Step by Step - The Way into Practical Training
- University of Bremen
- The Career Center, University of Bremen
- Students, Study Programmes, Internship Requirements
- Training Options
- Organisational and Legal Aspects
- Co-operation
- Step by Step - The Way into Practical Training
Please note: The “Step by Step Guide”, aiming to serve as a useful instrument, mentions the most common steps and activities occurring in study-related internships. It is neither meant to be fully comprehensive nor to present an obligatory framework.
- Students may contact employers to find out if internship positions are generally available, and to enquire about application formalities
- Alternatively, students find internship positions/job offerings making use of "Job-Seeker's gateway"
- that have been posted by employers in the Online University Job Fair (see above, explanation under “University of Bremen, Career Center”): "Employer's gateway"
- Students send their application papers to employers by mail and/or email
- Upon request, students submit additional information, e.g. references
- (Telephone) Interview
- Employers make their choices and inform students about their decision and the training conditions
- Students confirm acceptance of the position offered
- Internship agreement is signed
- Students take care of visa applications*, grant formalities*, notifying their university about the internship, travel and arrival arrangements*, and any other pre-departure issues (as applicable and/or necessary, with employer’s support as needed (or as offered))
- First day of work and introduction to the company/organisation
- Familiarisation
- Housing arrangements
- Setting up a bank account
- Registration with national/local authorities as required
- Integration of trainee into employer’s work processes
- Common phases: Introduction to and learning about the company routines, adjusting to the position, rotating through departments, integrating into the team(s), hands-on training, attending meetings and intra-company trainings, taking on special assignments, interaction with supervisor
- Generation of an internship diary and/or feedback to home university, mid-term evaluation as agreed upon (trainee’s duty)
- Final on-site evaluation
- Trainee reporting back to university staff
- Trainee presenting experiences and insights to fellow students
- Trainee taking care of formalities, e.g. tax forms etc.(as applicable and/or necessary, with employer’s support as needed)