STUDENT GUIDE
(2025 - 2026)
Bachelor's degree programme in
AEROSPACE 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.
  • 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.
  • 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 6-credits curricular internship, with a possible extention up to 12 credits for the EASA PART 66 pathway only, anytime during the academic year, upon reaching at least 130 credits. 
You can carry out your curricular internship at public and private companies/organizations, in Italy or abroad, yet you cannot choose the Polytechnic of Turin as the internship's workplace.
How to put it in the PSP/APSP and undertake the internship
 
EASA PART 66:
CREDITS/HOURS WORKLOAD
6 credits/150 hours or 12 credits/300 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 deadlines to define the plan of study and annual study plan for the first semester
TO START THE INTERNSHIP
  • insert the internship into the career plan and the course load once the prerequisite has been met;
  • request via email to the Internship Coordinator, the eventual extension of the internship and the elective course to be replaced;
  • only if you have direct contact with a host organization, 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, then ask the host organization to send an email to the Internship Coordinator and the Course Coordinator, in which they declare their availability to host the internship, specifying the content of the activity and the expected time period to host the you as an intern;
  • complete the training project from the personal page in the internship section > new project.
GENERALISTA:
CREDITS/HOURS WORKLOAD
6 credits/150 hours
TYPE OF ACITIVITY 
elective
INCLUSION IN THE PLAN OF STUDY AND ANNUAL STUDY PLAN
to be requested via email to the Internship Coordinator/Academic Adivisor following up the procedure below
TO START THE INTERNSHIP
  • choose the host insitution you intend to undertake the internship with and and make sure that it is affiliated with the Polytechnic; 
  • 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 before including it in the training project;
  • ask the host organisation to send an email to the Internship Coordinator and the Academic Advisor, in which they declare theri availability to host the internship, specifying the content of the activity and the expected time period to host you as an intern;
  • request via email to the Academic Advisor to undertake the internship specifying the name and the code of the 6 elective course to be replaced;
  • await the inclusion of the internship in the career plan and course load;
  • complete the training project from the personal page in the internship section > new project.
REPLACING THE ELECTIVE COURSE WITH THE INTERNSHIP
yes, you can replace with the internship the third-year elective course (6 credits) or the student team activity, if not yet registered on the study plan
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 stdudy course has defined the requirement for writing a report (maximum 10 pages) on the activity performed, to be uploaded in the system at the end of the internship.
Generally, it is possible to integrate the internship with the final exam. In this case, the final exam paper must reflect the activity carried out during the internship, with further integration/depth to constitute a final work corresponding to the total number of credits for both the internship and the Final Exam. It should be noted that the Final Exam request follows a specific procedure, independent from that of the conclusion and registration of the internship. More information is available in the Student Guide, section on the bachelor's final examination.
Internship Coordinator: Prof. Paolo Maggiore (paolo.maggiore@polito.it)
Academic Advisor Bachelor's degree: Prof. Lorenzo Casalino (lorenzo.casalino@polito.it)
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