STUDENT GUIDE
(2025 - 2026)
Master's degree programme in
DIGITAL SKILLS FOR SUSTAINABLE SOCIETAL TRANSITIONS (change programme)
Location: Torino
Class: METHODS AND TECHNIQUES FOR THE INFORMATION SOCIETY
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, Opportunities section > Career Hub/Internship/New Progetto Formativo.

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 do your internship normally during the second semester of your second year. 
The internship allows you to carry out a professionalizing activity with a strong applicative content within public and private bodies operating in the processes of digital transitions. The activity carried out during your internship will be the starting point for the development of the subject matter that you will explore more in depth in your thesis, which requires a commitment of other 20 credits. 
How to put it in the PSP/APSP and undertake the internship
CREDITS/HOURS WORKLOAD
7 credits/175 hours or 10 credits/250 hours
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 
  • identify the host organisation with which you want to set up the internship and ensure that it accepts and has an agreement with the Polytechnic.
  • identifythe person who will serve as your academic tutor preferably from among the teaching staff in the College of your study course and wait for confirmation of his/her availability before inclusion in the training project;
  • complete the training project from your personal page in the "Internships" 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 defined the requirement for writing a brief report on the activity performed, to be uploaded in the system at the end of the internship. 
Internship Coordinators: Prof. Chiara Devoti and Prof. Guglielmina Mutani
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