The curricular internship is a training experience, included in the study plan of the degree programme, aimed at completing academic education through practical experiences.
The internship activity is an experience planned to complete your academic education with practical work at companies, public offices or labs within the University of Bologna.
An internship to acquire 10 credits for 250 hours is an optional learning activity for “Data Science” and “Population and Health Analytics” whereas it is mandatory for the "Official Statistics" curriculum.
You can carry out the Internship in private companies, public institutions, professional firms etc, either in Italy or abroad. This opportunity is strongly suggested to those students who want to enter the job market having already gained practical experience during their studies.
You can also set up a RAship - within Unibo, acting as a Research Assistant of a faculty member of CLAMSS (or of another member of the Department of Statistics of the University of Bologna). This opportunity is strongly suggested to students considering the possibility to apply for a PhD.
Please note: in order to set up a Raship, before following the specific on line procedure outlined afterwards in this page, you need to send to prof. Gabriele Soffritti a brief description of the research projetc agreed with the internship tutor at the Department and wait for his approval.
You can set up your internship from the end of the second semester of the first year (during the Summer) and/or during the second year, after selecting it in your study plan (please read the information on how to modify the study plan).
A compulsory internship of a minimum 8 weeks has to be carried out in a National Statistical Institute (NSI), National Central Bank (NCB), Other National Authority (ONA), an International Organisation (IO) or any other partner organisation producing or dealing with statistics and data, as long as the internship focuses on work that is relevant to official statistics. As a rule, such internships are to be carried out physically at the working premises. However, remote internships can be accommodated when it is not possible to organise them otherwise.
You can set up your internship from the end of the second semester of the first year (during the Summer) and/or during the second year. Since this type of internship is compulsory, it is already reported in your study plan.
You can also add to your study plan one of the following internships:
Carrying out an internship for the preparation of the final examination, in Italy or abroad, allows you to gain 12 of the 24 (or of the 30 credits, for the Official Statistics curriculum) credits associated with your dissertation. The aim of such internship must be consistent with the dissertation topic and agreed with the supervisor.
In this case, once agreed the topic of your dissertation with your supervisor, you can ask the Internship office to add the internship to you career (you can send your request anytime, despite the 2 periods scheduled to change your study plan) sending to the internship office the form you find attached.
Internship Academic Tutor: Prof. Gabriele Soffritti.
RAship Coordinator: Prof. Laura Anderlucci, who will help you to find a project and a supervisor.
Coordinator for internships for Official Statistics: Prof. Elisabetta Carfagna.
First, prepare an effective CV and a cover letter. If you need help, you can refer to the Job Placement services: Preparing for the world of work — Job Placement English Version
To set up your curricular internship, you have to log into SOL-Internships where you can:
If you want to carry out your internship in a company that has not yet signed an agreement, send the organization the instructions (the office of destination to select must be your reference structure) to register on our internship platform and provide the internship office with the name of the company/organization and the name of the person you are in contact with. Once the agreement is subscribed, the Internship Office will send the information to publish the offer for you.
After the company has accepted your application (for an offer or a spontaneous application), you receive an email with the instructions to complete the activation procedure that will follow these steps: validation by the internship office, approval by the internship commission/academic tutor, signature of the program and printing of the attendance sheet.
Please consider that, from the moment your application is accepted by the host organization, it will take approximately 5/6 working days for the Internship Office to complete the activation procedure.
NB: Only once the program is signed by you and the company, you are allowed to download the attendance register from SOL - Internships in which you will find the definitive period of authorized performance and start the internship.
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 verify its validity by writing to: sicurezza.formazione@unibo.it. Once obtained the confirmation of its validity, please send the confirmation mail and your safety certification to the Internship Office. The safety certification - Module 2 - must necessarily be obtained by the University of Bologna.
PLEASE NOTE:
In agreement with your Internship Academic Tutor and with the reference person of the chosen University structure or lab, then send an application via SOL-Internships:
Please, remember that:
You can carry out your internship outside of Italy following one of the two possibilities listed below:
If you have completed an external activity (a non-curricular internship, a placement, etc.) that you think is relevant to your study field, you can ask for its recognition as a curricular internship. Check the information on how to submit your request in the related page.
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How can we help you: Activate and manage a curricular internship or one for the preparation for the final dissertation, in Italy and abroad, outside of international mobility programmes.
E-mail ems.bo.serviziotirocini@unibo.it
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Other information Schedule via email an online appointment.
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Internship for the final dissertation – request form
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