STUDENT GUIDE
(2024 - 2025)
Master's degree programme in
ARCHITECTURE CONSTRUCTION CITY (change programme)
Location: Torino
Class: ARCHITECTURE AND ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEERING
INTERNSHIP
Internships are offered to students as the first real chance to gain experience in the world of work. An internship gives you the opportunity to put into practice what you have learned during your studies and it will help you decide about your future professional career. Politecnico di Torino promotes internships and guarantees insurance coverage both for civil liability and occupational injuries.

Before starting an internship, you need to include it in your Personal Study Plan/Annual Personal Study Plan in the academic year in which you would like to do your internship. Students wishing to carry out an internship must complete the training project from their personal page on the education portal, stage section.

Information on the online process to submit the training project and to track its progress until its conclusion, together with the general rules to undertake the internship, can be found at the following link > CURRICULAR INTERNSHIPS
University Regulations on curricular internships and practical evaluation internships can be found HERE
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Additional information:
  • Both face-to-face and remote internships are permitted; however,you cannot undertake the internship completely remotely unless expressly stated in the course guidelines. The study course may therefore specify the maximum percentage of remote activity allowed. Unless indicated, the internship may be carried out in mixed mode without further constraints.
  • The compatibility of the internship activity with the thesis activity must be assessed by the scientific supervisor with whom the student defines how to implement the internship activity for the purposes of the final paper. Any further indications are referred to in the guidelines.
  • Since the internship consists of a newly formulated activity, no internship activities already carried out or in progress will be recognised. However, you can always apply for recognition of professional skills as free credits by following the procedure indicated in the section Free choise credits - Other learning activities.
Check the guidelines to apply for a curricular internship
Prerequisites
You should preferably do your internship during the second semester of the second year. It will be possible to activate the internship at institutions, studios or companies operating in the following sectors: architectural and urban design, restoration, energy and environmental assessment and retrofit, economic evaluation of projects, landscape architecture, interior architecture and design.  

Please note: for students enrolled up to a.y. 2020/2021 internships are not provided  with the exception of internships funded by the Erasmus + Traineeship programme.
How to put it in the PSP/APSP and undertake the internship
CREDITS/HOURS WORKLOAD
10 credits/250 hours 
TYPE OF ACITIVITY 
elective
INCLUSION IN THE PLAN OF STUDY AND ANNUAL STUDY PLAN 
Autonomously by the deadline to define the career plan and teaching load. After the deadline, you're expected to contact the Career Unit via ticketing service.
TO START THE INTERNSHIP 
  • choose the host institution:
    - from among the proposals published in the internship section of the teaching portal;
    - from direct contact with a company/institution.
  • if you independently identify a host institution ensure that:
    - the company must have at least one engineer/architect regularly enrolled in the Order of Architects/Engineers since at least 3 years     (this requirement is not necessary for employees of public companies);
    - the company members must not have any family ties with the intern;
    - the company must not be related to a professorof a course in which you are enrolled and for which you have yet to sit the examination.
  • complete the training project from your personal page in the "Internships" section > "New Project";
  • the academic tutor is automatically assigned during compilation of the training project from among those who have the role of Internship Coordinators.
REPLACING THE ELECTIVE COURSE WITH THE INTERNSHIP
yes, it is one of the teaching activities provided for by the study course to acquire free credits 
*A maximum of 30% of the activity can be carried out remotely.
Internship's time extension
There is the possibility (only during the initial phase of the training project, not during its execution) to increase the number of hours of the internship by selecting one of the options visible in the “EXPECTED HOURS” section within the training project. In any case, it is not possible to exceed 900 hours (the maximum number of hours may vary depending on the degree programme). This request must be agreed upon in advance with the company/professional studio/organisation and must be confirmed by the individual acting as the academic tutor, who has the right to refuse a proposed training project. In the event of a refusal, a new internship proposal must be agreed upon, and a new training project must be completed. The credits related to the extension will be recorded as additional credits beyond the 120 required for the Master’s degree programme. However, all hours, including the extension, must be completed in order for the internship to be officially recorded in the academic record.
Completion and registration
For the conclusion and registration, refer to the information provided on the website in the page related to curricular Internships, in Italy or abroad, section "Developing and ending of the Internship".
The study course has defined the requirement for writing a brief report (maximum 2 pages) on the activity performed, to be uploaded in the system at the end of the internship. The report must also be signed by the company tutor.
Internship Coordinators: Prof. Francesca ABASTANTE and Prof. Arianna ASTOLFI
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