These are training activities allowing the students to apply the knowledge acquired during academic training, preparing them for professional activity and facilitating their access to employment.
The possibility of introducing external internships in the degrees has reinforced the commitment of the University with the working capacity of the future graduates, thus enriching the students' training in grade studies, in an environment which offers both them and the training personnel a deeper knowledge about the competences they will require in future. (List of Motives RD 1393/2007)
The University of Almeria, considering the importance of these external internships for the professional development of students, has included them in all grade studies, in order to enable all students to undertake them.
In this degree, external internships are obligatory.
External internships of the Higher Polytechnic School are managed by the University Employment Service, whose website is www.ual.es/empleo. After finishing, students can choose between having their free choice credits recognized by an external internship or defending their end-of-career project in the category of external internship.
The possibility of including external internships is explicitly mentioned in the Royal Decree 1393/2007, of 29 October, establishing regulations for Official University Studies.
In this point you will find everrything about regulation and development of the internships. Here you will find, as soon as available, everything about deadlines, assignment procedure, and, if applicable, their regulations.