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It is possible, for WBB program student, to enter in their study plan the internship/directed internship experience or an activity similar to the internship as additional activity worth 6 credit points (see ‘Administrative rules, regulations and deadlines’)

Ir is possible to participate in other internship experiences (which are not worth credit points) during WBB program studies or after graduation, which do not have credit point value and to which the indications of the paragraphs ‘Duration’, ‘Positioning’, ‘Internship recognition’, ‘Activities similar to the internships and their recognition’ are not applied.

In this chapter, “curricular internship” only stands for the curricular internship with credit points.

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

Duration
Minimum 12 full-time weeks if carried out in Italy
Minimum 10 full-time week if carried out not in Italy.

As for an exception, a part-time internship can be approved provided that it lasts a minimum of 16 weeks both in Italy and abroad. 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 firm structures, public and private institutions, professional studios, international organisms, diplomatic agencies, cultural institutions and other organizations. Internships held on the premises of the participant's family property are not accepted. Internships whose activities are held remotely are not accepted.

Positioning
As the aim of the internship is to acquire personal and working experience, the University is positioning such experience after the completion of learning activities which are fundamental to gain theoretical basic knowledge.
Therefore, students participate in an internship only after completing third year lessons.
Internships are registered in students' academic careers as a fourth-year educational activity.

• Markets and External Affairs Division (see information below);
• Program Direction.

• 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).
• Cv@B – online students and graduates cv books visible to and searchable by employers.
  The Cv@B is the online tool that helps creating Curriculum and cover letters for specific cases and includes taylor made tips, costumyzed styles and layouts and Linked-in synchronization. Cvs and profiles can be updated real time and shared with employers, both during the academic path and after graduation.
  Cv@B is accessible through the yoU@B Diary.
  

• request advance authorization from the University and wait until it has been granted;
• access the course Internship...let’s go! available under Extracurricular Courses on the Bocconi e-learning website.

• the student has to graduate before the end of the internship.
• In case of request of enrollment in a Bocconi Master of Science program, for obtaining the additional point in the ranking;
• if the student applies for a scholarship.

• Fondo Sostegno Giovani scholarship
• ERASMUS+ scholarship
• ISU Bocconi scholarship for international mobility
• Contribution for internships at the MAECI institutions (Minister of Foreign Affairs)
• Contribution for internships at international organizations

• qualified work experiences, with contracts different from those of internships, such as, for example, temporary or permanent work. These are subject to the same rules (duration, positioning and channels for finding the experience) as internships. To obtain the recognition in advance, before the internship or when it starts, students must send - via the Help&Contact procedure available on the yoU@B - copy of the contract signed with the company to the Internship Office. Students must verify that the contract includes (or, as an alternative they must provide the following data in attachment) the following information: name and company typology, field of the activity, number of employees, location, name and email address of a company reference person, period of the activity, description of activity and tasks. The Internship Office will enter the information relating to the activity similar to the internship via the JoBGate and the student will have to request the advance authorization to the Internship Office, by entering ‘My internships’ area in ‘Training project’ and clicking on ‘Request internship recognition’. At the end of the minimum of the duration for the internship recognition, students must upload, on ‘My internships’ area in ‘attachments’area, a short report including information on the type of experience and a declaration by the company certifying the presence of the student at the company in the period specified on the request of recognition. After appropriate assessment the Internship Office will proceed with the final recognition in accordance with the procedure specified in paragraph 5.4. Internship recognition
  
• On the field research project: It is an activity promoted by a professor involving the student exclusively in a research activity to be carried out at a Research Center or a Department of the University. Assuming that this activity should be considered as a part-time activity, the minimum duration for the recognition is of 16 weeks while the maximum one is 6 months. The procedure of authorization and recognition is the same one as for the internships (see paragraph 5.4 Internship recognition).