Internship

Carrying out a curricular internship means spending a period of time working at a company or institution and earning university credits at the end of the activity. Taking up an internship is not mandatory (at LSC you may include it in your study plan among your electives).

Internships are carried out on the basis of an agreement between the University of Bologna and the host structure (company, public body, professional firm etc.) and an internship programme signed by both parties.

In second-year study plan, LSC students are allowed to take

• 9 CFU internship 81789 – INTERNSHIP (LM)as an Elective Discipline - 225 hours.

You can also add to your study plan one of the following internships related to the preparation of your final dissertation:

1_in Italy, 84549 - INTERNSHIP FOR PREPARATION FOR THE FINAL EXAMINATON - 12 CFU for 300 hours' internship.

2_abroad, 84551 - INTERNSHIP ABROAD FOR PREPARATION FOR THE FINAL EXAMINATON - 12 CFU for 300 hours' internship.

The tasks performed within such internship have to be consistent with the dissertation topic and agreed with the supervisor.

Please note: if you select "Internship for the preparation for the final examination", you are asked to provide a declaration from the thesis supervisor.  This declaration must be added to your CV when you undertake an internship request in SOL-Intership.

Prof.ssa Valeria Zotti has been appointed as a representative and academic tutor for this Course of Study.

You can choose between an internship or three 3-CFU SEMINARS (in order to acquire the credits corresponding to the internship: info on Course Structure Diagram.)

The internship can be carried out once you are enrolled in your second year and only after having chosen the 9-CFU internship 81789 – INTERNSHIP (LM) as an Elective Discipline.

Check if the place you are interested can give you the opportunity to carry out tasks that are congruent with the didactic profile of the Degree Program: consult the PROSPECTS web page (Prospects — Language, Society and Communication - Laurea Magistrale - Bologna (unibo.it)  

First, prepare an effective CV and a cover letter. You can follow University guidance services about how to write effective CVs and targeted cover letters as well as job interview simulations in Job Placement.

Please, note that:

- Internships cannot be carried out at a Hosting institution where the legal representative, the cooperation partner or the responsible manager in charge has family ties or affinity within the 2nd degree with the interested student.

- Compulsory online courses on health and safety must be completed (modules 1 and 2) before the internship. If you have already obtained a previous certification, please send it to spp.formazione@unibo.it, to confirm its validity.

Hosting institutions having already signed an internship agreement with the University of Bologna publish their internship vacancies on the Online Internship Database. You can check on the internet platform SOL-Tirocini - Internships: 

• the available internship offers, and apply for them.  

or 

• the list of all hosting institutions having already signed an internship agreement with the University of Bologna. You can contact those you are interested in and verify their availability to host you as an intern. In case they are available to host you, send your application.

In both cases, once the hosting institution has accepted your application, connect to SOL-Tirocini - Internships: 

1. follow the guidelines you will receive at your Unibo email;
2. download the attendance register from SOL-Tirocini- Internships where you will find the allowed period of your internship.

Please, remember that:  

you can start your internship only after all the involved partners have signed your internship programme and only after you have downloaded the attendance register.

1. Check if your hosting institution has already signed an internship agreement with the University of Bologna. If not, the hosting institution must first start the procedure to sign an internship agreemet with the University of Bologna by registering at Internships and agreements service;
2. Ask the Tutor in your hosting institution, who will support you during the internship, to publish an Internship Offer dedicated specifically to you (“ad personam”) on Internships and agreements service;
3. Follow the guidelines you will receive at your Unibo email;
4. Download the attendance register from SOL-Tirocini- Internships where here you will find the allowed period of your internship.

Please, remember that:  

you can start your internship only after all the involved partners have signed your internship programme and only after you have downloaded the attendance register.

In order to apply, please select the internal hosting structure from the list of the available University structures (see file “internal internship”) and obtain the approval of the related contact person.

On SOL-Tirocini - Internships:

1. Insert “Alma Mater Studiorum” as hosting institution;
2. Complete the information by selecting the specific University structure you are interested in;
3. Follow the guidelines you will receive at your Unibo email;
4. Download the attendance register from SOL-Tirocini- Internships where here you will find the allowed period of your internship.

You can carry out an internship abroad by: 

• applying for an exchange programme (for example, Erasmus+ Mobility for Traineeships) 

or

• selecting a hosting institution abroad, following the same procedures as for Italian hosting institutions.

If you have already carried out extra-university activities (for example working activities) and you wish to get recognized them as an internship, please read the information about “recognition of extra-university activities” available at the area “Studying” of your degree programme website.

Fill in the attendance register in the period allowed by the hosting institution. In case of changes (for example: interruption or cancellation of the agreed internship programme), you must inform your internship office by mail and in cc your academic tutor and your tutor at the hosting institution.

Possible business trips must be previously communicated by the tutor of the hosting institution to the internship office and to the academic tutor who must allow them.

During the internship, the University of Bologna guarantees insurance cover against accidents at work and third-party liability claims. Please, for more info visit this link “Insurance for students”.

The internship, like any other course in your study plan, must be recorded on AlmaEsami.

 After completing the required internship hours, you have to log in to SOL-Internships, in order to:

1. enter the date of your last day of internship
2. upload your attendance record book, completed with required data and signature of the tutor of the Host organization
3. upload the required documentation (final report, evaluation of the tutor of the Host organisation, etc.) [decline depending on the individual CdS]
4. fill out the internship questionnaire. Your answers, which we ask you to provide carefully, will help us monitor the progress of the internships and, if necessary, will allow us to intervene to improve them. Thank you.

 Please note: if you are about to graduate, the registration of the internship must take place within the deadline for "meeting the admission requirements" link, therefore you must upload the required documents to SOL-Tirocini at least 10 working days before the abovementioned deadline.

 After uploading the documentation and completing the questionnaire:

• the internship office checks the attendance register;
• the academic tutor evaluates the final report and/or any other documentation and/or the internship [decline according to the individual CdS]

• in the end, the Internship Board/academic tutor registers the internship on AlmaEsami [decline according to the rules governing the CdS]