All internship experiences must be approved in advance so as to guarantee the quality and consistency with the educational objectives of the Program the student is enrolled in. Internships are validated when completed so that credit points can be allocated.
In order to obtain recognition of the internship, please follow the instructions below.
Advance authorization
- 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 advance authorization’.
- 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.
- The student views the request outcome on JobGate in the ‘My internships’ area.
Note: without advance authorization it will not be started as a curricular internship.
Final validation
- 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.
- 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. The internship annulment communication will be forwarded to the student, the Program Director and the host company.
In case of behavior contrary to the Honor Code or University regulations during the experience, ì the Internship Office may ì report students to the Disciplinary Board.
- The Study Planning Office (Academic Affairs) records the internship credits by the deadline for the study plan completion set for graduation. Generally, the internship needs to be completed by that date.
Uncompleted internships which have met the minimum duration of time indicated above can still be recognized in the student's academic career. The recognition is possible only if:
- the student has to 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.
