What is an Internship
The Curricular Internship with ECTS is required by the educational system of the undergraduate degree in "Food Science and Technology" of the Faculty of Agriculture, Food, and Environmental Sciences.
It consists of an educational and training activity, which the student spends in the company; it does not constitute work in any way and is an integral part of the educational process of the degree course for the achievement of the objectives indicated in the study system.
Therefore, it must be approved as such by the Faculty Tutor before it begins.
Dr. Erica Lo Nigro
Office 59, cafeteria corridor before the lab. 45
Office hours:
Thursday, 2:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. [BY APPOINTMENT]
Compulsory internship
Minimum duration: 175 HOURS
Number of credits awarded (ECTS): 7
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 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 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 training credits is respected.
The participation allowance for the curricular internship is at the discretion of the host company, which is not obliged to pay it.
There are several ways to find a host, including:
- After filling out and submitting the internship application, you can be contacted for any open positions in the field of your interest;
- With the support of your university tutor or internship tutor;
- By sending spontaneous applications to the companies you are interested in;
- Browsing the offers published on our Internship & Placement portal, in the "Internship announcements" section;
- By checking the internship offers you will receive via mailing from the STEP office.
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 teacher's evaluation of the internship report), must be recorded in the same way as the exams, by regularly registering for the exams on the established dates.
- The recording will not require physical presence, it is only mandatory to register for the roll 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.