Curricular Internship

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 the parties concerned.

Who is eligible

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.

Duration

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.

How to choose the Company

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.

How to activate an internship

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.

Approval of the internship

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

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.

Withdrawal, interruption, suspension of the internship

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.

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

What to do at the end of the internship

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.

Insurance cover

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.

Job Placement

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

"My internship at the Italian Trade Agency in New York City was one of the greatest experience in my life. I had the chance to deeply understand the importance of the the agency in promoting Made in Italy and helping Italian companies internationalize in the U.S. market. I took definitely an active role in providing services and organizing events with the investment and information department while learning different approaches and working methods, thanks also to the collaboration with fashion and food&wine sectors."

Vanessa Miglioranza, SEM student