STUDENT GUIDE
(2024 - 2025)
Master's degree programme in
ENERGY AND NUCLEAR ENGINEERING (change programme)
Location: Torino
Class: ENERGY AND NUCLEAR 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.
  • 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 anytime during the academic year, upon reaching at least 30 credits. 

How to put it in the PSP/APSP and undertake the internship
 
CREDITS/HOURS WORKLOAD
6 credits/150 hours 
TYPE OF ACITIVITY 
mandatory
*elective only for students enrolled before by the a.y. 2019/2020
INCLUSION IN THE PLAN OF STUDY AND ANNUAL STUDY PLAN
You can insert the internship on your own by the deadlines to define the plan of study and annual study plan, on the first or second semester.
TO START THE INTERNSHIP
  • choose the host organization you intend to undertake your intenrship among those available on the section stage of your personal account or through direct contacts. In that case make sure that the company signed an agreement with the Polytechnic of Turin; 
  • choosethe person who will serve as your academic tutor from among the teaching staff in the College of your study course and make sure they accept the role;
  • complete the training project from the personal page in the internship section > new project.
  
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 confirmed that the end-of-activity report is not required.
Internship Coordinator: Prof. Pierluigi Leone (pierluigi.leone@polito.it)
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