Postgraduate Traineeships
Once you have finished your studies, you can apply for:
- a Postgraduate Traineeship (TPV), which is a requirement for graduates wishing to enrol in Section A of the Professional Order of Psychologists (SECOND-CYCLE/MASTER’S non-professional degree courses). Law no. 163/2021 and Interministerial Decree no. 567/2022
- An Undergraduate Vocational Traineeship is available for graduates wishing to enrol in Section B of the Professional Order of Psychologists (FIRST-CYCLE/BACHELOR'S degree courses).
- An Extracurricular Voluntary Internship lasts a minimum of two months and a maximum of six; it takes place at an organisation affiliated with the University of Padova. However, IT WILL NOT EARN YOU hours and days towards a vocational traineeship, which you need to take a State examination. It is simply an experience you can add to your CV. Extracurricular Voluntary Internships are governed by Veneto Region regulations on graduate traineeships.
For the regulations and required documentation, please see the Career Service website >Internships in Italy
LIST OF ORGANISATIONS FOR PSYCHOLOGY TRAINEESHIPS
The list can be downloaded at https://psico.elearning.unipd.it/course/section.php?id=45290; when prompted, log in with your Uniweb credentials. The list contains only the names of the organisations that have asked for their details to be made public.
Please note: Ensure that the organisation has a specific Postgraduate Traineeship (TPV) agreement with the university.
STARTING YOUR POSTGRADUATE TRAINEESHIP (TPV)
Your TPV training project needs to observe the following criteria:
- a minimum time of 750 hours.
- a maximum length of 12 months. There is no minimum length, but your TPV can last no longer than 8 hours per day and 40 hours per week.
- You can carry out your traineeship at a single organisation or at two separate ones. If you work at two separate organisations, the time you work at each must be consecutive and your activities reported separately. You will need to complete two training projects, one for each organisation.
- The starting date is set by the School of Psychology calendar.
- You are allowed to carry out your traineeship entirely abroad for a maximum of 6 months, but the host organisation needs to be approved by the Commission.
- TPVs MAY NOT be carried out at university facilities.
- Your psychology tutor must have been enrolled in Italy’s Professional Order of Psychologists for at least 3 years.
- If the organisation is not university-affiliated, a specific agreement must be entered into.
PLEASE NOTE: graduates wishing to start their internship 12 months after they have graduated will be required to pay a fee that includes stamp duty and insurance.
The fee is reviewed every academic year, and then published in the course prospectus; the fee is 182 euro.
Payment must be made via PagoPA. Click this link for the procedure:
Payment procedure in Italian
Payment procedure in English
What do I submit to start my traineeship?
INSTRUCTIONS FOR TRAINING AGREEMENT POST DEGREE
ALLEGATO 10 INSTRUCTIONS TO FILL IN THE TRAINING PROJECT FOR INTERNSHIPS
What do I submit to complete my traineeship?
- BOOKLET
- EVALUATION QUESTIONNAIRE
- SCHOOL OF PSYCHOLOGY QUESTIONNAIRE
The documents you need to complete your traineeship must be signed electronically and NOT by hand.
As stated in each training project, you need to complete the Career Service’s evaluation questionnaire at the end of your traineeship/internship. You will be sent the questionnaire:
- several days before date your traineeship is due to end. See date stated in your training project;
- via email to the address stated in your training project; if you do not receive the questionnaire, please verify your email address by logging into your account (i.e. where you completed your training project) and UPDATE IT if necessary.
COMPLETING THE QUESTIONNAIRE IS COMPULSORY. When you submit your TRAINEESHIP-COMPLETION DOCUMENTATION, you also need to include a printout of the confirmation email you were sent after you filled out the questionnaire.
ALSO NOTE that you need to submit a printout of the confirmation screen of the School of Psychology questionnaire, which can be downloaded from this link: Traineeship-completion questionnaire
RECOGNITION OF POSTGRADUATE PROFESSIONAL/VOLUNTEER WORK
Graduates may apply to have professional work carried out after they graduated recognised as their Postgraduate Traineeship (TPV) as long as this work was supervised by a psychologist who has been registered for at least three years in Italy’s Professional Order of Psychologists, as required by Interministerial Decree no. 567 of 20-06-2022. National Civilian Service is also a recognised activity, as long as it complies with the above requirements.
You can apply for recognition by submitting:
- a 1-to-2 page WRITTEN REPORT containing a fairly detailed description of the work you carried out. The report should be signed by you, the trainee, and COUNTERSIGNED by your psychology tutor, who must have been registered in the Professional Order for at least 3 years. It also needs to be STAMPED with the official stamp of your host organisation.
- a RECOGNITION FORM stating your personal details (name, surname, student number, degree course, telephone number), the host organisation’s details (address and tutor name), and the total number of hours you wish to have recognised.
You then need to send your documentation in a single PDF file to the Career Service at stage@unipd.it
Applications are evaluated and approved at the discretion of the Commission, which will assess on a case-by-case basis whether the regulations have been observed, whether the activity you wish to have recognised is compatible with the regulations, and whether it is scientifically, academically and professionally relevant.
The Commission will publish the results of its evaluation within one month of you submitting all of your documentation.
