2018-2019 A.Y.
World Bachelor Business (3-y)
4.
CURRICULAR INTERNSHIPS
WBB program students may include an internship/directed internship experience (hereinafter internship) or an activity similar to an internship as an additional activity in their study plan, worth 6 credit (see ‘Administrative rules, regulations and deadlines’). Last change 19/07/2018 15:58 |
4.1.
Characteristics of curricular internships
Curricular internships must have the following characteristics regarding duration, objectives and content, location and positioning. Students who decide not to study at Bocconi University for their fourth year may complete a curricular internship only at the end of teaching of the third year and before the start of lectures for the fourth year at the chosen University. Last change 19/07/2018 15:59 |
4.2.
Finding internship and application
Bocconi University recognizes internships organized by any of the following parties:
Internships at highly qualified companies that are found through students’ own channels can also be recognized. In this case, the Internship Office will carefully monitor the internship opportunity. Students should ask the company to get in touch with the University, well in advance of 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:
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4.3.
Internship formalization
Internships must be formalized, i.e. they must be governed by a document that regulates its aims and content. This document is the Internship Agreement, and it contains the internship’s training project. Formalization requires the following steps:
Internships outside Italy are also formalized through an internship agreement, in compliance with the procedure described above.
However, such internships can also be run with an internship contract between the trainee and the company or another document demonstrating practical educational experience according with the local laws where the internship experience is held. This documentation, along with a description of the internship activities and contact information for the company tutor, must be sent well in advance 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 and not sent in accordance with the timelines described above cannot be recognized as an internship by the University.For internships completed outside Italy, trainees must verify with the company the methods for obtaining, if requested, the appropriate visa and any other required document so that the internship or work can be carried out in compliance with the law of the host country. If documentation from 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 the Internship Office (through the Help&Contact procedure) for any ad hoc documents (see paragraph 4.8. Certifications and Documents). For internships completed outside Italy trainees must fill out and sign an Indemnity on JobGate before departure, in which the student declares to be aware that the University cannot ensure security and solvency of the institution and the country in which he/she has freely decided to carry out the internship. In addition, trainees may refer to International SOS to receive assistance regarding healthcare, safety, logistics or legal issues in emergency situations. Before beginning the internship, students must view the “Bocconi Students Travel Risk Policy” (available on the yoU@B Diary) and comply with the measures for mitigating risk suggested therein. It is the student’s responsibility to take out healthcare insurance through a suitable international medical policy valid in the country where the internship will be completed for the entire duration of the stay, in particular in counties not covered by the European Health Insurance Card. For some typologies of internships, the trainee and the company tutor are invited to fill out the mid-term evaluation form, indicatively one and a half months after the start of the experience. The trainee can view the form filled out by the company tutor and can decide whether to authorize the tutor to view the completed form. Shortly before the end of the internship, the following end-of-internship documents must be filled out for the purposes of validation: 7. evaluation form filled out by the student via the yoU@B Diary with the final report (this report is ONLY for internships completed outside Italy);Students have the full responsibility of making sure that the tutor has filled out the evaluation form. All end-of- internship documents are available to be filled out starting two weeks before the end of the internship. At the end of the internship and upon request of the trainee, the company must issue an internship certification for his/her personal purposes. Last change 19/07/2018 16:00 |
4.4.
Internship recognition (advance authorization and final validation)
All internship experiences must be approved in advance in order to ensure their consistency and coherence with the educational objectives of the study program the students are enrolled in. At the end of the internship, this experience is validated in order to obtain credit points. To obtain recognition of the internship, the steps described below must be followed. Advance authorization
Note: without advance authorization, the internship is not started as a curricular internship. Final validation Once the internship has ended, the Internship Office views the evaluation form filled out by the trainee and company tutor (end-of-internship documentation). If more information is needed, the Internship Office can ask the student to schedule a meeting. Once final recognition has been obtained, the student can check the credit points recording in his/her academic career via the 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 and the 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 Regulations for University internships during the experience, the Internship Office may report students to the Disciplinary Board. Registration The internship is registered by the graduation deadline set for the completion of the study plan. 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:
In these cases, at least one week before the set deadline for the completion of the study plan or the other deadlines indicated above, the student must:
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4.5.
