Internships for students

Curricular internships are mandatory for Bachelor's degree programmes and for some Master's programmes.
The internship must be carried out during academic studies and its fulfilment implies the attainment of ECTS.

The period of the internship is spent at companies or public institutions which have subscribed an agreement with the University. Please note that in order to start a traineeship, both the agreement and a training programme are required.

In order to start the internship, you need to have obtained:
- at least 80 ECTS if you are a Bachelor's student / 100 ECTS if you are an Animal Care student
- at least 20 ETCS if you are a Master's degree student and the internship is required by the regulations of your programme.

Before you start your internship, please refer to the following documents:

 

 

  General security training course on safety in the workplace

Before starting the internship or internship period, each student must carry out a general safety training course (on Moodle) and pass the relative final test. Read the instructions below:

  Starting the internship

In order to start an internship you need a training agreement, a training project and to have passed the general training course on safety in the workplace. Insurance coverage for third party liability and accidents at work (INAIL) is paid by the University.

AGREEMENT: if not yet stipulated, it is up to the host institution: see page dedicated to information for companies

TRAINING PROJECT: it must be completed by the student together with the company tutor within the reserved area of our online platform (instructions can be found in the same reserved area). At least 15 days before the start date, the training project must be sent or delivered to the Career Service office, which will subsequently send it countersigned to the host institution.

  At the end of the internship

To conclude and register the traineeship, it is necessary to complete all the following activities simultaneously, by the same deadline:

  • Send by email (to silvia.begni@unipd.it and/or stage@unipd.it) the Certificate of attendance of the Traineeship, fully completed and electronically signed by the host organization. The document must be in PDF/A format and the electronic signature must be in PAdES format.
    (N.B.: If the company does not have an electronic signature, this must be indicated in the email sending the Certificate, providing the details of the signatory, including first name, last name, email address, and mobile number, so that the signature can be collected through the appropriate system).
  • Upload the final report to Moodle, already corrected and approved by the academic tutor.
  • Register for the registration session on Uniweb (for internship in Italy, while for internship abroad it’s not required to register on Uniweb).

The final documentation must be submitted by the deadlines indicated in the Vademecum.

  Suspending or extending the internship, notifying business trips

For changes concerning requests for extension, suspension, modification of traineeship activities, or change of company tutor, please complete and sign the appropriate form and submit it accordingly.

Specific information for Animal Care students can be found here.