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GUIDES TO THE UNIVERSITY

2019-2020 A.Y.
Master of Science Programs (2-y)



5.4.
Internship recognition (advance authorization and final validation)

All internship experiences must be approved in advance in order to ensure their consistency and coherence with the educational objectives of the Master of Science the student is enrolled in. At the end of the internship, these experiences are validated so that credit points can be allocated.

In order to obtain recognition of the internship the steps described below must be followed.

Advance authorization

  1. Before the beginning of the experience and after viewing the internship on JobGate and confirming it, the student must request advance authorization, by accessing the area ‘My internships’ and clicking on ‘Request internship recognition.’
  2. The request is automatically made viewable to the Program Director or his/her delegate who can give his/her approval, reject it or, for more information, ask the student to schedule a meeting.
  3. The student views the request outcome in the ‘My internships’ area on JobGate.


Notice: without advance authorization, the internship will not be started as a curricular internship.

For the MSc in Management, the following internships cannot be recognized as curricular internships: at Italian chambers of commerce abroad, professional firms and, as a general rule, Italian embassies and consulates abroad and other Italian diplomatic representative institutions abroad.

If the internship is completed before finalization of enrollment in an MSc program and after the undergraduate degree, students may request authorization to have the experience recognized as a Master of Science curricular internship. The request must be made via Help&Contact to the Internship Office (the Internship Office will contact the Program Director) by the end of the teaching period (end of second semester lectures) of the first year of studies.

Students cannot request authorization before the end of the internship and before the beginning of the first year in any way (even if he/she initially enrolled in the MSc program as of the internship starting date).

If students complete further internships in the years following the first year with potential curricular value, the internship already recorded in the study plan will remain valid.

Final validation

  1. Once the internship has ended, the Program Director views the evaluation forms filled out by the trainee and company tutor (end-of-internship documentation). The evaluation forms will be analyzed carefully. If more information is needed, a meeting with the student may be scheduled.
  2. Once final recognition has been obtained from the Director, the student can check the credit points recording in his/her academic career via Punto Blu.


The University will carry out checks during the student’s internship in order to verify that the internship is actually taking place. In case the student is repeatedly missing, the internship will be annulled. Immediate communication on the internship annulment will be forwarded to the student, the Program Director and the host company.
In case of behavior contrary to the Honor Code or Regulations for University Internships during the internship, students can be reported to the Disciplinary Board by the Internship Office.

  1. The Study Planning Office (Academic Affairs) records the internship credits in the student's academic career by the deadline set for the study plan completion for the graduation session.

Generally, the internship needs to be completed by that date. Uncompleted internships which have met the minimum duration of time can still be recognized in the student's academic career, only if:

  • the student must graduate before the end of the internship
  • the student applies for a scholarship.


In these cases, at least one week before the deadline set for the completion of the study plan or the other deadlines indicated above, the student must:

  • complete the end-of-internship documents within the time needed to record the internship in the student’s academic career;
  • make an explicit request for recognition for early ending of the internship via the Help&Contact procedure.

 

Last change 03/07/2019 15:43