General information

There are different kinds of internships:

• Curricular internship
  • Target: students
  • Purpose: enriching your academic education
  • Maximum duration: 12 months
• Extracurricular internship
  • Target: graduates within 12 months of obtaining their degree
  • Purpose: facilitating your entry into the job market
  • Maximum duration: 6 months in a company, 12 months in a public institution
• Professional internship
  • Purpose and target: for those who want to practise a specific profession

To activate curricular internships, you must follow the procedure with the Department, whereas to activate extracurricular internships, you need to contact the Career Service office.

Organisation of a curricular internship

Where to carry out the internship OUTSIDE the University

• Existing agreements: you can choose from organisations that already have an agreement with the University. You can find a list of existing agreement in the attachments
• New agreements: If the organisation where you wish to carry out the internship does not have an agreement you, you can request one
  • If the company wishes to sign an agreement involving multiple Departments, contact the Career Service Office to request the forms (career.service@amm.units.it)
  • If the company wishes to sign an agreement with the Department only, they must send the following documents filled out and signed via PEC* to dia@pec.units.it:
    • Curricular internships agreement
    • Joint controllership agreement, signed separately and attached to the agreement

* Foreign companies without a PEC can send the documents to tirocinio.ingegneria@dia.units.it.

Where to carry out the internship INSIDE the University

Choose a lecturer to become your University tutor and send them an email from your institutional email address with the following text:

Object: Internal Internship (paperless process)

Dear Professor,

I am student ___1___, registration number ___2___, enrolled in the ___3___  year / beyond the standard programme duration in the Degree programme in ___4___.
I kindly ask if you could be my tutor for an internal internship in the normal / fast track mode at the ___5___ Laboratory, which you are responsible for, during the period from ___6___ to ___6___, for ___7___ CFU, on the topic ___8___.

Thank you very much.

Best regards,
___1___

Fill in the blanks with the following information:

1. Full name
2. Registration number
3. Year of enrolment
4. Degree programme
5. Type of laboratory
6. Internship period
7. Number of CFU
8. Topic or title of the selected paper

The tutor will forward your request to the Course of Study Coordinator. Once the Coordinator approves, you will need to forward the confirmation email to tirocinio.ingegneria@dia.units.it.

What to do BEFORE starting the internship

You must start the procedure at least 2 weeks before the actual start of the internship.

1. Check out the existing agreements. If you wish to carry out the internship at an organisation without an agreement, follow the instructions in "Where to carry out the internship OUTSIDE the university".
    
2. Identify a lecturer who will become your university tutor. The tutor will advise and guide you, particularly assessing the alignment of the internship's educational objectives with those of your studies. The company, on the other hand, will assign you a company tutor. These two roles must not overlap.
    
3. Fill out and submit the following documents to tirocinio.ingegneria@dia.units.it:
   • Progetto Formativo, filled out together with the university tutor and the company tutor*
   • Scheda Rischi, signed by the university tutor and the company's legal representative or health and safety delegate
      
4. Download the registro presenze, which must be filled in daily and signed by the company tutor at the end of the internship. In the column marked "Tot progr.", you must indicate the total of hours completed.

* When filling out the Progetto Formativo, remember that the minimum duration of the internship corresponds to the number of CFU in your study plan. The duration of the internship may exceed the number of CFU required but it will remain the same as indicated in the Study plan.

What to do AFTER finishing the internship

At the end of the internship:

1. Ask the company tutor to complete and sign the Questionario di valutazione studente
2. Send the Registro presenze and the Questionario di valutazione to tirocinio.ingegneria@dia.units.it
3. Contact your university tutor to put the internship in your academic record

Recognition of work activity

Work activity can be recognised as a substitute for the curricular internship.

The following are recognised as work activities:

• Work experience carried out in companies, organisations, enterprises or professional studios in Italy or abroad
• Previous internships
• Other activities comparable to work experience

The duration of the activity must not be less than the number of CFU required by the Study Plan (1 CFU = 25 hours).

Submit your request for recognition of work activity to tirocinio.ingegneria@dia.units.it.
If the work activity aligns with the educational objectives of the Course of Study, it will be recorded as an internship (without a grade).
If the activity is not deemed suitable, you will need to repeat or supplement the experience.

Contacts

tirocinio.ingegneria@dia.units.it

Refer to thie email address for information and to submit the documents.
When writing, be sure to use your institutional email address.