The internship activity is an experience intended to complete your academic education with practical work at companies, public offices or structures within the University of Bologna.
Internship for the preparation of the final examination (elective). It allows students to complete a scientific project at a research laboratory or at a Company/Organisation and to gain 24 University educational credits (CFU).
To obtain 1 CFU you must complete a minimum of 25 hours / a maximum of 30 hours of activity, therefore, the 24 CFU internship is equivalent to minimum 600/maximum 720 hours.
You can present the internship application if:
You are enrolled at least as a second year student;
You have obtained 55 CFU;
You have selected the correspondent activity in the study plan (please read the information on how to modify the study plan) and agreed with your thesis supervisor on the contents.
You got in touch with a Company/Institution which is disposed to welcome you as an intern
Please follow the passages below to activate an internship:
The internship cannot be carried out in Host Organizations whose legal representative, director or business associate has family ties with the student applicant.
You are searching for an internship opportunity
Companies and Institutions that concluded an agreement with the University publish their offers on SOL-Internships. You have the possibility to:
- apply to an existing offer;
or
- consult the database of partnered Companies/Institutions in order to send a self-application.
If you need any help to prepare an effective CV, you can contact the Job Placement Service.
In both cases:
The internship cannot be carried out in host organisations whose legal representative, director or business associate has family ties with the student applicant.
You want to carry out your internship at the University of Bologna
In accordance with your Academic Tutor, you must contact the Tutor of the chosen University structure/lab, then send a self-application through SOL-Internships:
The internship cannot be carried out in host organisations whose legal representative, director or business associate has family ties with the student applicant.
You want to do the internship abroad
You can carry out your internship abroad following one of the two paths listed below:
What to do during the internship
You must fill in your attendance record book with the hours of attendance, according to the authorized period. You must communicate any variations (ex. suspension, cancellation, etc.) from the approved programme by sending an e-mail to the Internship Office with the Academic Tutor and Tutor at the Host Organization in copy c/c.
Should you need to travel to locations not included in the approved programme, you can ask for the extension of the insurance by contacting the Academic Tutor by mail (with the Internship Office and Tutor at the Host Organization in copy c/c) and wait for the authorization.
During the whole internship period, you are insured against on-work injuries and third-party liability. For further information please consult the Insurance Policy webpage.
What to do at the end of internship
After completing the working hours of the internship, please upload to SOL-Tirocini:
Fill out the mandatory questionnaire.
Afterwards, you must wait for the Internship Board to register the internship activity to Almaesami. This procedure does not require the presence of the student and is conducted as any other teaching activity and observing the deadline for the graduation application.
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