Internships

What is a curricular internship

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.

Types of internships included in your Degree Programme

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

• Internship (Id 82282) for 6 credits (150 hours)
• Internship (Id 60749) for 12 credits (300 hours)
• Internship (Id 9748118) 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.

When you can apply

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: Prof. Daniele Senzani

Your Internship Opportunities

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:

1. Apply for existing offers on the database;
2. Refer on the database to the list of partner companies and send them a letter of inquiry/speculative application;
3. Set up a new internship agreement between Unibo and a company that is not our partner yet.

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.

Internships 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)

1. you will need to send your CV to the company of interest (if you need support to prepare an effective CV, you may contact the Job Placement Service)
2. Once you have been selected, you will receive an e-mail with the instructions on how to accept the internship offer and complete your application;
3. After the Internship Board has approved the activity for you, you will receive another e-mail indicating how to activate your internship;
4. Lastly, 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). 
   
5. 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.

You are in touch with a company/institution willing to host you as an intern

Please follow the passages below to activate an internship:

1. check on  SOL-Internships whether the relevant company/institution is already in the list of partners of the University of Bologna. If it is not, you can send the company the instructions on how to set up an agreement. Then please email the Internship Office with the name of the company and an indication of a reference person; 
2. ask the reference person in the host organization to post an internship offer targeted to you in the Internships and Agreements Service;

1. you will receive an e-mail with the instructions on how to accept the internship offer and complete your application;
2. after the Internship Board has approved the activity for you, you will receive another e-mail indicating how to activate your internship;
3. 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).  

You would like to carry out your internship within an office or lab of the University of Bologna

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);
2. On SOL - Internship 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;
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).  

You woud like to carry out an internship abroad

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 would like an external working activity to be recognized as a curricular internship

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.

What to do during the internship

• Fill in your attendance sheet, in compliance with the period approved for your internship.
• If, for any reason, you wish to interrupt or extend your internship, or if you have concluded/accomplished your tasks and hours earlier than planned, you must inform the Internship Office, with the Internship Academic Tutor and your reference person in the host organisation in carbon copy (cc).
• Should you need to travel to locations not included in the approved programme, you can ask for an insurance extension to the Internship Academic Tutor. Please email him or her, with the Internship Office and reference person at the host organisation in carbon copy, then wait for your request to be approved.
• During the whole internship period, you are insured against accidents at work and third party liability claims. For further information, please consult the Insurance Policy webpage.

What to do at the end of the internship

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).