Internship

Professional orientation and skills through early contact with companies

Internships offer the opportunity to apply the skills acquired during your studies under realistic conditions and to further develop specialist and interdisciplinary skills such as project management in a professional environment.

In addition to the practical training, direct contact with the company also has great potential from the perspective of a later career start - for both sides. Work placements continue to be a successful recruitment tool for companies. The decisive factor here is the opportunity for both companies and students to get to know each other over a longer period of time in a non-binding manner.

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Internship guidelines for the degree programs:

Bachelor's degree Program in Industrial Engineering and Management Bachelor's degree program in Information Management Bachelor's Degree program in Technical Economics Tips for your internship

Internship guidelines for students on the Bachelor's degree program in Industrial Engineering and Management

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Basis	§ Section 14a of the 2015 study and examination regulations
Duration	SPO 2015: 12 weeks commercial and/or technical internship
Time	During the course of study (also permitted: before commencement of studies / no student internships) Proof at the latest for admission to the last module examination (usually Bachelor's thesis)
Activity	Free choice of company Free choice of fields of activity and areas of work Qualified technical and/or commercial content
General conditions	SPO 2015: Part-time employment permitted (at least 20 hours/week with equal distribution over at least 5 working days) Division into sections and into different companies possible; minimum duration per individual internship: 4 weeks; General: Vacation days cannot be counted towards the required internship time. They are deducted from the documented internship time; Days absent for health reasons will not be deducted up to a maximum of 3 days in total, provided that this would result in the minimum time for the mandatory internship not being reached. Public holidays that fall within the internship period will not be deducted.
Recognition	The internship is recognized by the Examinations Office of the KIT Faculty of Business Administration and Economics. Proof of practical training is provided in the form of a certificate issued by the internship office for the internship completed, which contains details of the duration, area of activity and departments visited, as well as an internship report (not handwritten) countersigned by the internship office and comprising at least one page. The application for recognition of the compulsory internship is submitted via an online form in the WiWi portal, where the required documents/receipts are also uploaded.
Alternative to the internship	Vocational training: A commercial or technical apprenticeship of at least 2 years is recognized as equivalent to the compulsory internship and can replace it. All other forms of employment (e.g. vacation job, working student activity, self-employment, activities in your own company) cannot be claimed as an alternative to the professional internship.

Internship guidelines for students on the Bachelor's degree program in Information Management

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Basis	§ 14a of the study and examination regulations from 2015 (§ 15 SPO 2005 / 2009)
Duration	6 weeks of study-related internship
Time	Before or during the course of study Proof at the latest on admission to the last examination (usually Bachelor's thesis)
Activity	Free choice of company Free choice of fields of activity and areas of work Observance of the study reference
General conditions	Internships must be completed in full-time employment (at least 35 hours/week) without exception The internship can be divided into sections (min. 3 weeks) and in different companies; Vacation days cannot be counted towards the required internship time. They will be deducted from the proven internship time; Days absent for health reasons will not be deducted up to a maximum total of 3 days, provided that this would result in the minimum time for the mandatory internship being exceeded. Public holidays that fall within the internship period will not be deducted.
Recognition from SPO 2005	The internship must be registered using the form (see link below), stating the internship position and the examiner, at the Examinations Office of the KIT Faculty of Business Administration and Economics. After completion of the internship, a reference from the internship position and a short report on the internship (not handwritten!) must be submitted to the institute that carries out the performance review. If the performance review is successful, the certificate of achievement will be issued by the institute and forwarded to the Office of Student Affairs via the Examinations Office of the KIT Faculty of Business Administration and Economics. Detailed information on the recognition of the internship
Alternative to the internship	Vocational training: At least 2 years of commercial or technical vocational training is recognized as equivalent to the compulsory internship and can replace it. All other forms of employment (e.g. vacation job, working student activity, self-employment, activities in your own company) cannot be claimed as an alternative to the professional internship.

Internship guidelines for students on the Bachelor's degree program in Technical Economics

Link to the internship guidelines

Basis	§ Section 14a of the 2015 study and examination regulations
Duration	SPO 2015: 12 weeks commercial and/or technical internship
Time	Before or during the degree course Proof at the latest on admission to the last examination (usually Bachelor's thesis)
Activity	Free choice of company Free choice of fields of activity and areas of work Qualified technical and/or commercial content
General conditions	SPO 2015: Part-time employment permitted (at least 20 hours/week with equal distribution over at least 5 working days) Division into sections and into different companies possible; minimum duration per individual internship: 4 weeks; Vacation days cannot be counted towards the required internship time. They are deducted from the proven internship time; General: Vacation days cannot be counted towards the required internship time. They are deducted from the documented internship time; Days absent for health reasons will not be deducted up to a maximum total of 3 days, provided that this would result in the minimum time for the mandatory internship not being reached. Public holidays that fall within the internship period will not be deducted.
Recognition	The internship is recognized by the Examinations Office of the KIT Faculty of Business Administration and Economics. Proof of practical training is provided in the form of a certificate issued by the internship office for the internship completed, which contains details of the duration, area of activity and departments visited, as well as an internship report (not handwritten) countersigned by the internship office and comprising at least one page. The application for recognition of the compulsory internship is submitted via an online form in the WiWi portal, where the required documents/receipts are also uploaded.
Alternative to an internship	Vocational training: At least 2 years of commercial or technical vocational training is recognized as equivalent to the mandatory internship and can replace it. All other forms of employment (e.g. vacation job, working student activity, self-employment, activities in your own company) cannot be claimed as an alternative to the professional internship.