Prerequisites
It is possible to activate the traineeship, subject to the achievement of at least 100 credits.
It may be carried out from the third year, in the May-June period or in another period, if approved by the Internship Coordinator, in organisations, studios or companies, proposed annually by the Internship Coordination Unit or in a professional organisation identified by the person intending to carry out the internship, subject to verification by the Internship Coordination Unit of the host organisation's congruence with the scientific sectors of the course of study, consistency with the training objectives and professional profiles envisaged in relation to the characteristics of the host organisation itself.
How to put it in the PSP/APSP and undertake the internship
| CREDITS/HOURS WORKLOAD |
| 12 credits/300 hours (280 hours in the host organisation + 20 hours for writing the portfolio and the report) |
| TYPE OF ACITIVITY |
| mandatory |
| INCLUSION IN THE PLAN OF STUDY AND ANNUAL STUDY PLAN |
| autonomously by the deadline to define the career plan and teaching load |
| TO START THE INTERNSHIP |
- meet the Course Internship Coordination, who will present the internship activity, how it is carried out, the role of the Tutor and the possible professional fields in which the intern may be placed;
- consult the available internship proposals with detailed information on the host organisation and the specific internship in the Materials section of the teaching portal;
- participate in the meeting for internship allocations, approximately ten days after the list of available host organisations is sent and one month before the actual start of the internship, students will be selected according to merit criteria (average grade, number of exams passed and number of years of enrolment in the programme) taking into account their personal preferences. Each student is assigned a score calculated by multiplying the number of credits of each exam by the grade obtained (ungraded exams are calculated with the average grade of the other graded exams). The sum of these products is divided by the number of semesters useful for examinations since the first matriculation. It should be noted that the credits earned during a mobility project (self-certified) will be given a grade out of 30 equal to the weighted average grade of the other exams registered in the student's transcript. After the allocation of the internships, the Committee appoints an academic tutor for each internship, based on the preferences of each student and on the competencies of the teacher in the subject matter of to the internship. After this matching phase, the intern and the host organisation carry out the introductory interview and the internet will get a definitive answer from the company regarding the possibility to start the internship. In case of a successful interview, the student needs to fill out the training Project (Progetto Formativo) on the portal, which is mandatory for the beginning of the internship. In case of a negative interview, the student will have to contact the Internship Coordinator (tirocini.design@polito.it) and consult the list of possible new host organisations where he would like to go;
- complete the training project from your personal page in the "Internships" section > "New Project".
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*During the course of the internship, moments of exchange and/or meeting between tutor and trainee are foreseen, aimed at verifying the progress of the activity, the results achieved and the difficulties encountered. If the internship has to be interrupted, immediate notification must be given to the Internship Coordination Unit, the academic tutor and the Job Placement Office (by ticket), who will assess the measures to be taken.
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 defined the compulsory preparation of a book/portfolio and a reporton the activity carried out to be uploaded into the procedure at the end of the internship. Below are more details on the documentation to be produced:
- the book (A4 landscape format) should describe the professional internship experience through the production of drawings/pictures/picture captions. A logbook or portfolio of the activities designed freely both in content and visual language. While protecting the privacy of the company/body/study, it is not as important to show and evaluate the work done as it is to show the activities in which you were involved and the skills you acquired, not forgetting that the project also consists of meetings with clients or in project teams, stages of research, but also process management issues. The document should become an item to be attached to your cv and professional portfolio;
- Instead, the report should describe your internship period in text form by dividing it into the following paragraphs:
- "Cover," with data and indication of where and when you did the internship;
- "Where," brief presentation of the company/body/study, describing (in min 500 characters) the core business and structure of the company that hosted the internship;
- "Activities performed", brief description (also in points) of the activities carried out during the internship (min 500 characters);
- "Tasks and duties", a brief account of the tasks and duties assigned, any equipment provided or use of own resources (min. 500 characters);
- "Knowledge", what skills and knowledge acquired in the degree course that you were able to apply during the internship (min. 500 characters);
- "What I learnt": what you learnt in this training period including both professional, methodological, practical activities, etc. but also behavioural and management activities (in min 500 characters).
During the academic year, the Internship Coordinator ensures that dates are set periodically during the academic year on which the registration of the internship is formalised; a further survey will be completed on these occasions.