Acknowledgement of an extra-university activity as a curricular internship

If you have carried out an extra-university activity consistent with your course of study, you may request its recognition in place of the curricular internship.

The activity may include:

• employment (fixed-term or permanent), project-based work, apprenticeship, etc.;

• Universal Civil Service activities;

• volunteer work with organizations authorized for volunteering (see Legislative Decree 112/2017).

You may submit a recognition request:

• if you have included the internship in your study plan;

• regardless of whether a formal agreement exists between the University and the host organization where the activity was carried out;

• at any time of the year, bearing in mind the time required to evaluate your request.

Important notes:

• The activity carried out must correspond to at least the number of hours required for the internship credits in your study plan. For example, if your plan includes a 6-credit internship, you must have completed an activity lasting at least 150 hours. Partial recognition is not permitted.

If you wish to undertake a  recognition request, you must submit the following documents to the Student Administration Office:

• The "Request for Recognition form (available as an attachment), duly completed, signed, and affixed with a revenue stamp (marca da bollo);

• The "Certificate of working acttivity form" (available as an attachment), issued by the Host Organization on official letterhead, bearing the stamp and handwritten signature of the responsible person. The certificate must include the following information:

  • The nature of the employment or volunteer relationship;

  • The tasks performed, with details regarding the level of commitment, responsibility, and the student’s degree of autonomy.

The documentation, which may be sent in advance through the Sportelli Virtuali - "Scrivici"  to check its completeness, must be submitted in original form in one of the following ways:

• by post to the address:

Università di Bologna

Segreteria Studenti di Scienze della Formazione e Lingue e Letterature Straniere

Via Marsala 49

40126 Bologna

c/o Casella Postale Aperta Unibo

Ufficio Postale Bologna Centro

• delivered by hand to the Student Administration Office at Via Mura Anteo Zamboni 2 on Thursday morning, by appointment to be arranged through the Sportelli Virtuali - "Scrivici" 

Your recognition request will be evaluated by the Degree Programme Board in coordination with the Internship Board.

You will be notified of the outcome by the Student Administration Office within 60 days from the date of submission.
If the request is approved, the internship will be automatically recorded in your academic career.

Please note:

• If you are about to graduate, you must take into account the deadline for fulfilling the requirements to access the final degree examination. Therefore, you should submit your recognition request well in advance.

• The recognition of credits may affect the assessment of merit-based requirements for eligibility for full tuition fee waivers or for the calculation of student contributions based on financial need and academic merit.

• You may not request recognition for activities that have already been previously recognized.