Curriculum Embodied, Social and Cultural Systems
Second Cycle Degree/Two Year Master in Semiotics

Internship

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 add experience. to their University education. Internships are carried out on the basis of an agreement between the University of Bologna and the Hosting Structure (company, public body, professional firm etc.) and an internship programme signed by the parties concerned.

Internship foreseen by the degree programme/curriculum

2nd year 

ONE ACTIVITY AMONG THE FOLLOWING:
Laboratory
Seminars
Internship - 6 CFU (150 hours) 

Academic Tutor

Internship Committee (choose one of them):

Prof. Giovanna Cosenza (co-coordinatrice)

Prof. Pierluigi Basso (co-coordinatore)

Prof. Riccardo Fedriga

 

When you can submit your internship request 

You can submit your request for the internship starting from your second year and select the internship in your Study Plan.

Ask your Supervisor to write an email in which he/she approves your internship activities. Upload it together with your curriculum vitae/cover letter during the online internship application procedure. For an effective cv/cover letter please, check Job Placement.

How to choose the Host Structure

Check and apply for the internship vacancies published by the Hosting Institution having already signed an internship agreement with the University of Bologna on SOL-Internships.

If none of the offers meets your interest, ask the Hosting Institution you are interested in to publish an Internship Offer dedicated specifically to you (“ad personam”) on Internships and agreements service.

If you are interested in a Hosting Institution which has not already signed an internship agreement with the University of Bologna, invite the Institution to read the following link and to register at Internships and agreements service

Apply for an international mobility programme (for ex Erasmus + Mobility for traineeships).

Internships cannot be carried out at a Hosting Institution where the legal representative, the cooperation partner or the responsible manager in charge has family ties or affinity within the 2nd degree with the interested student.

Internships must be carried out in person. Internship Committee may value the internship as a whole and allow online or blended activities.

How to activate an internship

Whent the Hosting Institution accepts your interniship request, link to SOL-Tirocini-Internships and: 

  1. follow the guided procedure you will receive on you Unibo email;
  2. download the attendance register from SOL-Internships where you will find the allowed period of your internship.

Agree with your Academic 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.

Important: before the internship, complete online Health and Safety Training (Module 1 and Module 2). Your Hosting Institution is in charge of confirming its validity.

During the internship

Refer to your Academic Tutor for any support or advice you may need on how to carry out your activities.

Possible business trips must be previously communicated by the tutor of the Hosting Institution to the internship office by mail - arin.tirocinilettere@unibo.it - and to your Academic Tutor who must allow them.

The University of Bologna guarantees insurance cover against accidents at work and third-party liability claims. Please, for more info visit this link “Insurance for students”.

Record your daily activities in the attendance register.

In case of changes (for example: interruption or cancellation of the agreed internship programme), you must inform your internship office by mail  - arin.tirocinilettere@unibo.it -  and in cc your Academic Tutor and your Tutor at the Hosting Institution.

Acknowledgement of extra-university activities as an internship

If you have already carried out extra-university activities (for example working activities) and you wish to get recognized them as an internship, please read  “Acknowledgement of an extra-university activity as a curricular internship

What to do at the end of the internship

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

 After completing the required internship hours, you have to log in to  SOL-Internships, in order to:

  1. enter the date of your last day of internship;
  2. upload your attendance record book, completed with required data and signature of the tutor of the Host organization ;

3. 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. Thank you

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  on AlmaEsami