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Student Internship 1 (10 cr)

Code: TKV22PRA01-3026

General information


Enrollment

02.07.2025 - 31.07.2025

Timing

01.08.2025 - 31.07.2026

Number of ECTS credits allocated

10 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Faculty of Technology and Seafaring

Teaching languages

  • Svenska

Degree programmes

  • Degree Programme in Civil and Construction Engineering
  • Degree Programme in Electrical Engineering and Automation
  • Degree Programme in Land Surveying
  • Degree Programme in Information Technology

Teachers

  • Kenneth Julin

Groups

  • BYS25D-V
    Ingenjör (YH), byggnads- och samhällsteknik, 2025 Vasa, dagstudier

Objective

The students:
-have performed such tasks that belong to their branch and their own field of education
-have gained insight into what the future professional role can entail
-have made contacts with the working world and can reflect over their own learning

Content

Actively applied for internship
Made contact to companies
Work at the internship place
Report

Teaching methods

Technical work in one's own industry.

• Internship 1 is industry and internship information, preparation for the internship, where the applicant seeks their internship position.
• The internship may include different types of tasks at the internship site so that the student has the opportunity to observe how work is performed by different professional categories at various levels in the organization.
• Specifically, the student should observe how occupational safety is structured at the workplace and how it complies with legislation, as well as how the management functions and is organized.
• The internship is reported by submitting an internship certificate, an internship diary, and by being prepared to share their internship experiences during an internship seminar in the following academic year. All three documents must be submitted in the Moodle course no later than one month after the last day of the internship.
• For students with extensive work experience, Internship 1 can be validated if the internship supervisor assesses that there are conditions and compelling reasons for the concerned student to validate instead of completing the internship.
The validation is carried out in accordance with the guidelines on the intranet (eAHOT).

In summary, the practice includes the following:
Information search and preparation,
CV and job seeking,
Contact with companies, application for internship, Practical construction or equivalent in accordance with the student's career plan,
Reporting.

International connections

The internship can be conducted abroad. More information is available in the associated Moodle course.

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

For a passing result in the course, the internship certificate, internship diary, and report on the internship must be submitted and approved.

Evaluation scale

Approved/Rejected

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Approved internship report and certificate of completed internship period.

Assessment methods and criteria

The internship is reported by submitting an internship certificate, an internship diary, and by being prepared to talk about one's internship experiences during the internship seminar in the following academic year. All documents must be submitted in the Moodle course no later than one month after the last day of the internship.

Qualifications

The Degree Program entails three internship periods. The internship periods builds upon each other and are commonly completed one at a time with theoretical courses in between.