Postponement, Suspension, Withdrawal/Interruption
Postponement
Before the end of the internship, a postponement may be requested for a limit of 6 months of the duration of the internship. The Internship Office may grant a postponement after carefully evaluating the reasons for the request and only if the company demonstrates that more time to reach the educational objective for the complexity of the project is needed.
Suspension
In agreement with Bocconi University, a period of temporary suspension of the internship experience of a maximum of 30 days can be admitted (e.g. company closure, holiday) to be recovered at the end of the internship if this affects the minimum duration of a curricular internship.
Withdrawal/Interruption
Without serious and/or justified reasons or reasons of force majeure, there will be limitations for accessing a new internship (the new internship cannot be started before one month from the date of interruption of the previous internship).Withdrawals, with relating reasons, must be communicated by the trainee before the beginning of the internship via JobGate in the section ‘My Internships - Internship duration changes’.
Interruptions, with relating reasons, must be immediately communicated by the company on JobGate in the section ‘My Internships - Internship duration changes’. The trainee must access to the portal and confirm the interruption entered.In case of curricular internships, early interruptions that are not authorized in advance by the Internship Office can result in the internship not being recognized even if the minimum duration has been met. Early authorization is given on the basis of the evaluation of all internship characteristics, including the duration. Through the Help&Contact procedure, the student must request authorization for early interruption from the Internship Office; the Internship Office will reply to the request. Last change 05/06/2018 12:37 |
4.6.
Contributions
As the internship is not a job by Law, it is not paid. At their discretion, companies may grant a monetary contribution.
The Fondo Sostegno Giovani scholarship, the ERASMUS+ scholarship and the contribution for internships at the MAECI Institution are incompatible with each other. It is possible to cumulate the Bocconi scholarship**(SEE NOTE) with one of the other types of contributions (no other combinations of the scholarships described above are possible).There are also Bocconi scholarships for internships at public institutions in Italy without indemnity **(SEE NOTE). For more, information: www.unibocconi.eu/internshipscholarships. **IMPORTANT: This information should be regarded as superseded by the final provision approved in February 2019. Please read the updated information and details very carefully, available at Funding > Other Financial Aid Opportunities > Contributions for International Mobility and Internship Programs. Last change 20/06/2019 18:05 |
4.7.
Activities similar to internship and recognition
Though internships remain the main educational activity aimed at putting studies into practice, other activities known as "similar activities" are permitted in lieu of internships. These include: 1. 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 request recognition the following steps should be taken:
2. On the field research project. This is an activity promoted by a faculty member involving the student exclusively in a research activity to be carried out at a Research Center or a Department at the University. Assuming that this activity should be considered as a part-time activity, the minimum duration for the recognition is of 11 weeks while the maximum one is 6 months. The procedure for authorization and recognition is the same procedure used for the internships (see paragraph 4.4. Internship Recognition) except for a final report on the activity carried out with papers or report attachments to be uploaded to JobGate at the end of the experience. Last change 05/06/2018 12:40 |
4.8.
Certifications and documents
To request certifications from the University specifying participation in a program of international mobility or in an internship, you must use the cert@B procedure available on the yoU@B Diary (see chapter 10 Certifications, Self-declarations). These types of certificates are subject to duty stamp fees. The documents described in the following paragraphs are exceptions to this procedure. Last change 05/06/2018 12:41 |
4.8.1.
Declarations
These declarations are exempt from duty stamp fees. Requests for the above declarations must be sent to the Internship Office through Help&Contact on yoU@B.
Markets and External Affairs Division
Internship Office Piazza Sraffa 11 - 20136 Milano Help@Contact : available on the yoU@B Career Service Information Desk/Placement Library Piazza Sraffa 11 - 20136 Milano Ph. +39 02 5836 2711 placement.library@unibocconi.it http://www.cs.unibocconi.it/ Last change 05/06/2018 12:43 |