Curricular and post-graduate internships

Have you already identified a student for a curricular internship or a graduate for a graduate internship?

• Yes:
  • in order to host a student for a CURRICULAR INTERNSHIP (named "pratico valutativo" only for the professionalizing degree in Manufacturing Industry Technologies, enrollments from the a.y. 2023/2024)), it is advisable to check the procedures of the study course of interest to find out when and how the activity will take place. Then you can move on to point 2;
  • In order to host a graduate student for a GRADUATE INTERNSHIP it is possible to go directly to ponit n.2.
• No:
  • to contact students and graduates in order to propose an internship it is possible to activate one of the placement services available. Having identified the candidate, it is possible to move on to point n.2.

To host interns, the following quotas are stipulated:  

• operating units without employees, i.e. individual companies: 1 intern; 
• operating units up to 5 employees: 1 intern;
• operating units with a number of employees ranging between 6 and 20: no more than 2 interns at the same time; 
• operating units with a number of employees greater than 20: interns of no more than 10% of the above-mentioned employees at the same time, with rounding to the higher unit. 

In calculating the quota, permanent and temporary employees are calculated as long as the contract start date is prior to the start date of the internship and the end date after the end date of the internship. Partners that perform regular activities in the company, with relationships longer than one year and who receive compensation for the activity performed other than that of participating in the company’s administrative bodies, are also calculated. Apprentices, curricular interns, and thesis-writers are excluded from the calculation.

Will the curricular or graduate internship take place in Italy?

• Yes: go to point n.3;

• No: with regard to carrying out an internship abroad the process is different from an internship in Italy, this is because one must always take into account the labour regulations of the country where one intends to do the internship. It is first necessary for the Company/Institution to accredit itself to the service by registering at this LINK.

  Following the accreditation request, the contact person of the Company/Institution that made the registration will receive a confirmation email, with a link to validate. After validation, he/she will receive the credentials to access the platform and will have to complete all required information and attach, in the section "Internship Agreement", a copy of the company registration report/certificate (officially translated into English) or, in its absence, a copy of the identification document of the legal representative or his/her representative in the section called "Request Internship Agreement". This serves as official recognition of the request by the company/institution, while it will not be used for any other aims.

  At the end of this procedure, the Company/Institution will appear in the list of host organizations and the intern will be able to proceed to fill in online (tab "Stage" of his/her personal page) the internship agreement necessary for the start of the internship abroad.
  
  TEMPLATE Internship Agreement (curricular) and TEMPLATE Internship Agreement (graduate)

In the case of curricular internships, there is no difference in the procedure by region, so you can go directly to point n.4.

In the case of graduate internships, will this take place in Piedmont or Lombardy?

• Yes: go to point n.4;
• No: in this case, in order to prepare the documents defined by the relevant regional regulations, it is advisable to activate the internship with a Promoting Institution (e.g. Centro per l'Impiego) located in the regional territory main location of the internship.

Is your business already affiliated with Politecnico so it can host interns?

• Yes: go to point n.5;
• I don't know: to verify the existence of an agreement, you can write an email to tirocini@polito.it indicating the company/insitution name and the VAT number.
• No: internships are activated within an AGREEMENT between Politecnico di Torino (sponsor) and business (host). 

There are two possible agreements to enter into that depend on the type of internship to be activated:

• the agreement for curricular internships with a five-year duration.
• the agreement for post-degree internships with a two-year duration.

It is possible to fill in the agreement in the BUSINESS AREA - "Internship Agreement” Section. 

There is an automatic procedure for recovering lost credentials by clicking HERE.

In case you have not yet registered, you can do so at this LINK.

The Agreement must be digitally signed and uploaded within the appropriate section in the corporate area (detailed instructions in the process). The digital signature seals the document and for this reason it must be added last!

The Agreement is subject to revenue stamp tax according to DPR n. 642/1972. The tax (€ 16.00 revenue stamp - to be paid by the employer, except in cases of exemptions provided for by the regulations in force) may be paid through the application of a paper mark visible on the document and kept at the office of the employer or, alternatively, through the payment of a telematic mark indicating its details.

The document will be registered as soon as possible. Once the Agreement has been registered, it is possible to move on to point n.5.
 

TEMPLATE Agreement (curricular)

TEMPLATE Agreement in Piedmont (graduate)

TEMPLATE Agreement in Lombardy (graduate) 

Do not alter and send the templates! The agreement is generated by logging into the portal with your username.

To activate the internship, the future intern needs to fill in the TRAINING PROJECT* on their personal PoliTO page, including the information agreed upon with the business. 

The approval process for curricular internships is fully computerized, and the training plan, electronically signed by the parties, will be downloadable by both the intern (from the "Internships" section) and the host organization (from the "Internship Offers" section) from their respective pages on the portal. On the other hand, for post-graduate internships, the training plan must be signed with handwritten signatures.

WARNING: for curricular internships, the ending date indicated on the project will only be indicative. Any extensions (possible only for the achievement of the amount of hours foreseen by the training project) or transfers/site inspections will have to be indicated directly on the timesheet. The last day of the internship indicated on the timesheet will in fact be the new ending date (hypothetical during the approval of the training project). The internship may then end earlier or later than originally planned. In case of travel/site inspections, you will need to indicate the address and time of the same on the timesheet in order to ensure insurance coverage.

TEMPLATE Training Project (curricular)
TEMPLATE Training Project (graduate)

*it should be noted that, for post-degree internships activated with Politecnico and carried out in the Piedmont Region, you do not have to fill in the Training Project via the Piedmont Region Internships Portal, but you need to comply with the methods indicated by Politecnico di Torino on this page. The host Company/Institution must, in any case, ensure fulfilment of the mandatory communications via the Geco system, indicating the same data and, in particular, the same internship start and end dates, present in the training project.

The end of CURRICULAR INTERNSHIP documentation may vary according to the rules set by the course of study in which the intern is enrolled. It is therefore important for the student to inquire through the dedicated channels.

Upon completion of a GRADUATE INTERNSHIP, the graduate student must:

• send via ticket the duly completed attendance booklet for each day of activity, including the required signatures;
• complete the experience evaluation questionnaire found in the "Stage" section of your personal page by clicking on the internship file;
• send by ticket to the office the certification of skills acquired form available in item 8 of the online training project, completed and signed by the company and academic mentor.

Curricular Internships: 

the University Regulations for the conduct of curricular and practical work experience placements can be found HERE

Graduate Internships - Piedmont: 

D.G.R. 22 Dicembre 2017, n. 85-6277

FAQ Regione Piemonte

Graduate Internships - Lombardy: 

D.G.R. 17 gennaio 2018, n. 7763 

FAQ Regione Lombardia

Another educational opportunity for students is to do a thesis in a company/institution, on topics of interest to the latter's activities and consistent with their study course. 
The thesis activity does not take the form of an internship and and it involves a different activation and management procedure for the collaboration.

For more information, you can read the policy on the DIFFERENCES between CURRICULAR INTERNSHIP and THESIS.