What is an internship?
The Curricular Internship with ECTS is required by the educational system of the Graduate Degree in "BUSINESS MANAGEMENT" of the Faculty of Economics and Law, Consulting and governance profile.
It consists of an educational and training activity, which the student spends in the company. It is in no way configured as a work activity and is an integral part of the educational process of the degree programme for the achievement of the objectives indicated in the study plan.
Therefore, it must be approved as such by the Faculty Tutor before its beginning.
Professional Internship or Curricular Internship ?
Specific details on the two types of internships available:
- Minimum duration: 175 hours
- Number of credits awarded (ECTS): 7 ECTS
- Minimum duration: 275 hours – 6 months
- Number of credits awarded (ECTS): 7 ECTS
The agreement stipulated with the Order of Chartered Accountants allows students interested in accessing the freelance profession of Chartered Accountant and that of Statutory Auditor, if the access requirements set by the same are met:
- (i) to have the period of internship carried out during the last academic year (as an alternative to the internship, and for a maximum period of six months) recognised as a professional internship preparatory to taking the State Examination for the exercise of the profession
and
- (ii) to take only two of the three written tests ordinarily scheduled for the said Examination.
Agreement for the carrying out of the internship, useful for access to the qualifying exam for the Profession of Labor Consultant, in conjunction with the last year of the degree programme.
In June 2023, the Faculty of Economics and Law of Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore signed an Agreement with the Provincial Order of Labour Consultants of Piacenza to carry out a six-month internship, valid for admission to the qualifying examination for the profession of Labour Consultant, at the same time as attending the last year of the following degree programmes:
- Undergraduate degrees or integrated degrees belonging to the following classes:
- L-18: Degree in Business Administration;
- LMG/01: Law
- Graduate degrees belonging to the following classes:
- LM-77: Business Management
whose study plans allow the acquisition of the following credits in the corresponding academic disciplines:
at least 18 ECTS in Competition Area 12 – Legal Sciences:
- IUS/01 – Private Law;
- IUS/04 – Commercial Law;
- IUS/07 – Labour Law;
- IUS/10 – Administrative Law;
- IUS/12 – Tax Law;
- IUS/14 – European Union Law.
and at least 12 ECTS in Competition Area 13 – Economics and Statistics:
- SECS-P/01 – Political Economy;
- SECS-P/07 – Business Administration;
- SECS-P/08 – Economics and business management;
- SECS-P/10 – Business Organization.
The above students who have acquired, respectively:
- at least 90 ECTS for students enrolled in undergraduate degree programmes
- at least 60 ECTS for students enrolled in graduate degree programmes
- and at least 150 ECTS for those enrolled in integrated degree programmes
can apply to be admitted to the internship period by contacting the curricular internship tutor of their degree programme.
Internship Tutor
Individual receptions always by appointment only to be requested by e-mail.
Modality: always available via M. Teams or in presence in Box 4 in the Study Room on the ground floor near the Chapel only on the days indicated
Office hours
online via Teams on the following day and time:
- Monday 12.00 - 1.00 p.m.
Contacts
- Email: andrea.purpura@unicatt.it
Office hours
online via Teams on the following day and time:
- Wednesday from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Contacts
- Email: edoardo.restori@unicatt.it
How to activate the internship
For information on activating the internship, the student needs to fill out the "Internship Application" on BLACKBOARD in the Internship section of the respective degree programme.
At the same time, he/she will have to upload the related documents (curriculum vitae and certificate of exams taken with grades and dates).
Frequently Asked Questions
NECESSARY PRELIMINARY ACTIONS: Read the regulations and other documents uploaded in the "Materials" folder of the Blackboard course.
No, in order to maintain your registration in the "in agreement" profile, you are obliged to carry out the professional internship. If you want to replace the professional internship with the internship, you must, within the published deadlines, change programme and enrol in the "non in agreement" profile. You should therefore contact the Student Services Centre to understand the procedures. The Internship Tutor must also be informed of the decision.
Students who intend to make the transition from the "in agreement" profile to the "non-agreement" profile renounce the carrying out of the period of anticipated professional practice, carry out the internship instead of the professional internship, lose any benefit of exemption from the first test of the State examination for access to Section A of the Register of Chartered Accountants and Accounting Experts.
To proceed, the student can start the transfer procedure through the I-Catt page, within the published deadlines. In order to respect the normal duration of the programme, it is necessary to transfer within the second year of the programme. For the year 2023/2024, the deadline for the programme transfer will be 16 December 2024.
Yes, only if the start of the internship is before 1 January of the year in which you plan to graduate. See the Rules of Procedure for more information.
Registration must be formalised with the Order of Accountants (Register of Trainees) to which one's Dominus is registered. Each Order has its own registration procedures, it is advisable to inquire in good time. The procedure for applying to the Ministry of Economy and Finance for the Statutory Auditor internship can be found on the Ministry's website. https://www.revisionelegale.mef.gov.it/opencms/opencms/Tirocinanti/registroTirocinio/index.html
Please read the Internship Regulations, which illustrate all the procedures, both for the start of an internship and for its conclusion.
In any case,
INTERNSHIP (3 months or more):
- Final questionnaire for the student (found in the "Materials") of the BB course.
- Internship agenda, duly signed by the Company Tutor.
- Make sure that the Company Tutor, once the internship is over, has completed the evaluation questionnaire on the STEP portal.
PROFESSIONAL INTERNSHIP (6 months):
- Internship report.
- Scan copy of the internship booklet validated by the Professional Association.
- Report of the Dominus, in which the Dominus illustrates the activity carried out by the intern.
It is a document, even a short one, in which the Dominus reports the most significant activities carried out by the intern and provides a brief comment on the latter's performance. It must be signed (also digitally) and uploaded in pdf format.
There are no constraints on form or content in the report, but it must be uploaded in pdf format and signed by the student.
No, they must be uploaded to Blackboard as it acts as an official archive.