Curricular internships

Curricular internships offer the opportunity to earn academic credits (25 hours of internship = 1 credit)

  • ICT Bachelor's Degrees:

· On the 3rd and 4th year you can do an optional internship (you can obtain -and enrol- from 1 to 15 credits).

  • Bachelor's Degree in Biomedical Engineering:

· A compulsory 6-credit internship (code: 24051) is required in the 4th year.
· Optional internships are available in the 3rd and 4th years, with students able to earn and enroll between 1 to 9 credits.

If you're doing a curricular internship, you need to enrol the credits during the autoenrolment period or during the enrolment automodification periods. If those periods are over, we will automatically enroll the credits from the Secretary once your internship agreement has been signed. Once the term has started, it is not possible to exchange internship credits for subjects

Extracurricular internships

Extracurricular internships do not grant academic credits. These voluntary internships can be undertaken throughout the degree program. While not part of the curriculum, they provide valuable experience.

  • Students must be enrolled in a university degree program during the internship year in order to be able to do an extracurricular internship.

I have a job contract, can I recognize some credits?

The knowledge associated with previous professional experience may be recognized, with the authorization of the internship tutor, provided that it corresponds to what is foreseen in the curriculum or has a transversal nature, and up to a maximum of 15 credits.

For professional experience carried out while you are completing your bachelor’s degree, you must be enrolled in the 3rd or 4th year at the time you undertake this professional experience. In the case of the recognition of the compulsory internship subject in Biomedical Engineering, you must be enrolled in the 4th year while completing this professional experience.

IMPORTANT: Whether the professional experience is prior to or carried out during your university studies, in order for credits to be recognized it must comply with the criteria approved by the School of Engineering’s Credit Recognition Committee.

These credits will be included in the academic record as recognized credits (without a grade) and will not count towards the calculation of the grade point average.

The procedure for having these credits recognized must be completed through an application submitted via the electronic portal. You must attach:

FAQ

Where can I do the internship?

  • Internships can be done in an enterprise, academic or administrative unit, research group from the same university or institutions (national or foreign, both public and private). Here are some examples of the places where you could do an internship.
  • Before starting your internship, a tutor will be appointed to you. This tutor (from the enterprise where you will do the internship) will accompany you during your stay in the enterprise.

When can I do the internship?

  • You can start the internship anytime during the year – but you need to have the agreement of educational cooperation before starting the internship, either if it is curricular or extracurricular.

How many hours can I do?

  • The dedication and schedule of your internship needs to be compatible with your studies.
  • The agreement must not exceed the 8 hours of work per day, the 40 hours of work per week nor the 800 hours per academic year.
  • The agreement will finish before the start of the following academic year.

Can I have a wage?

  • According to the internships regulations, the internships must be remunerated (minimum 6,30 euros per hour - gross). In some specific cases, the internships may not be remunerated, but this will have to be approved by the internship coordinator.

If this is my final year, can I do the internship during the summer?

  • If you finish your studies in July, you can still do an internship during the summer (until the beginning of the following academic year), as long as you do not apply for the official degree certificate. From the moment you make the application to receive your official degree, you will automatically lose the student status and therefore you will not be able to do an internship.

I'm doing the TFG in a company and they ask me for justification of meetings or tutoring, how should I proceed?

  • Make a CAU to the secretary explaining what the company asks you, with the confirmation of the tutor will make a receipt with the seal of the School.

External Internship regulations and rules for UPF students.

You will find the synthesized information about how to do an internship, in PDF format, in the Servei de Carreres Professionals dossier. The UPF SCP (Servei de Carreres Professionals) manages the internships (curricular and extracurricular) and the job placement office.

If you want to do your internship abroad, you also have the possibility of doing an Erasmus internship.

You can also download the infographic of the internships.

Contact the Engineering School Secretary by CAU, or send an email to [email protected].

 

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