Curricular Internship

Students are eligible for internships, which must be carried out as part of their degree programme. For this Course Internship is an optional learning activity. The optional internship must necessarily be added to the curriculum in the periods proposed for the selection of elective courses.

Students can present the request for curricular internship in the period established by their study plan.

Unless otherwise established by national or European regulations, internships normally have a duration of 25 hours for every CFU assigned (see below). In any case, internships must be completed within 6 months from their start date.

If the internship is an optional activity, once you have included it in your study plan, you can carry it out starting from the year in which it is contemplated.

Any extension needs to be formally authorized by the Internship Office, and anyway cannot exceed by +20% the internship length initially agreed.

Internships may be carried out in University structures or externally, either in Italy or abroad.

You can choose where to carry out the internship by browsing the list of structures that hold agreements with the University and/or internship offers already published on the University database Tirocini online.

If none of the offers meet your interest, you can present a spontaneous application and, if approved, ask the Structure to publish an offer addressed to you (known as “ad personam” offer), via the University database Tirocini online. If the Host Structure does not already have an agreement with the University of Bologna, you must ask the structure to register on the database, sign the Agreement and then the internship administrative procedure can start.

Students can request an internship via the Tirocini online application.
Once you have identified the structure in which you wish to carry out the internship, you need to agree with your University Tutor and with the Host Contact Person, your learning objectives and activities, the time lines to achieve them and all the other details required to complete the internship programme.

Once all internship details have been defined, the application must be submitted and accepted by the Company, at least 10 working days before the beginning of the internship, in order to check and approve the required documents (in August you should consider 20 working days in advance).

The internship programme must be filled in by the Host Structure, then you will receive an e-mail where you are asked to accept or deny or change the internship programme. Only after this step the internship request is complete.

NB: Before starting the internship, you have to complete the Health and Safety Training Courses (Module 1 and Module 2). 

If you have already a safety certification - Module 1 - obtained outside of the University, you must upload the certificate of general training obtained from other organisations or companies to the “Safety Course Exemption” section on Studenti Online (SOL). The safety certification - Module 2 - must necessarily be obtained by the University of Bologna. 

https://corsi.unibo.it/2cycle/ServiceManagement/health-and-safety-mandatory-training

PLEASE NOTE:

• the authorized internship period is the one indicated in the attendance sheet (which may be different from the one in the offer or in the autonomous application) and that it is not possible to start the internship activity without having correctly completed the entire procedure, under penalty of non-validation of the hours, it is also not possible to continue the internship beyond the end date indicated on the attendance sheet. In case of extensions, it is necessary to contact the internship office. The number of hours indicated on the attendance register must be respected.
• Internships, as well as all other academic activities, must be carried out in presence, the academic tutor only, once checked the internship program can authorize students to work remotely.
• students cannot carry out internships within a host organisation whose legal representative, director or business associate has family ties within the 2nd grade with the student applicant.

Applications will be submitted to the competent Internship Committee (Professor Antonio Giuliani), which must authorise their activation. Students must download their attendance register before commencing their Internship.
The Internship can be carried out in the period in between the start and end dates shown on the attendance register.

During the internship, you must keep in contact with your University Tutor, to whom you can refer to for any support or advice you may need on how to carry out your activities, and you must record your daily activities in the attendance register. 
The Internship hours must be recorded during the period between the start and end dates shown on the attendance register.  
Before leaving the Host Structure, make sure that the attendance register is countersigned by the Host Contact Person.

• If, for any reason, you wish to interrupt or extend your internship, or if you have concluded/accomplished your tasks and hours earlier than planned, you must inform the Internship Office, with the Internship Academic Tutor and your reference person in the host organisation in carbon copy (cc).
• Should you need to travel to locations not included in the approved programme, you can ask for an insurance extension to the Internship Academic Tutor. Please email him or her, with the Internship Office and reference person at the host organisation in carbon copy, then wait for your request to be approved.
• During the whole internship period, you are insured against accidents at work and third party liability claims. For further information, please consult the 

https://www.unibo.it/en/study/life-at-university-and-in-the-city/health-and-assistance/insurance

The University of Bologna guarantees insurance cover for interns against accidents at work and third-party liability claims. In the event of tansfers to work destinations not indicated in the internship programme, you may request an extension of the insurance cover - even during the internship - on condition that the travel concerned is consistent with the objectives of the internship.

Online courses on health and safety are compulsory for all students.

The University provides accident and third-party liability insurance coverage for all students undertaking a curricular internship, for the period and at the location(s) specified in the internship programme approved by the Internship Committee through the SOL-Tirocini platform.

Insurance coverage does not extend to travel between the trainee’s permanent or temporary residence and the internship location, regardless of the means of transport used.

If the trainee is required to travel to a location and/or site not included in the approved internship programme, insurance coverage may be extended provided that the trainee submits a prior request by email to the academic supervisor, copying (Cc) the host organization supervisor and the Internship Office. The subject line of the email should read:

“Request for authorization of business travel – FIRST NAME SURNAME, internship at COMPANY/ORGANIZATION”

The body of the email should include:

First name, surname, and student ID number

Name and location of the travel destination

Date and time of travel, if known

Activities to be carried out

Reason for the travel (e.g. site visit, inspection, etc.)

The trainee must wait for authorization from the academic supervisor via email before undertaking the travel.

In the event of an accident, both the Host Organization and the trainee are required to promptly notify the University so that it can carry out the procedures required under the applicable regulations.

For further information, please consult the Insurance Service webpage: https://www.unibo.it/en/study/life-at-university-and-in-the-city/health-and-assistance/insurance

If you intend to withdraw from or interrupt your internship for reasons that do not allow further continuation, you must notify the Internship office, stating your reasons.

If for some reasons (exams, holidays, illness) you have to leave shortly the internship, you have to explain the reason why and  communicate your absence to both the Host Structure tutor and the Internship Committee, through written notice e-mail) to the Internship office. You are required to make up the days of absence.

After completing the internship, for it to be validated by the Internship Committee, you must:

• Fill in, on line, the date of the  end of internship;
• Upload the Attendance register duly completed, stamped and signed in all its parts;
• Upload your final report on plain paper, for each period of internship (see draft of the Final Report of the Student).
• Make the Host Structure fill in the assessment questionnaire

Final reports hand written or incomplete will not be accepted.

The Internship Office will submit to the Internship Committee the final documentation received in the first meeting. Students who have special needs for the timing of the validation of the internship (about to graduate, scholarships, etc.) must, first of all, organize their own training  taking into account these limits, and, then, inquire early with the internship tutor on credits registration.

Before applying for an internship abroad, please consult the “Viaggiare Sicuri” website of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation to check the safety conditions and entry requirements of your chosen destination country.

The University provides insurance coverage for trainees only in the event of accidents and for third-party liability; health insurance is not included. If you are going to a country that is not covered by the European Health Insurance Card (EHIC), before your departure you should verify directly with the Host Organization whether it is also necessary to take out private health insurance for the entire duration of your stay.

You can undertake an internship abroad through one of the following options:

By participating in a mobility programme (e.g. Erasmus+ or calls for applications for thesis research abroad).

By identifying a company or organization abroad, following the same procedures and requirements applicable to internships in Italy.

For details about job placement service please contact urp.rimini@unibo.it or visit https://jobplacement.unibo.it/