Internship

A curricular internship allows you to gain practical experience at companies or institutions to enhance your education,  make your first contact with the world of work and obtain credits (CFUs).

Intership is an elective activity at your second year. You may choose: 

• Internship 9 CFU - 225 hours' internship;
• Internship for preparation for the final examination - 12 CFU- 300 hours' internship
• Internship abroad for preparation for the final examination - 12 CFU- 300 hours' internship

If you are enrolled in the 2nd year and are up to date with your tuition fee payments, you may submit your internship request through SOL-Internship after selecting the internship in your study plan.

When submitting your request on SOL-Internship, please indicate Professor Valeria Zottii as your academic tutor.

If you choose an Intership for preparation for the final dissertation  (in Italy or abroad), the tasks performed during the intership  have to be consistent with the dissertation topic and agreed with the supervisor. You are asked to provide a declaration from the thesis supervisor that you must add to your CV when you undertake an internship request in SOL-Intership.

The first step is to prepare an effective application, consisting of a CV and a motivation letter. You may use the University's services and dedicated workshops. Please refer to the Job Placement website.

Make sure you have completed the mandatory training courses on Health and safety in the workplace (Module 1 and Module 2).

Log in to SOL-Intership where you will find:

• internship offers from companies/institutions you can apply to;
  or

• a list of partner companies/institutions which you may contact directly to check their availability to host you as an intern. If they are available, you will be able to submit a spontaneous application in SOL-Internship.

In both cases, once the company has accepted your application, log back into SOL-Internship and:

• follow the instructions that will be sent to your institutional e-mail address;

• download the attendance register from SOL-Internship, which will indicate the authorized period for carrying out your internship.

The internship must be carried out in person or in a blended format, with at least 50% of the hours completed on-site. The Internship Committee may authorize a fully remote internship, depending on an evaluation of the overall project.

Please note that:

• you may not begin the internship until the internship agreement has been signed by all parties involved and you have downloaded the attendance register;

• you are not allowed to carry out the internship at a company or institution where you have family or kinship ties (up to the second degree) with the legal representative, a shareholder, or the supervising manager.

If you have already agreed an intership with an hosting institution, please follow these steps:

• Make sure that the company/institution is already affiliated with the University. If it is not, it will need to establish an agreement. Relevant information is available on the page "Are you a company or institution?" 

• Ask the tutor from the host organization, who will supervise you during the internship, to submit a personalized internship offer (“ad personam”) through the Internships Service for companies/institutions.

• Follow the guided procedure that will be sent to your institutional e-mail address.

• Download the attendance register from SOL-Intership, which will indicate the authorized internship period.

The internship must be carried out in person or in a blended format, with at least 50% of the hours completed on-site. The Internship Committee may authorize a fully remote internship after evaluating the overall project.

Please note that:

• The internship cannot begin until the internship program has been signed by all parties involved and you have downloaded the attendance register;

• You may not carry out the internship at a company or institution where you have family or kinship ties (up to the second degree) with the legal representative, a shareholder, or the supervising manager.

To carry out your internship within a University structure, you must:

• Consult the document “List of internship opportunities at UNIBO premises” and agree on the objectives and activities with your academic tutor and the contact person of the host structure (if different from the tutor);

• Complete the mandatory training courses on health and safety in the workplace (Module 1 and Module 2).
  If you have completed the general training (Module 1) outside the University, you must request its verification by sending an email to sicurezza.formazione@unibo.it and copying arin.tirocinilingue@unibo.it. Module 2 must be completed through the University’s training system; certificates issued by other institutions are not accepted.

• Log in to SOL-Intership and select “Submit internal internship request (Unibo)”;

• Fill in the application fields by selecting the host structure from those listed in the “List of internship opportunities at UNIBO premises” document;

• Follow the instructions that will be sent to your institutional e-mail address;

• Download the attendance register from SOL-Internship, which will indicate the authorized internship period.

The internship must be carried out in person or in a blended format, with at least 50% of the hours completed on-site. The Internship Committee may authorize a fully remote internship after evaluating the overall project.

Please note that:

• The internship cannot begin until the internship program has been signed by all parties involved and you have downloaded the attendance register.

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 carried out an extra-university activity and wish to have it recognized as an internship, please refer to the information available on the  page "Recognition of extra-university activities in place of the internship".

During the internship, you must comply with the obligations outlined in the internship program you have signed and complete the attendance register.

If there are any changes to the agreed program (e.g., interruption or cancellation), you must notify the Internship Office by e-mail, copying both your academic tutor and the company supervisor.

Throughout the entire internship period, you will be covered by accident insurance and third-party liability insurance. For more information on the insurance coverage provided, please refer to the dedicated webpage.

If you need to travel to locations or facilities not included in the approved internship program, you must notify the Internship Office and your academic tutor in advance by e-mail. The academic tutor must authorize the travel. In your e-mail, please include the reason for the travel, date, time, and full address of the location (street name/number, city, etc.). Insurance coverage will be valid only after the academic tutor has granted authorization.

The internship must be recorded in AlmaEsami.

After completing the required internship hours, have the attendance register signed by the tutor from the host organization.

Then, log in to SOL-Intership and:

• enter the internship end date;

• upload the attendance register, including all required data and the signature of the host organization’s tutor;

• complete the evaluation questionnaire, which will be visible to the Internship Office and your academic tutor, but not to the host organization. The host organization will receive a separate evaluation questionnaire, which will be visible only to the academic tutor and the Internship Office.

Once the documentation has been uploaded and the questionnaire completed, the Internship Office will verify the attendance register, and the academic tutor will assess the internship and record it in AlmaEsami. There is no need to contact the academic tutor directly.

Please note: If you are about to graduate, the internship must be recorded by the deadline for meeting the “Graduation eligibility requirements.” Therefore, you must upload all required documents to SOL-Tirocini at least 10 working days before that deadline.