Curricular Internship

The curricular internship is intended for students regularly enrolled in the academic year in which they wish to carry out the internship.

For this course, the internship is an educational activity of your choice included in the study plan at the 2^nd year, available under the "Group of Various activities (TAF F)".

This means that you have to include it in your study plan and do it during the 2nd year, or anticipate it in the first (see the section "How to apply for a curricular internship").

Curricular internships normally have a duration of 25 hours per each educational credit.

Students may also add other internships of 200 hours (always for the value of 8 CFU) to be selected from the “Group of Elective Courses” in the study plan.

The length of the Inthernship may be extended of 20% without formal additional procedures required, if deemed necessary for the fulfilment of course objectives.

1. Verify if you regularly enrolled yourself for the academic year in which you intend to carry out the internship.
2. If you wish to include an internship to cover the “Group of Various Activities” scheduled for the 2nd year, you must make sure that it is included in your study plan through the online service available within the time interval defined each year in the Degree Programme.
   In case it is no longer possible to make changes to your study plan, you must download Form 1 (see annex), duly fill in, sign it, apply, and deliver the form to the Programme Coordinator, for the approval of your Course Coordinator.
   - It is possible to anticipate the internship at the 1st year. Simply download Form 1 (see annex), duly fill in, sign it, apply a stamp of 16€, and deliver the form to the Programme Coordinator, for the approval of your Course Coordinator.
   - If you wish to apply for an additional internship of 8 CFU (always corresponding to 200 hours) to cover the Group of elective courses (TAF D) in your study plan, download Form 1  duly fill in, sign it, and deliver the form to the Programme Coordinator for the approval of your Course Coordinator.
   N.B.:  Before submitting your application, make sure you have found a firm or company interested in hosting you for your internship.
3. Choose your firm or company.
   Internships may be carried out within the University or externally, either in Italy or abroad.
   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.
   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.
4. Follow the online course on health and safety measures for work environments.

• Apply for an internship offer or send your request (“autocandidatura”) to one of our partners through the Online Traineeship Service following the guidelines (upload your CV and a cover letter, then choose an academic tutor from the list “academic tutor” attached). At each step you will receive constant updates on your application by mail.
• Acceptance by the “company” and validation of the academic tutor. The company accepts your internship application or request, through the Online Traineeship Service. After you are accepted by the host company, you are required to confirm online the acceptance of your internship; then, the host company will complete the Internship Programme. The programme will be checked by the internship office and then the academic tutor has to validate/reject/modify it.
• Approval of the internship Applications will be submitted to the competent Internship Committee, which must authorise their activation.
• Upload of the Internship Programme. After the approval of your Internship, download the Internship Programme, sign it, obtain the “company” representative's signature, and finally upload the programme together with a copy of an identity document of the company's representative.
• Download the attendance register prior commencing your Internship. Please note that the attendance register is crucial and necessary for your insurance cover.

You may initiate your internship at any time of the year, but only after approval by the internship committee, that meets monthly during the third week (except for the month of august). However, if you have preferences in the timing of your internship, you will need to programme and initiate the procedures in advance. For the companies or firms that are not registered with us, the timeline from the registration procedure to the actual beginning  of your internship may take approximately 60 days.

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.

Moreover, the student has to:

• record in the attendance register date, the daily hours of activity, the type of tasks and acquire the Host Contact Person's signature in the relevant box;
• monitor the Internship hours that must not exceed 8 hours daily.

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 not indicated in the internship programme, the company tutor must notify the internship office in advance (24h earlier) by email communicating the  date, place of travel, the reason and  persons accompanying the trainee.

Please note that the insurance coverage does not cover liabilities outside the workplace and therefore students are not allowed to leave the workplace during the recorded working hours.

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 according to the Italian Legislative Decree n. 81, dated 9 April 2008, on environmental and accident prevention is provided. Students can access the eLearning compulsory programme on general health and security for working environments at:  "Sicurezza e Salute sul Lavoro – Formazione generale"
The 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.

At the end of the internship period, the trainee shall:

• Upload the Attendance Register online via the Online Traineeship Service
• Complete and upload the final report (see “Final report drafting indications” attached) and obtain the tutor's validation.
• Fill in the online final questionnaire.

Monthly, the internship office checks all the documents uploaded online and reports the list of completed internships to the professor in charge.

The Course regulations do not contemplate the recognition of work experience as internship.

Training and guidance interships can be carried out by recent graduates within 12 months of graduation. The University of Bologna activates training and guidance interniship based exclusively in Emilia-Romagna.