Curricular Internship - Non-Professional degree courses
The Curricular Internship is a requirement for each First-cycle/Bachelor's degree course, Second-cycle/Master’s degree course, or Specialisation course, and is set out in the related course prospectus. It is compulsory and earns you the ECTS credits you need to graduate.
You may apply for a Curricular Internship:
- when taking a First-cycle/Bachelor's degree only after you have earned 80 ECTS credits;
- when taking a Second-cycle/Master's degree or Specialisation course only after you have earned 42 ECTS credits , or you are regularly enrolled in the 2nd year of the course.
REGULATIONS FOR CURRICULAR INTERNSHIPS (NON-PROFESSIONAL degree courses)
COMPLETING and REGISTERING your traineeship
To complete a traineeship, save your documentation as a single PDF/A file, have it signed electronically by your tutor, and email it to one of the following addresses: iva.begagic@unipd.it or stage@unipd.it. No other forms of submission will be accepted.
What should I send?
- Documentation about your degree course:
- FIRST-CYCLE/BACHELOR’S DEGREE traineeship certificate – (MINISTERIAL DECREE No. 270/04 and 17/10) 250 HOURS
- FIRST-CYCLE/BACHELOR’S DEGREE traineeship certificate – (MINISTERIAL DECREE No. 17) 300 HOURS
- SECOND-CYCLE/MASTER’S DEGREE traineeship certificate – ONLY students matriculated from academic year 2014/15 – (Ministerial Decree No. 17) 400 HOURS
- SECOND-CYCLE/MASTER'S traineeship certificate – ONLY students matriculated in the CN2 course – (Ministerial Decree No. 17) 300 HOURS
- The confirmation screen for the School of Psychology questionnaire: Traineeship-completion questionnaire
- The confirmation email you receive after completing the Career Service evaluation questionnaire sent to the email address stated in your training project.
Check your SPAM box, as your provider may have filtered the email.
Your completed documentation must be submitted by the following dates
| Calls for traineeship registration | Submission deadlines (completed documentation) |
|---|---|
| Tuesday 11/02/2025 | Tuesday 04/02/2025 |
| Tuesday 04/03/2025 | Tuesday 25/02/2025 |
| Thursday 15/05/2025 | Thursday 08/05/2025 |
| Thursday 05/06/2025 | Wednesday 28/05/2025 |
| Thursday 17/07/2025 | Thursday 10/07/2025 |
| Monday 25/08/2025 | Monday 18/08/2025 |
| Monday 15/09/2025 | Monday 08/09/2025 |
| Thursday 30/10/2025 | Thursday 23/10/2025 |
| Wednesday 19/11/2025 | Wednesday 12/11/2025 |
If your traineeship-application form, traineeship-completion form, or both have not been submitted on time, your traineeship will not be registered.
Registering your traineeship online
NB: You do not have to sign up to register your traineeship, as this will be done automatically once our staff have ensured your submitted documentation is correct.
The traineeship-completion documentation needs to be submitted by the deadline stated in the table above, so that the ECTS credits for your traineeship can be registered on the date the window opens.
Students about to graduate: ensure that you know the deadline for registering your traineeship; this date is non-negotiable if your ECTS credits are to be registered in your booklet (libretto), thus enabling you to graduate.
Recognition of professional work/volunteer work as an undergraduate
Although non-university activities can be recognised, it only happens in exceptional circumstances, as your traineeship must be based on a period of training related to your study plan.
When applying for recognition of professional work or volunteer work as your traineeship, you must have:
- worked in a single organisation for at least 5/6 consecutive months within the last two years. Your written report needs to state your exact daily/weekly working hours, the work you carried out, the aspects related to your training as a psychologist, and the psychology skills you believe you have acquired as a result of this work.
or
- worked as a volunteer in a single organisation for at least 9/12 consecutive months within the last two years. Your written report needs to state your exact daily/weekly working hours, the work you carried out, the aspects related to your training as a psychologist, and the psychology skills you believe you have acquired as a result of this work.
Students on Second-Cycle/Master’s and Specialisation courses cannot apply for recognition if they applied during their First-Cycle/Bachelor's degree for the same or other activities.
To apply for recognition, you need to submit:
- a WRITTEN REPORT, i.e. 1-to-2 pages containing a detailed description of the work you carried out, signed by you the trainee, COUNTERSIGNED by your tutor, and STAMPED with the official stamp of your host organisation.
- a RECOGNITION FORM, which states your personal details (name, surname, student number, degree course, telephone number), your host organisation's details (address, tutor’s or supervisor’s name), and total hours that you would like recognised.
- your application will be evaluated and approved at the discretion of the Traineeships Commission, which will assess on a case-by-case basis whether the regulations have been observed, your work complies with the regulations, and it is scientifically, academically and professionally relevant.
The Traineeships Commission will publish its evaluation within one month of your documentation being submitted.
- National Civilian Service (SCN)
You can apply to have your current National Civilian Service (SCN) recognised, but only after you have worked for more than nine months, or six months if your SCN has been interrupted for documented health reasons, or by force majeure.
Your documentation should be signed by your tutor and saved in a single PDF/A file. It should then be emailed to one of the following addresses (submission in any other way will not be accepted): iva.begagic@unipd.it or stage@unipd.it
