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.