Internships and job placement

During their studies, students may undertake a training period outside the university known as a curricular internship.

Curricular internships consist of a period of training carried out by students in a private company or public body; they represent a moment of alternation between study and work as part of training processes aimed at facilitating professional choices through direct knowledge of the world of work.  Students can choose to organise their internship among those proposed by UPO or in an institution or company of their choice, provided that an agreement between the host organization and the University is signed and that the internship project is discussed with the teaching staff and the internship office. 

During the internship some topics covered theoretically in the university course are tested and expanded upon. The internship can be carried out in Italy or abroad through special agreements between the University and the host organisation; it does not constitute an employment relationship and the activities carried out are not normally remunerated but training credits are issued. The experience can be reported not only in the student curriculum but also in the professional curriculum.

Trainees will have to comply with the internal rules defined by each company, follow the guidelines adopted by the Piedmont Regional Coordination Committee (Co.Re.Co) and carry out, before the start of the traineeship, the health and safety training course for workers and those equivalent to workers with a low, medium or high risk level corresponding to the activity to be performed; it is necessary for the person concerned to check precisely which type of course is required by the Host Organisation in order to carry out the traineeship in the identified Service/Office.

ATTENTION: WORKPLACE SAFETY COURSES CURRENTLY BEING UPDATED

In order to comply with the new State-Regions agreement, we hereby inform you that the courses provided on DIR on “Workplace Health and Safety - General Training” and “Specific Safety Training,” which are required in order to begin an internship/work experience, have been suspended.

Only the categories listed below may enroll in the above courses on an exceptional basis by completing the appropriate form:

• students graduating in the next graduation session;
• students who are required to begin an internship/work experience within the University in the laboratories; 
• students who are required to begin an internship/work experience within the University in the classrooms.

Please contact Sabrina Burocco for further information.

Steps to create an external internship program

See the documentation linked in the Attachment section at the bottom of the page.

• Green chemistry --> The minimum duration of the internship for the Green Chemistry degree course is 250 hours, the maximum duration is 1 year​​. Access to the curricular internship is subject to the acquisition of 120 CFU and to passing all the examinations of the first year of the course. See more in this section. 
• Environmental Management and Sustainable Development - GASS --> students need to have acquired a minimum number of CFU (90), they also need to have passed all first-year examinations (marks don't need to be registered) and they need to have taken all individual modules.
• Disaster and Health Crisis Management --> In the second year, all students must complete an internship of minimum 450 hours (18 CFU) in an institution, company, research center, NGO, or governmental body active in the field of health crisis management.  Students who are currently working, or have worked, in a role that can be considered relevant for the Master of Science in Disaster and Health Crisis Management may apply for exemption from the curricular internship. Here is the request which must be submitted to the Student Secretariat using this link:https://sia.uniupo.it/studenti/trasferimenti.php. The following documents must be submitted in hard copy for exemption from the internship:
  1. Job self-declaration (click here to see and download the document)
  2. Work report (click here to see and download the document)
  3. A copy of the job contract or a certificate of service, on the company's letterhead, where the student is currently employed. The document, prepared by the company, must include the date of hire, the weekly hours worked, the total number of hours worked, and the assigned duties. 

• Food Health and Environment --> All students must complete an internship of minimum 450 hours (18 CFU).

A work placement or internship is useful not only for the student, who can experience the world of the workplace and put acquired skills into practice, but also for the host company or organisation which can train up the student according to their own requirements.

How to activate an internship: companies wishing to collaborate with the Department and University can publish their offer/requests after completing the accreditation procedure via the link Registration of Host Companies/Organisations 

Guidelines / instructions for the activation of internships and apprenticeships can be found in the pdf attachment at the bottom of the page.

Once access details have been issued, all activity can be autonomously managed from the reserved area.

Identifying the trainee/intern: initial contact between the candidate and company may be initiated by the student/graduate, the Department or the host company/organisation.

Stipulation of agreement and training project: Trainees/interns are bound by the agreements stipulated by the Department and/or University and the host company/organisation. Copies of the agreement must each carry the €16 tax stamp; this does not apply to those exempt from the tax as indicated in Presidential Decree no. 641/72 and no. 642/72. The agreement provides for an insurance policy (accidents and civil liability) undertaken by the University.
After signing of the agreement, it is possible to draft the training and orientation project, containing all the relevant information. The maximum duration of a curricular internship is 12 months, while training and orientation is of 6 months.

Implementation of internship and conclusion: During the internship, the host tutor signs the presence register for the intern/trainee. At the end of the period, the host company or organisation is required to complete a final report (on headed paper), which evaluates the student’s internship.

For more information and assistance with the accreditation process, please contact Sabrina Burocco (Servizio agli Studenti Orientamento & Job Placement, via Duomo 6 - tel.  0161 261559​)

We invite you to participate in Job Placement initiatives: seminars, workshops and training workshops for career guidance and matching events. All the information on the University website at the page https://www.uniupo.it/en/job-placement/placement-events

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