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GUIDES TO THE UNIVERSITY

2015-2016 A.Y.
World Bachelor Business (3-y)



5.
CURRICULAR INTERNSHIPS

It is possible to participate in other internship experiences (which are not worth credit points) during your studies or after graduation, which do not have credit point value and and which are not recorded in the study plan.
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5.1.
Curricular Internship characteristics

Internships must satisfy the following characteristics involving duration, objectives and contents, location.
Duration
The University recognizes internship lasting a minimum of 2 months and a maximum of 6 months.
Internship lasting less time will be evaluated case by case.

The number of weeks must be understood as continuous and non-cumulative.
For variations on duration (extension, suspension, withdrawal/interruption) see paragraph 5.5 Postponement, Suspension, Withdrawal/Interruption.

Objectives and contents
The internship is an in-the-field training experience and not a labour contract whose regulations are valid in Italy and are set by the law*, national and regional law, and by the University. The main objective of internships is to educate.

They allow students to gain real professional experience while developing professional skills.

They help students get their bearings in these areas and facilitate their professional choices. Students acquire direct knowledge of the continuously evolving world of work. The contents of internships must be preferably coherent with the educational objectives of the Program. The in the field experience includes a company tutor (professional expert) supporting the students.

Location
Internships may take place - in Italy and abroad - in firms, public and private institutions, professional studios, international organisms, diplomatic agencies, cultural institutions and other organizations.
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5.2.
Finding internship

Students can retrieve the internship via one of the following channels:
  • Markets and External Affairs Division (see information below);
  • Program Direction.

The University recognize internships found via student’s own channels, at highly qualified companies. In this case the Internship Office will carefully monitor the internship opportunity. The student will invite the company to put in contact through the University, well in advance than the start of the internship, by accessing to the JobGate Portal.

Markets and External Affairs Division
Internship opportunities in Italy and abroad are promoted through:

  • JobGate: an online platform matching supply and demand, updated on a daily basis;
  • Bocconi & Jobs Italy and Abroad: a Career event which allows Bocconi students to meet with numerous companies and institutions from all sectors;
  • Investment Bank Weekends: meetings with the most important institutions in this sector.
Meetings with employers on campus and off campus: presentations of the hiring programs within companies, networking activities and individual recruiting meetings with company representatives (Drop-In).

5.3.
Internship formalization

Whatever channel is used to find an internship, the host company or organization in Italy and Bocconi sign an internship document entitled single internship agreement on the objectives and contents of the internship via the JobGate. As the promoter of the initiative, the University will prepare all the necessary legal documentation, check the quality of the training projects, and provide insurance coverage.

Once the trainee has been selected and the internship details have been agreed, the company registers on the JobGate portal, if not included in the portal already.The University will provide the company and the trainee with the needed instructions to activate the internship. Internships always start on Monday.

 

The Internship Office checks the training project and, after checking the coherence and the quality of its quality in accordance with the current laws, confirms the internship. The University can negotiate the contents and the conditions of the internship with the company and, in case of no agreement, can refuse to promote the internship.

On the first day of the internship, the company downloads the internship document from the JobGate and it is signed by the trainee together with a company legal representative or delegated party.

The original document is promptly sent by the company to the Internship Office for having it signed by the University.
The trainee must ensure that the company sends original copy of the document to the University. When it is not returned, the internship cannot be considered as valid. The internship document, completed with all signatures, is uploaded on the JobGate portal of the University for being used by the company and by the trainee.

Also internships abroad are run by internship agreement, in compliance with the procedure described above. However they can be run with an internship contract or other document demonstrating practice educational experience according with the local laws where the internship experience is held. This documentation must be sent by the trainee to the Internship Office through the Help&Contact procedure on the yoU@B Diary before the internship starts. Internships which are not provided with such documentation cannot be recognised as internship.

For all internships carried out of Italy the trainees must verify the methods for obtaining, if requested, the appropriate visa and any other needed document so that the internship or work can be carried out in compliance with the law of the hosting Country. If documentation of the University is also needed to support the visa request, the trainee can make reference to the cert@B procedure for the official certifications and to the Internship office (through the Help&Contact procedure) for any ad hoc documents.

For all internships carried out of Italy the trainees must fill out and sign, before departure, a document of Indemnity to the Internship Office. In such document the student declares to be aware that the University cannot ensure security and solvency of the institution and the country in which he freely decided to carry out the internship. The trainee finds the document of Indemnity in the JobGate, in the ‘My internships’ area in the section ‘ Attchments Area’. Once the document has been filled out and signed, the document must be uploaded in the same section.

At the middle of the internship, the trainee and the company tutor are invited to fill out the mid-term evaluation form. The trainee can view the form filled out by the company tutor and can decide if authorize the tutor to view the  form filled out.

At the end the following end-of-internship documents are required:

  • evaluation form filled out by the student via the yoU@B student Diary;
  • end of internship report by the student via the yoU@B student Diary (only for internships carried out abroad);
  • evaluation form of the company tutor filled out on the JobGate. The evaluation by the company tutor on the yoU@B Diary includes information on the skills acquired.

The company, at the end of the internship and upon request of the trainee, must issue an internship certification for his/her personal purposes.

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5.4.
Postponement, Suspension, Withdrawal/Interruption

Postponement
It is possible to request, by the end of the internship, request a postponement for a limit of 6 months of duration of the internship. The Internship Office carefully evaluates the reasons for the request.

In case of internship carried out by a student, only if the company demonstrate that more time to reach the educational objective for the complexity of the project is needed, the University will evaluate the possibility to postpone the internship. In case of internship carried out by graduates, it is not possible (no way) postpone the internship over the 6 month the internship duration in the same company.

The postponement period must be communicated in advance by the company to the Internship Office through the JobGate portal in the "Internship duration change" section and the trainee must access the portal to confirm the postponement entered by the company.

Suspension
In agreement with Università Bocconi, a period of temporary suspension of the internship experience can be admitted (e.g. company closure, holiday) ; this period should be recovered at the end of the internship.

This period cannot be more than one month and must be communicated in advance by the company to the Internship Office thorugh the JobGate in the section ‘Internship duration changes’ in case it reaches 3 subsequent working days.

Withdrawal/Interruption
The withdrawal/interruption of the internship can be requested only for serious and/or certified reasons. Without serious reasons there will be limitations for accessing to a new internship (the new internship cannot be started before a month from the date of interruption of the previous one).

The interruption, with relating reasons, must be immediately communicated by the trainee via the JobGate. The interruption, with the relating reasons, must be immediately communicated by the company to the University through the JobGate in the section ‘Internship duration changes’. The trainee must access to the portal and confirm the interruption entered by the company.
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