Internships

Carrying out a curricular internship means spending a period of time working at a company or institution and earning university credits at the end of the activity. Taking up an intenship is not mandatory (at LEGS, you may include it in your study plan among your electives), but is an opportunity for you to learn, grow, and contribute in a professional setting. 

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 both parties.

Depending on the number of credits you are willing to gain, you can select:

• Internship for 6 credits (150 hours)
• Internship for 12 credits (300 hours)
• Internship for 18 credits (450 hours)

 Please note, that you can carry out a maximum of 18 credits.

You can also add to your study plan one Internship for the preparation of the final dissertation.

The aim of such internship has to 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 sending an email to giuri.tirocini@unibo.it.

You can carry out your internship from the end of the second semester of the first year (during the Summer) onwards, up to your second year, and anyway, after having selected the relevant option in your study plan.

Internship Academic Tutor: Dott. Alberto Arcuri

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:

1. Apply for the published internship offers;
2. Check the list of partner companies and send them a spontaneous application;

If you want to carry out your internship in a company that has not yet signed an agreement, send the organization this link 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, inform the company that the office of destination to select during the registration must be your reference structure. Once the agreement is subscribed, the Internship Office will send the company 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 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.  

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.

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:

1. please make sure to complete the compulsory modules on Health and Safety (Module 1 and 2) Please note: the procedure can't start if both modules are not completed.
2. select  the button “Apply for Internship within Unibo";
3. fill in all the requested fields;
4. wait for the email confirming that your request has been validated;
5. after the Internship Board has approved the activity for you, you will receive another e-mail indicating how to activate your internship and the link to sign the program on line (PLEASE, check that the reference person at the Unibo Department/Office had signed the program as well);
6. download from SOL-Internships the attendance sheet, where you will find the period for the internship approved (which may differ from that of the original internship offer).  

Please, remember that:   

• 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. 
• you can start your internship only after all the involved partners have signed your internship programme and only after you have downloaded the attendance sheet.

You can carry out your internship outside of Italy following one of the two possibilities listed below:

• by participating in a mobility programme (ex: Erasmus+ Mobility for Traineeship, grants for preparing your dissertation abroad, etc.);
• by contacting a company/institution located abroad, and following the passages explained above.

You must fill in your attendance record book with the hours of attendance, according to the authorized period.

You must communicate any variations (ex. suspension, cancellation, etc.) of the approved programme by sending an e-mail to the Internship Office with the Academic Tutor and the Tutor at the Host Institution in copy c/c.

The University of Bologna provides accident and third-party liability insurance cover for the period specified in the attendance record book and for the activities specified in the approved internship programme.

The insurance cover does not include journeys from/to your usual or temporary place of residence to the internship location, regardless of the means of transport.

If there are any changes to the agreed program (e.g., interruption or cancellation), you must notify the Internship Office by e-mail, copying (Cc) both your Academic tutor and the Company tutor.

In the event of travels at a location not specified in the approved internship programme, in order to extend your insurance cover you must submit a prior request by email to the academic tutor – copying (CC) the Hosting tutor and your Internship Office.  In your e-mail, please include the reason for the travel, date, time, and full address of the location (street name/number, city, etc.).

Important: Before travelling, you must wait for the authorization from your academic tutor via email.

In the event of an accident you have to notify the Internship Office promptly (contacts available at this same page) and sent them the medical documentation issued by A&E.  The Office will fulfill the obligations under current legislation.

For further information, please go to Student Insurance and the FAQs.

In the following order:

1. Before leaving the internship position, make sure that your attendance sheet is duly filled in and signed.
2. Upload the attendance sheet on SOL-Internships
3. Fill in the evaluation form that you'll then be directed to (you will find the link after you will have uploaded the attendance sheet)
4. Once completed the points before, the Internship Office will validate the activity and your Internship Academic Tutor will register it. (It is not necessary to book a "registration session" on AlmaEsami).

If you need to graduate, check the deadline for meeting the requirements so that you can upload the attendance sheet on time.