Other training activities may be recognised in the form of non-compulsory internships or other training activities (such as, for example, conferences, workshops, participation in research activities, language or computer skills courses, experiences abroad, Service Learning, etc.) deemed valid and suitable by the competent teaching structure.
To cover the required ECTS, the Faculty advises to make your choice among the following training activities:
To activate the internship, the student must contact the reference tutor in good time (for contact details and office hours see: "Internship tutor references"). It can be the student themself who proposes an internship activity.
The Faculty invites students to consult the ST&P portal (https://step.unicatt.it) which is the web-based tool for contacting interested companies and students or recent graduates from all the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore campuses. Students will be able to carry out a targeted online search for profiles corresponding to their specific recruiting needs and respond to internship advertisements, adequately preparing their covering letter and curriculum vitae.
What is the Internship?
The curricular internship with ECTS, also in the form of an internship, is an educational-professional training experience carried out within a work context (school, company, workshop) with defined and agreed training objectives. The Internship therefore represents a key to access the world of work through which the student can experience the notions learned in the field.
Specific details about the Internship
The internship must last at least 30 hours.
The internship is not compulsory: the student can freely choose between activating an internship or carrying out other training activities recognized by the Faculty of Mathematical, Physical and Natural Sciences.
The internship can also be carried out abroad (Internship). See for more information: Programme details → International Experiences → Internship.
Attendance is compulsory and the internship can be deemed "passed" if the student:
- attended the scheduled hours;
- has obtained a positive evaluation from the Company Tutor;
- delivered an adequate final internship report.
The credits accrued (6 ECTS) will be recorded under the name "Internship".
Study Plan Codes:
MG0822 for all profiles
Internship Activation Procedure
The identification of the company or body is carried out on the basis of a proposal from the student, after ascertaining its congruity with the educational objectives established by the Faculty.
Before starting the Internship, the student must explain to the Internship Tutor the timing, methods, contents and tasks envisaged. Once confirmation has been received from the Tutor, it will be possible to start the activation procedure by requesting the company to fill in the training project on the http://step.unicatt.it portal .
Work
In the event that the student carries out work activity pertinent to the degree programme undertaken, the Faculty may recognize the same as assimilated to an internship activity. This activity must have been carried out during the period of university studies, must not have been subject to previous requests for recognition and must not have been carried out in the employment place of parents or a relative.
Recognition procedure
The student is required to deliver the following documents to the internship tutor:
a) written report by the student about the experience;
b) letter on the company's letterhead (signed by the owner) indicating the duration of the work experience and the tasks performed.
The credits accrued (6 ECTS) will be recorded under the name "Internship".
Internship Tutor References
Elisa Zanardini
Office hours: by appointment.
Email: elisa.zanardini@unicatt.it
A foreign language course promoted by the University Language Centre - SeLdA with French, Spanish and German to be chosen;
The credits accrued (6 ECTS) will be registered under the name French Language, Spanish Language or German Language. The exam will be recorded directly by the lecturer of the language course.
Study plan codes for all profiles:
- MG0451 French Language and FYR038 (written test)
- MG1652 German Language and FYR040 (Written Test)
- MG1258 Spanish Language and FYR039 (Written Test)
A further way of acquiring ECTS related to Other Training Activities is through Service Learning Experiences (https://brescia.unicatt.it/servicelearning-il-service-learning-progetti-in-corso). Service Learning is a proposal that integrates, in a single training activity, learning and service to the community. Within the Service Learning project, students learn and grow through active participation in a fully organised service that aims to meet the needs of the local community. The activity is coordinated by educational institutions with the community and aims to promote civic responsibility. In particular, for the academic year 2023/2024 the project "Matematica e fisica in gioco/Mathematics and Physics in the game" is active in collaboration with the long-term paediatric wards of the Spedali Civili of Brescia and the Papa Giovanni XXIII Hospital in Bergamo and the project "Sfide invincibili/Invincible Challenges" with the Il Calabrone cooperative. The aim of both projects is to promote mathematical and physical knowledge in lower and upper secondary school students in a pleasant and fun way, through games and interactive activities organised by groups of students of the Faculty.
Professors in charge of Service Learning Experiences
Prof. Stefania Pagliara
email: stefania.pagliara@unicatt.it
Prof. Giulia Giantesio
email: giulia.giantesio@unicatt.it
Specific details about Service Learning Experiences
Service Learning is awarded 6 credits (ECTS).
The credits accrued (6 ECTS) will be recorded under the name "Service Learning Experiences".
Study plan code:
MGM771 for all profiles
As an alternative to the above, students can enter in theri study plan an activity related to their curricular training, proposing it to the reference lecturer, for prior approval. By way of example, activities such as:
- Active and attested participation in conferences (at least 15 conferences) or seminar cycles. The student will have to write short reports to be delivered to the professor/lecturer;
- Successful participation in workshops, master classes, summer schools and similar activities;
- Participation in activities for the dissemination and promotion of scientific culture organised by the University or Faculty;
- Broadening a study abroad experience. Those who participate in the Erasmus programme or the Overseas programme, in one of the locations affiliated with the Faculty of Mathematical, Physical and Natural Sciences, can accrue the 6 ECTS of the Additional Training Activities through the fruitful attendance of training activities (courses, seminars or workshops), in line with the chosen study plan, organizsd by the foreign host university and aimed at the acquisition of professionalising skills both in the field of teaching and in the various possible areas of application (economic, financial, statistical, computer science, etc.). The student is required to propose in advance to the reference professor the activities he/she intends to follow and the relative number of hours, in order to make a prior assessment of the suitability of the same. The student is required to deliver to the reference professor/lecturer the certificate issued by the host university, which shows the successful attendance of the proposed activities.
Specific details on the Additional Training Activities
Further training activities are awarded 6 credits (ECTS).
The credits accrued (6 ECTS) will be recorded under the name "Additional training activities".
Study Plan Codes:
MGQ779 for all profiles
Lecturer in charge of Additional training activities
Curriculum in Physics
Prof. Fausto Borgonovi
Email: fausto.borgonovi@unicatt.it for specific details on additional training activities.