JSBS7110 Practical Training in Finland (5–15 cr)

During the internship, the student will become familiar with the professional practice of the sector. The internship must correspond to a task for which, in accordance with the objectives of the programme, the teaching is designed to prepare students.

An advanced level traineeship must meet the following requirements:

• the tasks of the intern should be challenging and non-routine-like, i.e. typically developmental or exploratory tasks
• the student needs to have a supervisor approved by the discipline at the internship site, with whom the student makes an internship plan
• the student sends the internship plan to the contact person for internships in their degree programme well in advance before the start of the internship
• after the internship period, the student writes a detailed report of the internship and sends it to the contact person for internships in their degree programme. When the report is accepted, the credit points will be registered.

Connection of Course Contents to UN Sustainable Development Goals

4 Quality education, 8 Decent work and economic growth, 9 Industry, innovation and infrastructure

After completing the course, the student will be able to:

• work in challenging specialist positions in their field
• develop learning goals for their own work-based learning
• assess their own performance as an employee and evaluate their own learning in relation to their own learning objectives

The internship must be agreed in advance with the contact person for internships in their degree programme by submitting an internship plan, drawn up jointly with the supervisor at the internship site and approved by the contact person for internships in their degree programme. After the internship period, the student writes a detailed report of the internship and sends it to the contact person for internships in their degree programme. One month in a full-time internship equals to 5 ECTS credits.

NB. Students cannot register for the course in Sisu.