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What is

Internship, or internship, is a period of orientation and training, carried out in a public or private work setting to facilitate your entry into the world of work.

The curricular internship

The curricular internship consists of a period of training carried out in a company, entity or institution, which allows you to complete and complement your university coursework:

  • has an educational purpose, in that it allows you to deepen, verify and extend the learning received during your course of study
  • has an orientation purpose, in that it allows you to enter the world of work, to know internally the business reality and organizational/work dynamics and to assume greater awareness in your professional choices
  • does not take the form of an employment relationship
  • must be included in the curriculum

The internship is optional, read the study plan and check the CFUs to be acquired and the corresponding hours.

What is

Internship, or internship, is a period of orientation and training, carried out in a public or private work setting to facilitate your entry into the world of work.

The curricular internship

The curricular internship consists of a period of training - of a maximum duration of 12 months, for each course of study cycle - carried out in a company, entity or institution, which allows you to complete and supplement your university course:

  • has an educational purpose, in that it allows you to deepen, verify and extend the learning received during your course of study
  • has an orientation purpose, in that it allows you to enter the world of work, to know internally the business reality and organizational/work dynamics and to assume greater awareness in professional choices
  • does not take the form of an employment relationship
  • must be included in the curriculum

Offerte di tirocinio

È possibile sapere con quali aziende, enti, associazioni è già stata sottoscritta la convenzione per tirocini curriculari, consultando l'elenco delle aziende convenzionate sul portale Attività Curricolari degli Studenti: Tirocinio e tesi.

Se non trovi l'offerta di tirocinio adatta a te

How to activate a curricular internship

Activation

In order to activate the internship, there must be an active agreement between UniGe and the host institution (public or private company):

  1. Read the list of UniGe agreements
  2. Log in with your UniGePass credentials to the online platform and fill out:
    1. The Internship Proposal
    2. The Training and Orientation Project.

Invites the Company to read the dedicated page and register at the Student Curricular Activities Portal: Internships and Theses. It then initiates the necessary paperwork for the internship.

N.B.Use Manuals are available on the Portal home page. For assistance in using the Platform write to assistenza.tirocinitesi@unige.it.

How to activate a curricular internship

Before you can do the internship, you must earn the certificate of the online course on occupational safety and health. The course:

  • is conducted completely in e-learning mode
  • is divided into 4 modules
  • has a total duration of 4 hours

In order to complete the course, you must have viewed all video lectures, passed the relevant self-assessment tests and the final assessment. Upon completion of the course, you will receive a digital certificate and be able to download the certificate in pdf format.


To access the online course you must log on to corsosicurezza.aulaweb.unige.it and authenticate with your UniGePASS credentials. The enrollment key is "student" or "graduate".

Activation

To activate the internship:

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  1. Make contact with the administrative referent of the internship office
  2. Agree with the contact person within the company (company tutor) and the university tutor (professor of your course of study)
  3. Invite the Company to register on the portal Student Curricular Activities: Internships and Theses (if not already registered). Then initiate the necessary paperwork for the internship.
    . N.B. User Manuals are available on the Portal homepage. For assistance in using the Platform write to assistenza.tirocinitesi@unige.it

It will be the job of the company mentor to introduce you to the work environment and facilitate your acclimatization, as well as to evaluate your progress and the achievement of training objectives at the end of the experience.

Insurance

UniGe, as the sponsoring entity, provides insurance against occupational accidents with INAIL and, for liability, with insurance companies operating in the sector.

CFU Recognition

Attention: curricular internships, activated during the Degree Course, are now managed by the platform Student Curricular Activities: Internship and Thesis

At the moment, however, the platform does not manage the recognition of CFUs in careers.

    End of internship

    The tutor (internship) or the supervisor (for thesis) should fill out the end-of-activity document and email it to the Coordinator and the head of the Internship and Master's Thesis Committee of the course of study at least 20 days in advance of the date of the graduation examination.

    This document must be completed in consultation between the internal and external supervisor in case the activity took place at an external institution.

    N.B.The student responsible person who has carried out activities at an external institution is strongly encouraged to fill out the related questionnaire.

    Once the Internship or Other Activities is registered, the student can make the application for graduation.

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    General contacts

     

    Internship Department
    . Piazza della Nunziata, 6 (3rd floor)
    Tel. +39 010 20951846
    settoretirocini@unige.it

     

     

    • For teaching issues (requirements, duration of the internship, choice of host and mentor, teaching content, final evaluation, etc.) contact the teaching faculty-referents of your course
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    • For exclusively technical-informatics problems write an email to assistenza.tirocinitesi@unige.it
    • For administrative issues related to conventions contact the Internship Department, writing an email to settoretirocini@unige.it
    • For administrative issues related to training projects contact the Internship Office, writing an email to ufficiotirocinismartino@unige.it

    The extracurricular (postgraduate) internship.

    Have you graduated? Visit the dedicated page to get all the information you need about extracurricular internship and its activation.