Internships and apprenticeships abroad for students and recent graduates

We continuously update a "showcase" where you can consult the offers of internships and apprenticeships reserved for students and recent graduates at the University of Padova. We also collect a series of calls for mobility grants that may be useful to you

Thanks to the Erasmus+ traineeship syllabus you can carry out a traineeship in a foreign company up to 12 months after graduation, and you will have a differentiated EU contribution in relation to the cost of living in the country of destination
In order to start an internship, an agreement and a training agreement are required; Furthermore, those who carry out the traineeship must have passed the general training course on safety in the workplace. Insurance coverage for third-party liability and accidents at work at Inail is covered by the University.
Please note that health care is guaranteed in EU countries only for emergencies or medical care necessary by the European Health Insurance Card - EHIC issued by your ASL. If you travel to non-EU countries, you are required to take out a health insurance policy privately, valid for the entire period abroad. It is advisable to take out a policy privately even if you travel to EU countries. Country-specific information can be found on the website of the Ministry of Health, which please read.
For travel and rentals, it is advisable to choose purchase options that provide for reimbursement in the event of cancellation and contemplate the cancellation of contractual relationships without penalties .
It isissued only on the occasion of the first internship hosted and establishes a framework agreement between the University and an institution or company, on the basis of which the latter has the possibility of activating internships.
If not yet stipulated, it is the responsibility of the host institution, which must:
- register the company master data (only the first time you use the service) through the appropriate form
- wait for the email for the validation of the registration
- use username and password to access the reserved area (click on the Training and orientation agreement button)
It establishes the methods of carrying out the internship, including the duration and the activities to be carried out, defined jointly by the host institution, the guardian figure and the intern.
It must be completed by those who are preparing to carry out the traineeship together with the company tutor within their reserved area. At least 15 days before the start date, the single copy of the training agreement must be sent or delivered to the Career Service Office, which will then send it countersigned to the host institution.
In compliance with the provisions of Legislative Decree 81/2008 and subsequent amendments and additions and the State-Regions agreements of 21/12/2011 and 07/07/2016, students, graduates, during the traineeship period, are equivalent to workers; they must therefore receive adequate training in occupational health and safety consisting of:
General training course, of which the promoter is the guarantor (University of Padova)
The general training course (duration 4 hours) is carried out online BEFORE DI FILLING IN THE TRAINING PROJECT and the data must be reported in the training agreement.
It is available on the Moodle platform of the University training (by logging in with the institutional SSO credentials)
Specific training course, provided by the host entity (company or institution)
With regard to the level of risk to which the trainee will be exposed, the host entity (company or institution) is required to provide specific training for low (4 hours), medium (8 hours) or high (12 hours) risk; taking into account any specific training already carried out by the intern.
In order to give added value to the training course, the University of Padova has already activated in e-Learning mode the specific training course for those who are employed:
- in office or similar activities and for exclusively computer laboratories, specific low risk training course (duration 4 hours)
- in scientific laboratories (indoor and outdoor), specific high risk training course (duration 12 hours)
The specific training courses are available on the Moodle platform of the University training
The certificate obtained at the end of one of the two courses mentioned above can be sent to the host entity (company or institution) for the evaluation of the specific training carried out.
For more information: https://www.unipd.it/corsi-formazione-sicurezza
The confidentiality obligations that the Trainee must observe during the traineeship (about production processes, products or other news relating to the company of which he becomes aware, both during and after the traineeship), will eventually be regulated through specific agreements between the Host Subject and the Trainee, who is required to comply with the guidelines published below for the signature.
Students are required to inquire at the Career Service Office, from the initial moment of the organization of the internship, for the possible recognition of university credits (ECTS credits) at the end of the same, as the final documentation varies according to specific procedures from school to school.
If, on the other hand, the dissertation internship is carried out, it is possible to have the recognition in the university credits (ECTS credits) carried out abroad, by submitting after the end of the internship the two documents that can be downloaded here, signed in original, to the Career Service Office at least thirty days before the start of the graduation session.
Career service office
via Martiri della Libertà, 2 - 35137 Padova
tel. 049.8273071
stage.estero@unipd.it
Telephone reception hours and public desk:
Monday-Friday 10-13, Tuesday and Thursday also 15-16.30
The counter to the public receives by appointment only.