STUDENT GUIDE
(2025 - 2026)
Master's degree programme in
CYBERSECURITY ENGINEERING (change programme)
Location: Torino
Class: COMPUTER SYSTEMS SAFETY
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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
Check the guidelines to apply for a curricular internship
Prerequisites
The internship may or may not be carried out as an integral part of the final examination, subject to the reallocation of the 22 thesis credits (CFU) into 12 credits for the thesis and 10 credits for the internship, starting from the second year.
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 to start the internship
You can insert the internship on your own by the deadline to define the plan of study and annual study plan. After the deadline, you will need to send an email to segreteria.collegioicm@polito.it, expressing your intention to split the dissertation into dissertation and internship. The email should contain the following information:
  • Name of the host organisation and the tutor;
  • Name of the degree programme and the academic tutor;
  • Estimated duration of the internship;
  • Description of the internship activity (4 lines).
The request will be forwarded and assessed by the Internship Coordinator.
Once the internship has been added:
  • Complete the training project from the personal page in the internship section > new project.
REPLACING THE ELECTIVE COURSE WITH THE INTERNSHIP
not permitted
  
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 theend-of-activity report is not required.
Internship Coordinator: Prof. Luca VASSIO (luca.vassio@polito.it)
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