Internships

• The internship must involve either 22.5 credits (GEO4-2520), which is equivalent to 15.75 full-time working weeks (40 hours per week) or 15 credits (GEO4-2524), which is equivalent to 10,5 full-time working weeks.
• During the internship you preferably should work on a single assignment (rather than multiple small tasks) at the host institution. If this is not the case, you need to discuss this in advance with your UU supervisor and this should be reflected in your internship proposal. Your work will result in a report.
• An internship contract between the host institution and the university is mandatory if you are taking an internship for credits. The contract can be found in the BlackBoard community Energy Science. Always let Jantien Minderhoud check it before you sign the contract.
• If the host institution requires a NDA you can use the form in the BlackBoard community Energy Science
• Your academic supervisor (a staff member of the department) and your host institution's (daily) supervisor will together guide and supervise you in your work.
• Your report will be assessed, in first instance, by the host supervisor. The final assessment will be made by the academic supervisor, who will be the person who is responsible for grading.

You can find information on procedures, entrance requirements, place of research, output etc. in the BlackBoard community.

You can connect your internship with your Master’s thesis. There may be greater added value to be gained by doing more in-depth research on a topic that you encounter during the internship. Or an internship may offer an opportunity to explore the practical side of a topic that you are working on in a research project. In any event, the thesis and the internship are considered two courses and each has its own objectives and deliverables. This means that you have to write two reports and give two presentations. The exact deliverables can be found in the course descriptions.

For further questions you can contact the research coordinator Wen Liu

If you go abroad for your internship/thesis it is mandatory to apply for it in Osiris.

• Go to Osiris Student
• Click on the ‘Stay Abroad’ tab*.
• Click on ‘New request’ (bottom left).
• Select the correct application request: 'Stay abroad other'.
• Fill out the form and upload your approval from Master coordinator.
• Click on ‘Submit’.

*A new window will open in the old OSIRIS student lay-out. In this window, please click on 'stay abroad' again. You may have to log in again in case your session has expired.