About internships

The University of Milan internships service

The internships service has the purpose to bring students and graduates near the business world through the activation of internship programmes with companies and institutions.
The service fosters, organizes and supervises the internship programmes; it takes charge of editing the Agreements with the hosting bodies, keeps constantly in contact with them and supplies users with adequate media in order to promote the meeting between internship demand and request.

Motion to Italian Internships Regulation (Law n. 142; March 28, 1998)

Employers can host interns relating to the following standards:

• Companies with one to five permanent employees can host one intern.
• Companies with six to nineteen permanent employees can host two interns at the same time.
• Companies with more than twenty permanent employees can host interns on a percentage of 10% of the above-mentioned employees.

The University guarantees the presence of an Academic tutor as a responsible for didactic activities while the hosting Company must nominate an internal tutor as a responsible for the intern.

The University also guarantees the trainee with insurance cover against any risk of accident that can occur during the activities.

Internships are carried out basing on specific Agreements between the University and the employers.

The activities done during the internship can give academic credits (CFU).

Internships can last from one to twelve months both for students and graduates, who can start an internship programme within 18 months from the graduation date.

Purposes of an internship programme

An internship is any carefully monitored work or service experience in which a student has intentional learning goals and reflects actively on what he or she is learning throughout the experience.
Internships promote academic, career and personal development; they usually are part of the academic program and should offer every opportunity to link classroom learning to workplace experience.

Companies benefit from internships by getting in touch with future potential employees, the internship period is the chance to get in contact with human resources bearer of mentality, customs, new and different practices, belonging to different standards. Furthermore the Company gains more visibility on the University organization by contributing its expertise to the educational enterprise.

How to place an internship offer?

Here you will find a form to compile and send back to stage@unimi.it it will be published on the international internships showcase.

How to start an internship programme?

To start an internship programme please send an e-mail to convenzioni.stage@unimi.it to inquire for the documentation needed.
Here you will also find the english facsimile of the Agreement with Università degli Studi di Milano.

How to extend an internship programme?

To extend an internship programme please send the request through e-mail to convenzioni.stage@unimi.it

How to interrupt an internship programme?

To interrupt an internship programme please send the request through e-mail to convenzioni.stage@unimi.it