External Academic Internships

External Academic Internships (Master’s Degree)

Training activity designed to apply advanced knowledge, acquire professional skills, and improve employability.

What are external internships?

External academic internships are a supervised training activity carried out by university students and supervised by the University, aimed at allowing them to apply and complement the knowledge acquired in their academic training, thus promoting the acquisition of competences that prepare them for professional practice, improve their employability, and foster entrepreneurial skills.

Important: Internships do not imply an employment relationship and are always formalized through a university agreement.

Academic conditions

Internships must ensure that the training received by students is related to the competences and knowledge to be acquired in their degree studies, within their field of knowledge. They cannot be based solely on transversal skills.
As a general rule, internship time does not count toward seniority nor does it exempt the probation period.

Limitations

Internships do not create any employment relationship and cannot replace regular job positions.
Administrative and teaching support tasks cannot be considered external internships.

Internship formalisation

Internships are formalised through the signing of educational cooperation agreements and a training project between the student, the University, and the host company or institution. Administrative management is carried out digitally via the PRISMA/e-Secretaria.

Important deadline: Student details must be sent via email to organitzacio.docent.foot@upc.edu at least 10 working days before the start date.

Required information: