Acknowledgement of an extra-university activity as a curricular internship

If you have carried out an extra-university activity consistent with your course of study, you may request its recognition in place of the curricular internship.

The activity may include:

• employment (fixed-term or permanent), project-based work, apprenticeship, extracurricular internships, etc.;
• Universal Civil Service activities;
• volunteer work with organizations authorized for volunteering (see Legislative Decree 112/2017).

You may submit a recognition request:

• if you have included the internship in your study plan;
• regardless of whether a formal agreement exists between the University and the host organization where the activity was carried out;
• at any time of the year, bearing in mind the time required to evaluate your request.

Important notes:

The activity carried out must correspond to at least the number of hours required for the internship credits in your study plan. For example, if your plan includes a 6-credit internship, you must have completed an activity lasting at least 150 hours. Partial recognition is not allowed.

The maximum number of credits that can be recognised from external working activities is 12. Therefore, you can only ask to recognize an internship activity that provides 12 or less credits depending on your course structure diagram.

To apply for recognition please submit the following documents (available in the attachment box) to the Student Administration Office:

• The recognition request form;
• The certificate of working activity: A document related to your work or internship activity, signed by your employer or reference person, where your position in the firm or organization is specified;
• A brief report where you sum up your job description or your activities as an intern;

 Please Note: Before presenting the application, inform the course of studies about the activities that have been carried out (or that will be carried out) in order to verify whether they are eligible for recognition.

The documents must be sent (by post) to: Economics, Management and Statistics - Student Administration Office/Segreteria Studenti Economia, Management e Statistica. Alternatively, you may arrange an appointment to hand in the documents in person (please refer to the Student Administration Office contact information in this page). Please note: It is not possible to send the documents by e-mail.

***For clarifications on filling out the documents, please refer to the tutor or the program coordinator of the course.

Your recognition request will be evaluated by the Degree Programme Board in coordination with the Internship Board.

You will be notified of the outcome by the Student Administration Office within max 60 days from the date of submission.
If the request is approved, the internship will be automatically recorded in your academic career.

For information about the status of your request, you can contact the tutor or the programme coordinator of your course.  Check the section "CONTACTS" for their email addresses.                                                   

Please note:

• If you are about to graduate, you must take into account the deadline for fulfilling the requirements to access the final degree examination. Therefore, you should submit your recognition request well in advance.
• The recognition of credits may affect the assessment of merit-based requirements for eligibility for full tuition fee waivers or for the calculation of student contributions based on financial need and academic merit.
• You may not request recognition for activities that have already been previously recognized.