Dissertation internships are learning activities that allow students to obtain part of the credits associated with their Final examination, while also acquiring practical skills and making initial contact with employment.
Internships are carried out on the basis of an agreement between the University of Bologna and a hosting Structure, (company, public body, professional firm abroad), who agree to sign an internship programme.
N.B.: The internship cannot be carried out in a company/organization whose legal representative, associate or director has family relationships or similar relations (up to second degree relatives) with the applying student.
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:
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The actual duration of the internship can be extended by 20% by agreement between company, intern and academic tutor.
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.
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.
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