Internship
All students of the master’s programmes Economics, Business Economics and Business Engineering have the opportunity to do an internship. This internship can be added to the curriculum as an elective course and consists of 6 ECTS-credits.
The faculty only provides an internship contract if the internship is part of your curriculum, the internship has to be linked with the elective course ‘internship’ in your programme. Voluntary internships are not possible because these internships are not part of our programmes
Practical information
- The internship has a workload of 4 weeks of fulltime employment or 20 working days.
- Internships during exam periods are not allowed.
- Students who wish to complete their internship during the academic year, can under no circumstances be exempted from the imposed study obligations regarding other courses in the programme overview.
- The internship’s assignment must be related to one or more of the programme’s fields of study. It involves a project and/or assignments aimed at problem solving and must primarily involve (>50%) professional and analytical tasks.
- After the internship the student must write an internship report in which he/she links the internship’s assignment to the broader theoretical framework.
- The student may not start his/her internship before the internship agreement has been created and signed and the internship coordinator, internship supervisor and the student each have their own copy in their possession.
You can subscribe to this course via www.ufora.ugent.be > ‘Enrol in course’ > Search on ‘Elective Course Internship FEB’ or 'FX00007'.
Once you are enrolled, you can find all necessary information in the internship guide on the specific page ‘Information in English’.
When
At the earliest the internship can start from July onwards during the summer vacation before the first master (the internship is considered to be part of the master’s programme curriculum) and lasts at the latest until the month of May in the master (Business) Economics or the 2nd master Business Engineering. If the student graduates in the resit examination period, the internship may last until August 15 at the latest.
These are the possibilities:
| Master (Business) Economics | Master Business Engineering | |
| Summer before 1st Master | Only possible for students who followed the Preparatory programme | Only possible for students who followed the Preparatory programme |
| During academic year of 1st Master | Not possible in case of a standard learning track (too much other study obligations) | Not possible in case of a standard learning track (too much other study obligations) |
| Summer after 1st Master | Possible in resit examination period | Possible (between 1st master and 2nd master) |
| During academic year of 2nd Master | N/A | Not possible in case of a standard learning track (too many other study obligations) |
| Summer after 2nd Master | N/A | Possible in resit examination period |
Testimonials
Economics
Business Economics
Business Engineering
Contact
if you have any questions after reading the internship guide, you can contact the internship coordinator: Tine.Claeys@UGent.be