Internship for Bachelor's degree students
Students in their third year of the Bachelor's degree Economics (TrEC) must undertake a mandatory internship.
The mandatory internship is included in the study plan, lasts from a minimum of 300 hours to a maximum of 12 months, is worth 10 ECTS credits, and is completed before the final exam, starting from the end of the second quarter of the third year, after having earned 124 ECTS credits.
It is also possible to undertake an optional internship: it has no regulations, does not provide credits, and the activation procedure is the same.
Steps for starting and registering the mandatory curricular internship (TrEC)
1. Check partner list
Access the Intranet (Area riservata) on the Department website.
Search for the name of the host institution in the “Partner list.”
Note: The presence or absence of a company name in the list is not related to the existence/absence of an agreement, which is exclusively managed by the company and the University.
- If the name of the host organization is not there, the intern must ask the company tutor to register the company's details here. Then, 24 hours after the new registration, you will be able to enter the training project and proceed to point 2 (upload of the training project) of the procedure.
- If the name of the host institution is there, proceed directly to point 2 of the procedure.
2. The training project
The intern uploads the training project at least 15 days before the start of the internship.
On this occasion, the intern verifies that they have entered their mobile phone number in the personal data section of their reserved area, to receive the OTP code necessary for the digital signature. The mobile phone number must be in the format "+393331234567".
The intern asks the company tutor for the following data to upload in the reserved area:
- Address where the internship will take place (for remote internships, enter "smart-working");
- Internship objectives in terms of soft skills development;
- Detailed description of tasks and activities;
- Agreed remuneration/facilitations with the company (monthly or daily internship grant, lump-sum expense reimbursement, meal vouchers, etc.);
- Specific dates, days of the week, and hours of the internship;
- Name and email of the company tutor;
- Mobile phone number of the company tutor to receive the OTP code necessary for the digital signature of the training project.
The system notifies the intern of the training project's tracking.
When the internship is authorized, a communication from the dSEA Stage & Placement Service is received, containing the documentation and further relevant information.
Check the institutional email inbox regularly.
If the document is pending agreement, interns are not required to participate in the procedures. The agreement process takes 15 days and occurs exclusively between the company and the university.
After the agreement is signed, the training project is approved and authorized by the Department.
3. Online health and safety course
When your internship is authorized, you will receive a communication from the dSEA Stage & Placement Service.
In the meantime, make sure you have completed the mandatory 'Online health and safety course'.
If necessary, the course is available on Moodle > CLICK HERE
If the intern already has a certificate (its compliance can be checked HERE), the details of the issuing institution and the date of completion of the course must be entered in the personal data section of the Intranet (Area riservata).
4. Receipt & return of documentation, and start of the internship
When the internship is authorized and the insurance coverage has been activated (at the specified location, days, and times), the student will receive an email at their institutional address with instructions to proceed with the digital signature of the training project.
The intern and the host institution must digitally sign the training project by the first day of the internship.
The completed training project, with all signatures, will be sent to the intern and the host institution by the Stage & Placement Service.
5. During the internship
Changes in days/hours, absences, extensions, and interruptions of the internship must be communicated in advance by the intern to the Stage & Placement Service (stage.economia@unipd.it) with the company tutor copied (CC).
Absences during the internship must be agreed upon in advance with the company tutor.
Business trips must be communicated in advance by the intern to the Stage & Placement Service (stage.economia@unipd.it) with the company tutor copied (CC).
The communication must contain the following information:
- Company name of the entity to be visited;
- Complete address including city, street, and street number;
- Date of the business trip, start and end time of the trip;
- Means of transportation used and the name of the accompanying person.
Interns and host institutions can choose their preferred method to track hours worked. If needed, it is possible to use our attendance register form. The file is editable and does not need to be returned to the Stage & Placement Service at the end of the internship.
6. Credit registration for mandatory curricular internship
To register the mandatory curricular internship credits (10 CFU - ETCS):
1- Accurately check the deadlines published in the internship registration page.
2- Within 20 days from the end of the internship, and in cany case within the deadlines, fill in the internship report online. It is avisable to read the instructions and the competitive context analysis suggestions.
3- Once the 300 hours have been completed (even before the end of the internship, that shall in any case end at least a day before the graduation announcement) download + have the company tutor complete, stamp and sign the end-of-internship documents and replace the name of the file with your SURNAME ad NAME (keeping the rest unchanged - es. "ROSSI MARIO - End-of-internship documents.pdf").
4- Send the end-of-internship documents in a single PDF file to stage.economia@unipd.it by the registration deadline.
5- Last step: register for the internship call on UNIWEB.
Department of Economics and Management "Marco Fanno"
Stage & Placement Service
Location: Via Ugo Bassi, 1 - 35131 Padua
E-mail: stage.economia@unipd.it
Phone: + 39 049 827 1270 (Memo) - 1280 (Morè) - 1462 (Pegoraro)
Dean: prof. Diego Campagnolo and prof. Thomas Bassetti
Staff: Enrico Memo, Marianna Morè and Alice Pegoraro