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.
One Internship to acquire 10 credits for 250 hours is an optional learning activity for “Data Science” and “Population and Health Statistics” whereas it is mandatory for the "Official Statistics" curriculum
You can carry out the Internship in a 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 as business and financial consultant and Analyst.
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 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.
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) .
Internship Academic Tutor: Prof. Gabriele Soffritti
RAship Coordinator: Prof. Laura Anderlucci, who will help you to find a project and a supervisor.
The University of Bologna has an internship database, called SOL-Internships. Companies and institutions that have an agreement with the University of Bologna may publish their internship offers there. You may, alternatively:
N.B. Students cannot carry out internships within a host organisation whose legal representative, director or business associate has family ties with the student applicant.
From 2022/2023 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.
In cases 1) and 2)
NB: You have to complete the Health and Safety Training Courses (Module 1 and Module 2) before starting your internship. The certificates check is the responsability of the hosting company.
Please follow the passages below to activate an internship:
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:
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, as in the attachment box.
In the following order:
Email:
ems.bo.serviziotirocini@unibo.it
The Internship Office guarantees operation only remotely. The phone desk operates Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 10 am to 12 am. If you wish to contact the office via Microsoft Teams, schedule an appointment via email for a call / video call
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Internship for the final dissertation – request form
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