Internship

Teaching Methodologies

The contact hours are tutorial orientation classes. Teaching methodologies are based on active and collaborative
learning in order to promote positive interdependence, encourage individual responsibility and autonomous work,
improve communication, develop interpersonal skills and support periodic self evaluation and progress
assessment.
The evaluation includes an informal distributed component resulting from the meetings between all involved
persons. It also includes a progress report when planned and the public oral presentation and discussion of the
Internship Report in the presence of a jury. This presentation is performed according to the
master regulation document. The evaluation is defined by the jury considering at least the following aspects:
Quality of the technical and scientific contents;
Quality of the presented document;
Quality of the presentation and ability to discuss arguments;
The contribution of the work to the company, school and society.

Learning Results

Project/Internship/Dissertation Component

Internship:

Learning objectives:

Acquire work experience in the industrial or institutional context; provide the required knowledge and skills to pursue
a career; apply in the field, the knowledge and techniques acquired throughout the course.

Generic learning outcomes and competences. – Be able to:

Work in teams, be an effective communicator and be prepared for leadership roles;
Apply scientific and technical knowledge in the resolution of real world problems;
Have an interdisciplinary perspective.

Program

Project/Internship/Dissertation Component

Internship:

To define the scope and objectives of the Internship
Integration in the industry team according to the Supervisor
To participate in the company activities

To register and document the developed activities
To identify areas where it might be beneficial to add academic knowledge
To propose and implement improvements to the company activities
To prepare a detailed final report named Internship Report

Application areas: Energy Systems, Automation, Communications

Curricular Unit Teachers

Internship(s)

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