Curricular Internships

The course offers: 

• Curricular internship (Optional, according the study plan) of 12 CFU=300 hours
• Internship to prepare the final dissertation (Optional, according the study plan) 12 CFU = 300 hours needed to complete a project of thesis carried out for a company/public body (always check the study plan while choosing). Internship to prepare the final dissertation:  is aimed to  the preparation of the degree thesis based on a project agreed with the supervisor. It’s aimed to collect data for thesis.

The internship has to be carried out within the course of studies: in order to do it, you need to be regularly registered. This is why the internship is an optional education activity.

The internship has to be completed within the 12 months from the starting period.

Always check the study plan to find out the amount of hours to carry out.

For the curricular internship you can apply starting from your second year and carrying it out in any time of the year only after having selected it from the study plan.

• For the curricular internship (not for final dissertation): Do not indicate the academic Tutor while applying, you will be given one from the Internship’s Commission.
• For the internship for final dissertation (only during 2^nd year): if you have already chosen a topic for your thesis with your supervisor, who will also be your academic tutor during your internship. The program of internship has to be agreed with the tutor/supervisor and the company/public body. When you make the application for the internship, remember about the academic tutor: you have to insert the name of the final dissertation supervisor.

Students enrolling in the 1^st year in the 2024/25 academic year will have the possibility to opt for anticipating the curricular internship (not for final dissertation) at the end of the 1^st year of the programme.

To do so, they will have to add the learning activity “Internship” in their study plan during one of the periods of presentation indicated here. Then, from 3 June 2025, they will be able to submit their internship application via SOL – tirocini.

The internship can’t be carried out in structures where you have family relations or bond of affinity till the second grade with the legal responsible, partner or responsible manager.

All activities related to sales and customer service (sales assistant) will not be considered. In this regard, the Degree Programme Board has resolved to limit internships to businesses with more than 5 employees, based on the principle that interns should not be used for retail tasks. Consequently, applications for agreements and applications for internship will be carefully examined.

In August, didactic activities will be suspended and therefore there will be no Commission.

The application must be submitted and accepted by the company/institution and by the student, as a rule, no less than 10 working days before the planned start date of the activities, in order to allow the Internship Commission to meet and to assess the applications.

In accordance with Italian Legislative Decree 81/2008 and subsequent amendments,
as well as the State-Regions Agreements, students undertaking a curricular internship
are considered equivalent to employees for the purposes of occupational health and safety regulations.

Consequently, they are required to receive appropriate training on health and safety in the workplace.

Before submitting your internship application, please ensure that you have completed
the mandatory workplace health and safety training courses (Module 1 and Module 2)
and that you have read the Privacy Notice.

If you have already completed the General Training course (Module 1), you may apply
for an exemption by uploading the relevant certificate, obtained from another institution or employer,
in the “Safety Training Exemption” section available on Studenti Online (SOL).

Please note that Module 2 must be completed exclusively through the University of Bologna training programme.

Certificates issued by other institutions or organisations cannot be accepted for this module.

If your internship activities take place in environments classified as medium- or high-risk,
additional training may be required. Please consult your supervisor at the host organisation
to verify whether your current certification is sufficient or whether it needs to be supplemented
(for example, with specific training for medium-risk or high-risk environments).

For further information, please refer to the “Mandatory Health and Safety Training” section at the bottom of this page.

Companies and partner institutions publish their proposals on SOL-Tirocini.

You will be able to consult:

• The proposals and apply;

or

• The list of structures and present a spontaneous candidature.

In both cases:

1. You will receive an email with the indications to accept the proposal and complete your request;
2. After the approval of the Internship Commission you will receive another e-mail to complete the activation;
3. Download from SOL-Tirocini the attendance register where you will find the authorized period, which could be changed from the original proposal, where to carry out the internship.

