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.
The final semester of the GIOCA Master Program consists of a curricular internship activity based on a deep-contact experience within an artistic or cultural organization in public or private administration. It provides an opportunity for all students to enhance their academic knowledge with field experience, related to their career interest, in a variety of settings, coherently with the objectives of the GIOCA Master Program.
The Degree Programme includes one mandatory Internship starting from March (at the secon year) to be chosen between:
The aim of such mandatory internship has to be consistent with the dissertation topic and agreed with the supervisor, the internship activity should be based on a deep-contact experience within an artistic or cultural organization in public or private administration.
Students are required to dedicate 3-6 months (350 working hours) to the internship and upon its completion they are assigned 14 credits (ECTS) on the study plan.
It can be either part time or full time according to the hosting organization.
You can also add to your study plan an additional elective internship:
Important: You can carry out the your mandatory Internship and the internship to be chosen among the electives in two different organizations or in the same one, you will need to set up two procedures in both cases.
You can set up your mandatory Internship starting from March of the second year, after the end of the classes and after selecting it in your study plan (please read the information on how to modify the study plan).
You can set up your elective Internship during the fist year from June to September or from March of the second year, after the end of the classes and after selecting it in your study plan (please read the information on how to modify the study plan).
Internship Academic Tutor: Prof. Paolo Ferri
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 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.
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.
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.
At the end of the internship, you have to upload on SOL-Internships all the pages of the attendance sheet, which has to be filled in and signed.
Then, you will be directed to the online final evaluation form. Once the attendance sheet and the online final evaluation form is completed, the Internship office will validate the activity and your Academic Tutor (Prof. Paolo Ferri) will be able to register your internship.
!! It is necessary to book a "registration session" on AlmaEsami for the registration of the internship --> Registration dates are available under Prof. Paolo Ferri exams' dates on Almaesami!!
*** PLEASE, upload the attendance sheet and wait for its validation before booking the registration session on ALMA ESAMI.***
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.
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