What is an internship?
The Curricular Internship with ECTS is required by the educational system of the Graduate Degree Programme in "Innovation and Digital Entrepreneurship" of the Faculty of Economics and Law.
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 system.
Therefore, it must be approved as such by the Faculty Tutor before its beginning.
Compulsory internship
Minimum duration: 125 hours
Number of credits awarded (ECTS): 5
Internship Tutor
Office hours
- by appointment via M. Teams
Contacts
- Email: caterina.ottobrini@unicatt.it
- tel. 0372 499113
How to activate it
For information on activating the internship, the student has to fill out the "Internship Application" in BLACKBOARD in the Internship section of the respective degree programme.
Frequently Asked Questions
There are 3 types of internships:
- curricular internship with credits, compulsory or optional;
- optional curricular internship without credits;
- extracurricular internships for graduates. This type of internship can be activated through Università Cattolica within 12 months from the date of graduation.
To activate a curricular internship without credits in Italy, you must contact:
INTERNSHIP AND PLACEMENT OFFICE
Email: ser.stage-pc@unicatt.it
To activate an extracurricular internship in Italy, you must contact:
INTERNSHIP AND PLACEMENT OFFICE
Email: ser.stage-pc@unicatt.it
To activate a curricular internship without credits (0 ECTS) or an extracurricular internship abroad, you must contact:
UCSC International
Email: Desiree.Orlandini@unicatt.it
There are no particular constraints related to the interruption of the internship period. It is possible to interrupt it at any time, giving written reasons as long as the minimum duration of the internship to obtain credits is respected.
The participation allowance for the curricular internship is at the discretion of the host company.
Starting from September 2021, once all the requirements of the internship regulations have been completed and fulfilled, i.e. the internship tutor has collected the internship agenda, the company's evaluation questionnaire and Annex 8 (the professor/lecturer's evaluation of the internship report), the internship must be recorded in the same way as the exams, by regularly registering for the exams on the established dates. Please note:
- The recording will not require physical presence, it is only mandatory to register for the exam call within 4 days from the scheduled date;
- No summons (Teams or other) will be sent;
- The attribution of the ECTS of the internship is displayed in the career area.