Internship

The Internship component is pursued at the end of the master degree.

Tutorial-type contact hours. Methodologies based on active and collaborative learning,
to promote positive interdependence between students, foster individual responsibility and autonomous work,
improve communication, develop interpersonal skills, stimulate self-assessment and periodic evaluation of applied research.

The evaluation has an informal distributed component resulting from the meetings between the students and the academic supervisor,
an intermediate progress report whenever justified, and the public examination/defense of the Internship Report.
The defense consists of a public exam evaluated by a jury in accordance with the regulations for the study cycle.
The evaluation is defined by the jury considering at least the following components:
Quality of the technical-scientific content;
Quality of the document presented;
Quality of presentation and ability to argue;
Added value of work for the company (when involved), for the school and for the society.

Project/Internship/Dissertation component – Internship:

In the Internship component the students will have the opportunity:
– To acquire relevant professional experience that allows the student a first integration in the labor market;
– To acquire the necessary knowledge to transfer skills to the professional environment and
set goals for career paths;
– To put into practice the knowledge and techniques acquired and developed during the master’s course.
– To develop the ability to document extensive engineering work according to scientific research methodologies;

At the end of the Internship, the student must demonstrate the ability to:

– Work in a team, communicate ideas and be able to take on leadership tasks;
– Apply scientific and technical knowledge in the solution of problems in a professional environment;
– Develop an inter-disciplinary perspective of problems.

Project/Internship/Dissertation component – Internship:

Students have the possibility of attending an internship of a professional nature.
The Internship can be proposed by teachers, by a company or institution or by the student.
At each stage, one or more academic advisors are assigned, according to the specific areas involved,
who will support the student throughout the school year, and a supervisor of the company or institution that will
support the student in the integration into the work environment. The student, the academic advisers and industry
supervisors will agree on a Work Plan for the internship.
The Work Plan includes the objectives and scope of the internship as well as a schedule of activities to be developed.
The internship should lead to the production of an Internship Report that meets the requirements for obtaining the master’s degree.

NAO

Specific to each Internship.