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Internships at Social Work and Social Education

General Information

Compulsory internships in Social Work and for Social Education include a minimum duration in hours and the acquisition of university credits.

There are no university credits attributed to optional internships (a maximum of 12 months of internship can be carried out over the course of the study cycle).

For those enrolled in the three-year degree course in Social Work before 2025, a total of 700 hours is foreseen for three internships (including a 100-hour orientation internship in the first year). Second and third year placements are 300 hours each.

For those enrolled in the three-year degree course in Social Work starting from 2025, a total of 600 hours is foreseen for three internships (including a 100-hour orientation internship in the first year). Second and third year placements are 250 hours each.

  • Syllabus Orientation Internship in Social Work in Italian and German
  • Syllabus Internship 2° year in Social Work in Italian and German
  • Syllabus Internship 3° year in Social Work in Italian and German
  • Guidelines final report Orientation internship in Social Work in Italian and German
  • Guidelines final report Orientation internship in Social Work for 2nd and 3rd study year in Italian and German

For those enrolled in the three-year degree course for Social Education before 2025, a total of 400 hours is foreseen for two internships. These placements, in the second and third year of the course, are 200 hours each.

For students enrolled in the degree course for Social Education starting in 2025, there is a total of 600 hours for three internships (including a 100-hour orientation internship in the first year). Second and third year placements are 250 hours each.

Deadline for submitting internship projects in the Career Hub

  • Internships of the 2° and 3° year of the course (bachelor’s degree in Social Work and Social Education) by 12 December 2025 (exceptions may be granted in case of justified need).
  • Orientation internships in Social Work and Education Sciences by March 27, 2026.

Period for carrying out the internship in Social Work - internships 2026

Internship in the 1° year of study: May 2026 (exceptions to be agreed individually).
Internships in the 2° and 3° year of study: from 7 January 2026 to June 2026 (exceptions to be agreed individually).

Internship period for Social Educator – internships 2026

Internship in the 1° year: from April 27th to the end of the semester.
Internship in the 2° year: from March 23rd – only optional courses until the end of the semester.
Internship in the 3° year: from March 30th to the end of the semester.

Duration and Tutors

Academic Tutor and Company Tutor

During your internship you will be supervised by a company tutor appointed by the hosting institution and by an academic tutor/supervisor who is nominated by the Internship Committee. For more information please see the internship regulation.

Insurance

Insurance

During your internship in Italy and abroad, our insurance covers you against work-related accidents and third-party liability. For internships carried out abroad, the insurance coverage is valid all over the world.

Steps and Forms

Step by Step to the Internship

(N.B. The internship project must be created by the company in the Career Hub at least two weeks before the start date of the internship). 

  1. Find a company or institution in which you want to do your internship. Find opportunities here.
  2. Discuss all internship details with your referee in the company/institution. In particular, clarify all duties, procedures, competences, instruments, the duration, the location and the working hours.
  3. Please register in the Career Hub (if you have not done so already).
  4. The company/institution will have to register in the Career Hub too, or login (if already registered) and proceed with creating the internship project. To do so, the company/institution needs: your tax number and matriculation number.
    Guidelines for the hosting company on activation of an internship
  5. Prerequisite for the activation of your internship is the attendance of the general work safety course (4 hours). Without proof of completion of the general work safety course, we cannot approve or activate your internship.

    If you have already taken and completed the general work safety course, we ask you to fill out this self-declaration, sign it and upload it to the Career Hub (in document management).

    If you attended the mentioned course via unibz, then we already have your data in the system and you do not need to upload a self-declaration.

    If you have not completed the general work safety course either externally or through unibz, then you must complete the same BEFORE the internship begins. Instructions can be found online.

  6. Smartworking: Internships take place on site / in the company. At the explicit request of the host company, a mixed-mode internship is possible. Internships that take place entirely in smart working will not be approved.

    For mixed-mode internships, a specific declaration must be completed and uploaded to the Career Hub before the internship is activated.

  7. After the approval of the internship project, you will receive further information via an automatic email from the Career Hub.
  8. Status of internships in the Career Hub:
    To be approved: The internship project is awaiting approval by the academic tutor/supervisor and the Career Service.
    Approved not active: The internship project was approved but still needs to be activated. Activation is obtained by providing a signed copy of the internship project and copies of I.D. of company tutor and intern uploaded to the Career Hub.
    Active: All necessary procedures have been completed correctly and all documents are present. The internship can start on the scheduled date.
  9. If, during the internship, an extension or early termination is required, this can be requested by the company directly in the Career Hub.

On completion of your internship the following steps must be performed:

  1. On the final date of the internship the company tutor and intern both receive an automatic invitation (link) to evaluate the internship.
  2. Your final report must be uploaded to the Career Hub by you through the specific function of: document administration > add document > final report. This step should be performed within a short period of time after completion of your internship.
  3. After completion of the internship evaluation by the company tutor and the intern, and after the internship report has been uploaded to the Career Hub (classified as “final report”), the academic tutor/supervisor or the supervisor will also receive an automatic invitation to evaluate the internship.
  4. The Career Service (the Internship Commission for the Bachelor in Social Work during the exam sessions) registers the credits (if applicable) once all the previous steps have been completed. The internship will also be listed in the diploma supplement.

Guidelines for evaluation of company tutor - Bachelor Social Work (German/Italian)

Guidelines for evaluation of company tutor - Bachelor Social Education (German/Italian)

Types of internships

Exam code (one of these codes must be inserted in the internship description of the Career Hub by the company)

Vademecum (German/Italian)

First page final report (German/Italian)

Information on the processing of data for the purpose of curricular and extra-curricular traineeship

Find an internship

To find an internship, you may use these following resources:

You may also check these following links to useful portals and websites where you might find internships in Italy or abroad. In spite of our thorough evaluation of these sites, we cannot guarantee their quality

Internships in Italy

In South Tyrol:

In other Italian regions:

Internships in Europe

Internships in Germany

Internships in Austria

Internships in Finland

Internships in France

Internships in the United Kingdom

Internships in non-EU countries

Internships within specific fields

Social Work