STUDENT GUIDE
(2024 - 2025)
Bachelor's degree programme in
BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING (change programme)
Location: Torino
Class: INDUSTRIAL 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.
  • Working students with compulsory internship should contact the internship coordinator of the study course for more information on the procedure established to facilitate those in full-time employment related to the course in which they are enrolled. 
Check the guidelines to apply for a curricular internship
Prerequisites
You can apply for a curricular internship once you have accumulated at least 150 credits if you intend to start it on the first semester or at least 137 credits if you intend to start it on the second semester. In the following table you can find out which prerequisites you're expected to meet to undertake the curricular internship in the first or second semester.
How to insert the internship in the PSP/APSP and start it 
 
UNIVERSITY CREDITS/HOURS WORKLOAD
8 credits/200 hours 
TYPE OF ACITIVITY 
mandatory
INCLUSION IN THE PLAN OF STUDY AND ANNUAL STUDY PLAN
you can insert the internship on your own by the deadline to define the plan of study and annual study plan for the first semester
TO START THE INTERNSHIP
Choose the period for starting your internship based on the following criteria:
  • I PD: Activation in October with a part-time commitment (12 weeks) or full-time (6 weeks). You must have earned at least 150 credits by the July exam session.
  • I PD: Activation in mid-November with a full-time commitment (6 weeks). You must have earned at least 150 credits by the September exam session.
  • II PD: Activation in March on a part-time basis (12 weeks). You must have earned at least 137 credits by the first exam session in February.
Wait for the internship assignment, which will be managed directly by study course. For more information, you can contact the Internship Coordinator.
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 confirmed that the end-of-activity report is not required.

Internship Coordinator
: Prof. Filippo Molinari  (filippo.molinari@polito.it)
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