To prepare a good CV you can contact campusrimini.orientalavoro@unibo.it and check the seminar here https://jobplacement.unibo.it/en/agenda

To carry out a trainiship follow these steps:

1. Make sure the company/public body already teamed up with the University of Bologna, in case it is not they can follow the information on how to activate an internship (for companies);
2. Ask the host company’s tutor, that will follow you during your internship, to create a project just for in Servizio Tirocini Aziende/Enti (remember that in case of internship for final dissertation the proposal has to be agreed with the thesis supervisor=internship academic tutor);
3. You will receive an email with the indications to accept the proposal and complete the request;
4. After the approval of the Internship Commission you will receive another e-mail to complete the activation;
5. Download from SOL-Tirocini the attendance-register where you will find the authorized period.

You can carry out an internship abroad (also for final dissertation) following one of the two following alternatives:

• Taking part in a mobility program (ex. Erasmus+ for Internships and other calls, calls for grants for studying abroad, etc.);
• Finding a company or foreign body, following the same modalities of the Italian ones mentioned before.

You want to ask for the recognition of extra-university/working activities as internship

If you have carried out extra-university activities relating to your course of study you can ask for its recognition as internship:

• After the conclusion of the carried-out activity (in Italy or abroad);
• Regardless of the existence of a convention, to carry out the internship’s activities, between the host body where the activity has been carried out and the University of Bologna.
• Before applying for an internship abroad, please consult the Viaggiare Sicuri website of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation to check the safety conditions and entry requirements of your chosen destination country.
• The University provides internship students with insurance coverage for accidents and third-party liability only; health insurance is not included. If your destination country is not covered by the European Health Insurance Card (EHIC), please contact the host organisation before departure to determine whether you are required to arrange private health insurance for the entire duration of your stay.

The recognition request has to be presented in the course of the A.A. where the internship is provided, according to the student’s study plan.

The student will have to present the request at the competent Student’s office.

You will have to fill in the attendance register with the working hours that need to be carried out in the authorized period. In case of variations (ex. suspension, cancellation etc) of the approved program you will have to communicate it via e-mail at the Internship Office, Academic Tutor and host body.

Only for the curricular internship (not for thesis): you have to send an email halfway through the internship to Prof. Mariella Lorusso, in which you should indicate the activities you are carrying out, whether there are any critical issues, and whether the programme is being adhered to by the company.

In case of travel towards places not indicated in the approved program, to extend the insurance cover, you will have to previously send an e-mail at the Academic Tutor, Tutor of the host body and Internship body, and accept its authorization vi e-mail.

During the internship you will be covered by an insurance against accidents at work and civil liability. For more information on insurances check the web page Servizio di Assicurazione.  

What to do at the end of the internship

After completing the required hours of your internship, insert in SOL-Tirocini:

• Attendance register, filled with days and signatures

Fill in the mandatory survey after uploading the attendance register. The host body/company tutor will have to complete the final evaluation survey as well, to verbalize your internship, so make sure that the company has it completed once you upload the attendance register.

After, you will have to wait for the practice to be registered from the Internship Commission on Alma Esami (find attach the list with dates of verbalizations), without the student presence, such as all the other teaching activities, in the set out timeframe to be admitted at the final degree exam.

The University provides accident and third-party liability insurance coverage for all students undertaking a curricular internship, for the period and at the location(s) specified in the internship programme approved by the Internship Committee through SOL-Tirocini. Please note that insurance coverage does not extend to travel between the intern’s permanent or temporary place of residence and the internship location, regardless of the means of transport used. If travel is required to a location or site not included in the approved internship programme, insurance coverage may be extended only if the intern submits a prior request by email to the Academic Tutor, copying (Cc) the Host Organisation Tutor and the Internship Office. The subject line should read: “Request for authorisation of business travel – FIRST NAME LAST NAME, internship at COMPANY/ORGANISATION” The email should include the following information:

• First name, last name, and student ID number
• Name and location of the destination site
• Date and time of the travel, where known
• Activities to be carried out
• Reason for the travel (e.g. site visit, inspection, etc.)

Before undertaking the travel, the intern must wait for authorisation from the Academic Tutor, which will be provided by email. In the event of an accident or injury, both the Host Organisation and the intern are required to promptly inform the University so that it can fulfil the obligations set out under the applicable regulations. For further information, please consult the Student Insurance Service webpage.