Internship

Knowledge of general and scientific course units.

Knowledge of technical course units.

Guidance, monitoring and evaluation of the student are ensured jointly by the internship advisor (ISEC teacher) and the Supervisor (a professional designated by the host entity).

The internship takes place in the host entities.

Points 1 to 3 of Article 46 of the Academic Regulation of the CTeSPs of the IPC specifies that:

The monitoring of the FCT component is the responsibility of a UOE Professor, designated as Advisor.

The monitoring of the FCT component, in the Hosting Entity, is the responsibility of a Supervisor who is a qualified professional.

The orientation, monitoring and evaluation of the student’s performance are jointly ensured by the Advisor and the Supervisor in accordance with the  Regulation.

Integrate students within the tasks of the company/host institution to develop their technical, social and interpersonal skills;

Apply and execute, under guidance, the knowledge acquired in the general and scientific as well as in the technical course units through the development of practical activities inserted in their professional profile;

Understand the planning and execution procedures of several specific operations from company/host institution;
Systematize procedures and optimize operational practices in the working context.

The student should comply with an individual work plan established according to the activities of the Automotive Technology and Management area at the companies/host institutions.
The student is guided, monitored and evaluated by an Advisor, which is an IPC / ISEC teacher, and a company/host institution Supervisor.

Both the Advisor and the Supervisor will agree on the work plan, which is subject to prior approval of the scientific body and then passed on to the student. Periodically, they communicate and/or meet to evaluate the implementation of the work plan.

The student will always have to frame the production of an Internship report that should describe the developed activities.

The student will always have to comply with the number of hours defined for the Internship and compensate for the hours lost due to lack of attendance, regardless of the underlying cause.

Indicators of continuous performance evaluation (punctuality, quality of work, rigour and dexterity, work rhythm, application of safety standards, demonstration of initiative and social relationship) are considered in the evaluation, as well as the evaluation of the Internship report and its presentation and discussion with the Advisor and the Supervisor.

Continuous evaluation. There is no final exam in this course unit.

The admission conditions for the frequency of the internship, also known as Training Component in Working Context, are described in the Regulation of the CTeSP’s of IPC.

The evaluation methodology is also described in same Regulation.

Point 2 of Article 24 of the Academic Regulation of the CTeSPs of IPC specifies that:
The classification of the FCT component includes, cumulatively, 3 elements of evaluation:
a) Assessment of the work developed in the host entity…;
b) Assessment of an internship report ...;
c) Assessment of the public presentation and defense of the internship report.

Point 4 of Article 24 of the Academic Regulation of the CTeSPs of the IPC specifies that:
The final classification of the FCT component will take into account the following elements:
a) Assessment from the host entity: 50%;
b) Written report: 25%;
c) Oral presentation and performance in the answers: 25%.

Point 5 of Article 45 of the Academic Regulation of the CTeSPs of the IPC specifies that:
During the FCT Component, a preliminary version of the final report, validated by the Supervisor, with a detailed characterization of the tasks carried out organised under the terms defined in a CTeSP Report Model to be made available by the UOE, must be sent by the student to the Supervisor via email by the 15th working day prior to the last day of the internship.

For the purposes of assessing the FCT component, the student must send the Internship Report to the respective Advisor and Supervisor, by email and in digital format, at least 3 working days before the end date of the internship.

The student must hand in the Internship Report by the day of, or at the latest on the day of, the public presentation and defense exam:
- a paper copy of the Internship Report, signed on the last page;
- a physical copy (e.g. DVD, CD or USB stick) containing the Internship Report in word and pdf format, as well as the Power Point presentation.

- The public presentation and defense of the internship report lasts 60 minutes;
- The jury has three members: President, Advisor and Examining teacher;
- The student has an initial period of no more than 20 minutes for an oral presentation, in Power Point, of the work carried out.

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