Students and graduates at unibz can choose between different types of internships:

• Curricular internships with ECTS credits: they require a minimum amount of internship hours
• Curricular internships with no ECTS credits
• Extracurricular internships with no ECTS credits (post laurea)

N.B. Extracurricular internships outside of the Autonomous Province of Bozen-Bolzano are subject to special regulations. Please contact the Career Service for advice.

With few exceptions, internships for graduates outside of Italy are activated within the Erasmus+ Traineeship programme. Please inform yourself early enough about the respective deadlines.

Duration

Curricular internships: minimum 2 weeks, maximum 12 months.

Extracurricular internships: minimum 2 months, maximum 6. They can be carried out within 12 months after graduation.

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 from your Faculty. Any lecturer, researcher or PhD student at unibz can be your academic tutor.

• Academic tutors for the Bruneck-Brunico campus specifically are: Federico Boffa (Italian-speaking countries), Stefan Franz Schubert and Günter Schamel (German-speaking countries) and Claudia Cozzio (other countries) for the bachelor programme. Isabel Schäufele-Elbers for the master programme.
•  Academic tutors for the Faculty of Design and Art specifically are: Roberto Gigliotti (Major in Design) and Eva Leitolf (Major in Art) for the bachelor programme and Kris Krois for the master programme.

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.

Past Internship Experiences

Every year the Career Service is conducting a survey about the internship experiences of unibz students. Have a look at the results of 2023.