Internship abroad for final examination

The dissertation internship is an opportunity for students regularly enrolled at the University of Bologna and who during the final examination, in agreement with the academic supervisor, are authorised to prepare the dissertation abroad.

Internships normally have a duration of 25 hours for every educational credit ( CFU) assigned to them in the course structure diagram.

So the Group 5 - group of choice final examination (16 CFU) can divided as follow:

• Internship Abroad For Preparation Of The Final Examination - 12 CFU = 300 hours

and

• Final examination - 4 CFU

The actual duration of the internship can be extended by 20% by agreement between company, intern and academic tutor.

1. Verify if you are regularly enrolled;
2. Once you have found a Host Structure and have agreed with the supervisor the title and timing of the dissertation, download “Form 1” (see attachment), fill it in, sign it and send it by e- mail to the Internship office (and the academic supervisor in cc) for the partition of the CFU of the final dissertation
3. Follow the online course on health and safety measures for work environments.
4. Choose your firm or company.
   A) To choose where to carry out the internship, log in to the Online Traineeship Service where you can find our partners (that have already signed an agreement with the University) and the list of available internship offers.
   B) If you have found a company ready to host you, and that has not registered with us, send the company details (name of the company, name of the responsible, email, and phone number) to the internship office which will provide to initiate an agreement procedure.
   NB.: The timing of the conclusion of the agreements depends on the response times of the companies/bodies and the dates of the meetings of the Internship Committee.
5. Activate the internship on the Online Traineeship Service
   Apply for an internship offer or send your request: upload your CV, a cover letter and choose an academic tutor from the list attached. At each step you will receive constant updates about your application by mail.
   Acceptance by the “company” and validation of the academic supervisor. The company accepts your internship application or request, through the Online Traineeship Service and complete the Internship Programme (goals, activities, working time, tutor); the programme will be checked by the internship office and then the academic tutor has to validate/reject/modify it.
   Internship approval Upon validation by the academic tutors, the applications are submitted to the Internship Committee for the final authorization.
   Online signature Once the Internships are authorized by the Committee, students and host companies sign the Internship Programme through the online platform.
   Download and print the Attendance Register Here you’ll find the definitive period agreed and authorized – in the absence of this document you won’t have any insurance coverage

After the approval, you may start your Internship that has to be carried out in the period in between the start and end dates shown on the attendance register. On the attendance register you have to record daily: date, the daily hours of activity, the type of tasks and acquire the Host Contact Person's signature in the relevant box.

Please monitor the Internship hours that must not exceed 8 hours daily/40 hours per week.

Your representatives are the company’s representative and the academic supervisor.

The internship’s activity must be continuous. In case of interruptions lasting more than ten days, you must alert the internship office which must subsequently inform the Internship Committee.

In case of travel to sites which are not indicated in the internship programme, the company tutor must notify in advance the academic tutor the following: date, time, place, reason of the travel and who is going to accompany the student. Thus, the travel is possible only upon authorization by the academic tutor. By no means the student is entitled to travel by himself (in this case there is no insurance coverage).

If you intend to withdraw or interrupt your internship for reasons that do not allow further continuation, you must notify the office below, stating your reasons to the internship office.

To all students attending an internship programme within the framework of this University, an appropriate insurance cover against accidents at work and third-party liability claims is provided.

Students can access the eLearning compulsory programme on general health and security for working environments at health and safety measures for work environments. This online training, if completed, will issue a valid Certificate on Health and security that may be presented to the hosting company or firm. Please note that, once the certificate is issued, it does not expire.

• Upload the entire Attendance Register online via Online Traineeship Service.
• Complete and upload the final report and obtain the tutor's validation.
• Fill in the online final questionnaire.

The Internship Office checks all the documents uploaded online and reports the list of completed internships to the Internship Committee in charge of the internship verbalization.