A curricular internship is a training activity designed to help you acquire professional skills to complement theoretical studies, enabling you to gain practical experience at companies, public institution and/or structures of the University of Bologna and to earn the relevant credits. To find out what types of internships are available, please read the first paragraph below.
For your Course of Study, internship:
To obtain 1 ECTS you must complete a minimum of 25 hours / a maximum of 30 hours of activity.
The request for an extension period must be presented in agreement with your Academic Tutor and approved by the Internship Board, by sending an e-mail to the Internship Office (scienze.tirocini@unibo.it) with the Academic Tutor, the Internship Board, and the Host Organization Tutor in c/c.
You can submit the internship application from the second year of the course onwards, the internship should start not later than January 15th of the second Academic Year.
You can perform your intership in any of the ChIR Internship Host Organizations: a company, an institution or an associated partner of the ChIR Course of Study (included the University of Bologna). In order to widen the experience of the students, internship placements external to associated partners is preferred.
You can apply for internship placements from the list provided by the ChIR Programme Management Team, with internship offers by ChIR Internship Host Organizations. You are asked to choose three different placements, in order of preference.
You can also propose a different institution for your internship placement, subject to approval by the ChIR Programme Committee (verify that the Company/Institution has an agreement with the with the Academic Host; if not, the instructions on how to finalize the agreement with the University of Bologna can be found here).
The ChIR Programme Management Team assigns students to the available internships fitting their first choice as far as possible. When it is not possible to assign students to their first choice, they will be assigned to their second or third option. Criteria for assignment includes the student background and suitability for the placement.
Host Organization may have the final decision on whether to accept astudent or not, depending on his/her background and experience. When more than one student applies to the same position, the Host Organization may select one based on additional criteria, such as the result from an interview.
The internship cannot be carried out in Host Organizations whose legal representative, director or business associate has family ties with the student applicant.
Supervision of your internship will be delivered by your Academic Tutor and the Tutor of the Host Organization.
The Academic Tutor is responsible that the activity assigned is coherent with the learning objectives of the ChIR Course of Study, fostering the connection of the internship with the rest of the learning activity, monitoring the evolution of the work and accompanying the scientific and pedagogic activities.
The Tutor of the Host Organization is responsible for your correct induction in the work environment, for your daily supervision and support, and for the quality of the activity performed.
Periodic meetings, roughly monthly, between you and your Academic Tutor must be organized. These meetings may take place by videoconference.
At least one meeting between the Academic Tutor and the Tutor of the Host Organization must be organized as well. Also this meeting may take place by videoconference.
You got in touch with a Company/Institution which is disposed to welcome you as an intern
Please follow the passages below to activate an internship:
The internship cannot be carried out in Host Organizations whose legal representative, director or business associate has family ties with the student applicant.
You are searching for an internship opportunity
Companies and Institutions that concluded an agreement with the University publish their offers on SOL-Internships. You have the possibility to:
- apply to an existing offer;
or
- consult the database of partnered Companies/Institutions in order to send a self-application.
If you need any help to prepare an effective CV, you can contact the Job Placement Service.
In both cases:
The internship cannot be carried out in host organisations whose legal representative, director or business associate has family ties with the student applicant.
You want to carry out your internship at the University of Bologna
In accordance with your Academic Tutor, you must contact the Tutor of the chosen University structure/lab, then send a self-application through SOL-Internships:
The internship cannot be carried out in host organisations whose legal representative, director or business associate has family ties with the student applicant.
You can carry out your internship abroad following one of the two paths listed below:
You must fill in your attendance record book with the hours of attendance, according to the authorized period. You must communicate any variations (ex. suspension, cancellation, etc.) from the approved programme by sending an e-mail to the Internship Office with the Academic Tutor and Tutor at the Host Organization in copy c/c.
Should you need to travel to locations not included in the approved programme, you can ask for the extension of the insurance by contacting the Academic Tutor by mail (with the Internship Office and Tutor at the Host Organization in copy c/c) and wait for the authorization.
During the whole internship period, you are insured against on-work injuries and third-party liability. For further information please consult the Insurance Policy webpage.
After completing the working hours of the internship. please upload to SOL-Tirocini:
- attendance record book, only pag. 1 and 2 duly signed and filled in with necessary data
- the Internship final report (only for curricular internship - 15 CFU) of maximum 10,000 characters (please refer to the template downloadable from the “Highlights” box), which will be evaluated and graded by the Internship Board. Failure to submit the Internship final report within one month after the end of the internship period will result in failure to complete the internship activity
- no report is needed for the Internship for final examination (25 CFU)
The internship board requires no personal meeting with students for the registration of the internship for final examination on Almaesami
Fill out the mandatory questionnaire
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FAQ on Internship for Students
University Internship regulations
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How can we help you: Activate and manage a curricular internship or one for the preparation for the final dissertation, in Italy and abroad, outside of international mobility programmes.
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