Extracurricular internships

Extracurricular internships, also called optional postgraduate internships, are paths with professionalizing and work orientation purposes they do not constitute employment relationships nor do they obligate the trainees to be hired, but at the same time they allow the trainees to get to know human resources for possible hiring.

The University of Parma activates, as a Promoting Entity, extracurricular internships in favor of its <&strong>former students who have obtained a university degree not more than 12 months ago (bachelor, doctorate or master)

No CFUs  are to be acquired for interns, unlike for curricular internships.

The maximum duration /strong>of an internship is norm equal to 6 months.

p>The regulatory competenceregarding extracurricular internships is regional therefore, it is necessary to comply, with specific exceptions, with the provisions in force in the Region where the internship's operational headquarters is located.

In order to initiate the internship, an agreement between the Host Entity (public or private entity) and the University (Promoting Entity) must be entered into.

Attached to the stipulation of the agreement is the drafting of an /strong>individual training project (PFI) representative of certain professional skills that the trainee will develop during the training.

Extracurricular traineeships provide in favor of the trainee the payment of an allowance of compulsory participation paid by the Host Institution.

All employers, both private and public, that meet the requirements set by regional regulations may host interns.

The number of interns that an employer may host at the same time also depends on the number of its employees on permanent and/or fixed-term contracts.

As a general rule, the limits are as follows:

• up to 5 employees: 1 intern;
• from 6 to 20 employees: 2 interns;
• more than 20 employees: a number not exceeding 10% of the aforementioned employees, rounded up to the next whole number.

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The extracurricular internship is intended for those who have obtained a degree (bachelor’s, master’s, or PhD) from the University of Parma no more than 12 months ago and who are not licensed or qualified professionals to practice regulated professions, for activities that are typical of or reserved to such professions.

The administrative activation process may begin even before obtaining the degree; however, it can only be finalized once the degree has been awarded.

The Intern must declare in the training project:

• that they are a recent graduate seeking their first employment (not receiving unemployment benefits);
• that they do not possess full formal recognition or certification of the competency units related to the regional qualification relevant to the internship they intend to undertake.

Matching between internship supply and demand takes place by:

• consulting internship offers published on the University’s job search platforms (ALMA LAUREA PLATFORM – JOB OFFERS BOARD; CAREER CENTER – JOB TEASER);
• independently searching for a Host Organization through direct contact.

Once the Intern has identified a Host Organization willing to host the internship, they must write to tirocinipostlaurea@unipr.it to start the administrative activation process.

CONTACT UO Internships

You can contact the'Internships Organizational Unit (Postgraduate Internships) through:

Mail: tirocinipostlaurea@unipr.it

Phone 0521 033450  from 9.30 am to 11.30 am on Wednesdays and Fridays 

It is recommended, as a matter of priority, to use and send an e-mail message to the indicated address, which, constantly manned, ensures a more expeditious handling of requests. Thank you.