elective courses.
Unless otherwise established by national or European regulations, internships normally have a duration of 25 hours for every University educational credit assigned to them in the course structure diagram for the degree programme. Internships must be completed within 12 months of their start date.
If the internship is an optional activity, once you have included it in your study plan, you can carry it out starting from the year in which it is contemplated. Check in your study plan the duration.
| Internship | Credits | Duration (in hours) |
| 96811 Internship | 8 | 200 |
| 82282 Internship | 12 | 300 |
Internships may be carried out in University structures or externally, either in Italy or abroad.
To choose where to carry out the internship, you can consult the list of structures that hold agreements with the University and/or internship offers already published on Internships online.
If none of the offers meet your interest, you can present a spontaneous application and, if approved, ask the Structure to publish an offer addressed to you (known as “ad personam” offer), via the University's internship application. If the Host Structure does not already have an agreement with the University, an agreement may be stipulated and, once it has been stipulated, the internship can start.
Students can request an internship solely via the On-line internships application.
Once you have identified the structure in which you wish to carry out the internship, you need to agree with your University Tutor and with the Host Contact Person, your learning objectives and activities, the time lines to achieve them and all the other details required to complete the internship programme.
Once all internship details have been defined, the application must be submitted and accepted by the Company, at least 10 working days before the beginning of the internship, in order to check and approve the required documents (in August you should consider 20 working days in advance).
The internship programme must be filled in by the Host Structure, then you will receive an e-mail where you are asked to accept or deny or change the internship programme. Only after this step the internship request is complete.
Applications will be submitted to the competent Internship Committee (Professor Alice Guerra), which must authorise their activation. Students must download their attendance register before commencing their Internship.
The Internship can be carried out in the period in between the start and end dates shown on the attendance register.
During the internship, you must keep in contact with your University Tutor, to whom you can refer to for any support or advice you may need on how to carry out your activities, and you must record your daily activities in the attendance register.
The Internship hours must be recorded during the period between the start and end dates shown on the attendance register.
Before leaving the Host Structure, make sure that the attendance register is countersigned by the Host Contact Person.
If you intend to withdraw from or interrupt your internship for reasons that do not allow further continuation, you must notify the office Internship Office, stating your reasons.
If for some reasons (exams, holidays, illness) you have to leave shortly the internship, you have to explain the reason why and communicate your absence to both the Host Structure tutor and the Internship Committee, through written notice (by fax or e-mail) to the Internship Office. You are required to make up the days of absence.
After completing the internship, to have it validated by the Internship Committee, you must:
Final reports hand written or incomplete will not be accepted.
The Internship Office will submit to the Internship Committee the final documentation received. Students with specific deadlines (graduation, scholarships, etc.) must organise their own training well in advance, taking into account these limits and then inquire early on dates.
If the degree programme teaching regulations allow it, you may request the recognition of a work activity (or an activity comparable to it) that you carried out during the internship
To obtain recognition, students must complete and present a specific form. After checking the admissibility of the request and the completeness of the documentation, the Internship Committee will express a favourable or adverse opinion. For more informatio, check this page
The University of Bologna guarantees insurance cover for students against accidents at work and third-party liability claims. These policies are written by insurance companies that specialise in the sector.
In the event of travel to locations or structures not indicated in the approved curricula internship programme, you can request an extension of the insurance cover - even during the internship - on condition that the travel concerned is consistent with the objectives of the internship.
Online courses on health and safety are compulsory for all students.
Job Placement
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