The compulsory internships in the 2nd and 3rd academic year have to last a minimum amount of hours and will give you ECTS credits.
A 100 hours internship of orientation is mandatory at the first year for our students in Social Work.
Optional internships will not give you any ECTS credits.
All internship projects must be placed in Career Hub by 11 December 2023 (compulsory internships 2024 for the Bachelors in Social Work and in Social Education).
Deadline for submitting internship projects in the Career Hub: 11 December 2023
(11 March 2024 for orientation internships of the first year of study in Social Work).
1st year of study Social Work (total 100 hours)
Orientation internship to be carried out flexibly between 2 May and 31 May 2024. The indicated period is without lessons (except for language courses). Visits to local services and other resources will be offered to learn about the areas of intervention in Social Work.
2nd year of study (300 hours in total for Social Work)
Beginning of the flexible internship from 26 February 2024
in "part-time" mode (lessons and internship) until 03 April 2024
in "full-time" mode (internship only) from 06 May 2024 onwards (after this date there are no lessons, with the exception of events accompanying the internship and language courses).
3rd year of study (300 hours in total for Social Work)
Beginning of the flexible internship from 26 February 2024
in "part-time" mode (lessons and internship) until 24 April 2024
in "full time" mode (internship only) from 29 April 2024 onwards (after this date there are no lessons, with the exception of events accompanying the internship and language courses).
2nd year of study (200 hours in total for Social Educator)
Beginning of the flexible internship from 3 April 2024 in "full-time" mode until 14 June 2024 (in the indicated period only language courses and remaining hours of an optional course are planned).
3 year of study (200 hours in total for Social Educator)
Beginning of the flexible internship from 03 April 2024
in "part-time" mode (lessons and internship) until 03 May 2024,
in full-time mode (internship only) until 06 June 2024 (period without lessons, except for language courses and remaining hours of an optional course).
You can take a compulsory or optional internship for a maximum of 12 months. The minimum length of an internship is two weeks.
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.
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.
(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).
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.
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.
On completion of your internship the following steps must be performed:
Guidelines for evaluation of company tutor - Bachelor Social Work (German/Italian)
Guidelines for evaluation of company tutor - Bachelor Social Education (German/Italian)
Guidelines for the final report (German/Italian)
First page final report (German/Italian)
Information on the processing of data for the purpose of curricular and extra-curricular traineeship
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
In South Tyrol:
In other Italian regions:
Internships in Germany
Internships in Austria
Internships in Finland
Internships in France
Internships in the United Kingdom
Social Work