Traineeship

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 consists of a period of training 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 expand on the learning received during your studies
• has an orientation purpose, in that it allows you to enter the world of work, to know internally the business reality and the 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 study plan

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

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 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

• Read how the agreement for the activation of curricular traineeships between companies and the University of Genoa. 
• Use the job guidance services offered by the University.

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.

To activate the traineeship:

1. Contact the administrative contact person of the internship office
2. Get in touch with the contact person within the company (company tutor) and with 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). It then initiates the necessary paperwork for the internship.
   N.B. User Manuals are available on the Portal homepage. For assistance in using the Platform, please write to assistenza.tirocinitesi@unige.it

Your company tutor will be responsible for introducing you to the work environment and helping you acclimatise, as well as assessing your progress and the achievement of your training objectives at the end of the placement.

UniGe, in its capacity as promoter, provides insurance against accidents at work with INAIL and, for liability, with insurance companies operating in the sector.

Attention: Curricular placements, activated during the degree course, are now managed by the platform Student Curricular Activities: Internship and Thesis

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

• statement from the company stating the period of internship and the indication of successful completion

• declaration from the company stating the placement period and the successful completion
• hour sheet completed and signed by you and the company tutor

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

For teaching issues (requirements, duration of the placement, choice of host and tutor, teaching content, final assessment, etc.) please contact the teaching supervisors of your course

For problems information technology please send an email to assistenza.tirocinitesi@unige.it

For administrative issues related to conventions please contact the Traineeships Department, writing an email to settoretirocini@unige.it

For administrative questions related to training projects please contact the Traineeships Department, by writing an email to ufficiotirocinismartino@unige.it