GUIDES TO THE UNIVERSITY

The Combined Bachelor and Master of Science in Giurisprudenza [Law] (CLMG) allows students to include an educational internship experience apprenticeship/training (from now internship) or similar activity in their study plans. An internship is worth 6 credit points, and as an alternative students can include  an elective course or a second foreign language course. It is possible to participate in other internship experiences during your studies or after graduation, which do not have curricular value and for which the information in the following paragraphs and sections does not apply: Duration, Positioning, Recognition, Other activities recognized in lieu of internships.

Internships must satisfy the following characteristics involving duration, objectives and contents, location and positioning.

Duration
Minimum 12 weeks, if in Italy;
Minimum 10 weeks, if abroad.

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* and by the University. The main objective of internships is to educate. They allow students to gain real work world and 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 aligned with the educational objectives of the Program.  

The in the field experience include a company tutor (professional expert) supporting the students.

*24 June 1997 no. 196 art. 18 and the decree of 25 March 1998, no. 142 and Interdepartmental Decree of 22 March 2006 Official Journal no. 159 of 11 July 2006

Location
Internships may be taken - In Italy and abroad - in professional studies, firms, public and private institutions, professional studios, international organisms, diplomatic agencies, cultural institutions and other organizations.  

Positioning
Students may participate in internships during their fifth year of studies.
Students may participate in an internship only after completing fourth-year lessons.
Internships are registered in students' academic careers as a fifth-year educational activity.

Università Bocconi recognizes internships organized by any of the following channels:

• Degree Program Direction
• Markets and External Affair Division

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

• JobGate: a platform which is updated daily with internship and work opportunities reserved to Bocconi students;
• Internship Programs in companies, Chamber of Commerce, foreign Consulates in Milan, International Institutions, non-government organizations, Italian Permanent Representatives abroad;
• Arts and Culture Internationl Program: a program offering internship opportunities at cultural institutions;
• Company presentations in the University: companies present themselves and describe their programs for hiring potential candidates; the calendar for presentations is fixed every six months.

Whatever channel is used to find an internship, the host company or organization in Italy and Bocconi sign an internship agreement via the JobGate portal through a training and orientation project on the objectives and contents of the internship. 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.

Students must always contact the Internship Office well in advance and in any case before starting the internship in order to formalize the internship through the above documentation.

Before starting a curricular internship, the student must access the course Stage...si parte! available on Bocconi e-learning platform within Extracurricular courses and pass the final test.
Also internships abroad are run by internship agreement and a relating training project. However internships without such documentation 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. Internships which are not provided with such documentation cannot be recognised as internship.

At the end of the internship the following documentation is required:

• Evaluation form filled out by the student via the yoU@B student Diary;
• End-of-internship report by the students via the yoU@B student Diary (only for internships carried out abroad);
• Evaluation form of the company tutor sent by the Internship Office via email and returned, once filled out, via email;
• Certification of internship completion given by the company tutor.
  
  

All internship experiences must be previously approved so as to guarantee the quality and consistency with educational objectives. Internships are validated when completed, so that students may receive academic recognition for the experience.

Registration: the internship is registered by the deadline for the completion of the exams provided for in the program structure set for the graduation. Generally, the internship must have been finished by that date.
Any uncompleted internships which have satisfied the minimum duration of time indicated above will still be recognized and can be registered in the student's academic career. The recognition can be possible only if the student has to graduate before the end of the internship. In this case, the end-of-internship documents must be completed within the time needed to record the internship in the student's academic career , as the set deadline for the completion of the study plan approaches (around a week before the deadline).

Withdrawal and Interruption

The withdrawal/interruption of an internship, that must be communicated urgently to the Internship Office, is possible 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 internship).

For curricular internships, in case of the early interruption, even if the reuirement of the minimum duration has been met, the internship may not be recognized. The early authorization is given on the basis of assessment of all internship characteristics, including the duration.

As the internship is not a labour by Law, it is not paid. At their discretion companies can grant a monetary contribution that would go towards a student’s studies. Scholarships to carry out internships are also provided.
a) ISU/Università Bocconi
For students taking part in internships offered by public authorities in Italy, or through international organizations, institutions, authorities and companies abroad for which no compensation is provided, contributions are available from Università Bocconi: for allocation criteria and application forms see the ISU download Area.

b) Schorships of the Erasmus LLP/Erasmus
Student placement program are available only for internships in companies and research, training centers, Italian Chambers of Commerce abroad and some International Organization located in one of the countries participating in the Program. Internships must last at least 3 months and must be curricular. For further information: http://www.cs.unibocconi.eu/. The ISU and LLP Erasmus scholarships are not cumulative.

• specialized work experiences which have contracts that are different from those of internships. For example, temporary and permanent work positions, apprenticeships, traineeships, and limited-time work ("lavoro a progetto") positions. The rules already set for internships regarding duration, positioning and channels for finding such opportunities are applied to these experiences.
  The experience must be authorized in advance to make the quality and consistency uniform with the educational path. Once the experience is finished it is validated to obtain academic recognition;
• in-the-field projects (clinics and Moot) administered by Program Direction. The clinics are promoted by a Professor and approved by the Program Director following specific agreements with a company, an institution or professional office. An example of a field project is provided by the Moot, which is an international competition on the "arbitration" topic.     

Markets and External Affair Division
Internship Office
Piazza Sraffa, 11 - 20136 Milan
Tel Tel +39 02 5836 2712
infostage@unibocconi.it

Placement Library/Career Service Information Desk
Piazza Sraffa 11 - 20136
Ph. +39 02 5836 2711
placement.library@unibocconi.it