Student Internships
Highlights
- The Internship is a graded subject and has 15 ECTS point.
- You need to complete 280 clock hour.
- The place of the internship should related to your field of studies.
- You can complete your internship online or abroad.
- Deadline for submitting full documentation of student internships in the winter semester 2024/2025:
– first deadline 17/01/2025
– second deadline 31/01/2025
How to pass the internship and what documents do you need?
MOODLE platform
The documents and your answers are going to be submitted though an e-learning platform MOODLE and assessed by your Internship Supervisor.
Access to the Moodle platform:
Link: https://moodle.wab.edu.pl/login/index.php
Login: firstname.surname (created based on email addresses)
Starting password is: WAB500
Instructions for completing the course on the Moodle platform:
- Step 1. Ask for approval of the internship place
After logging into the Moodle platform and selecting the Internship subject in the My Courses tab, we start with step 1, which is the request for approval of the internship place. Only after approval of the internship place by the Internship Supervisor is access to the next steps unlocked. - Step 2a. Credit through unpaid internship or
Step 2b. Credit through professional work
After receiving approval, depending on whether you are pursuing an unpaid internship or through work, you will proceed to step 2a (unpaid internship) or step 2b (internship through work).
NOTE!!! Select only one of the listed steps, do not complete steps 2a and 2b at the same time!
In step 2a or 2b, answer the questions about the internship and in the spaces provided, upload the required attachments. - Step 3. Fill out the student satisfaction survey
- Step 4. Copy the link to the survey and send it to your employer
There are two paths to internship credit:
- Unpaid internship
- Professional work
Within each of these paths, the student adds different attachments.
Attachments – Unpaid Internship:
- Internship Agreement
- CONFIRMATION of student placement
- A copy of the National Court Register or CEIDG or a foreign register.
Attachments – Professional Work:
- Certificate of employment – model employer, but necessarily with period of employment, job title, scope of duties.
- APPLICATION for crediting professional work as compulsory internship.
- A copy of the National Court Register or CEIDG or a foreign register.
KRS and CEIDG for companies registered in Poland can be downloaded online:
Documents to download
For all students
Computer Engineering
Management
Contact
room 2/6
Tue. – Wed. 8 am – 3:30 pm
Krzysztof Cygan, PhD
Internship Supervisor
tel. +48 71 333 11 08
e-mail [email protected]
Supervisors of English majors
dr Radosław Milewski
Logistics faculty supervisor
room 2/12
e-mail [email protected]
mgr Anna Kwietniewska
Management faculty supervisor
room 2/16
e-mail [email protected]
Frequently asked questions
1. Can an internship be credited through volunteering?
Yes, you can.
2. Is it possible to get credit for an internship through your own business or in your parents’ company?
Yes, there is such a possibility.
3. Can the internship be done abroad?
Yes, you can do internships abroad. It is important that the documents are submitted in Polish (possibly in English), In the case of a foreign internship, it is necessary to provide the equivalent of a copy of the KRS of the company in which the student completed the internship (an extract from the company register translated into Polish).
4. What happens if the student does not manage to complete the internship by the deadline?
Failure to practice and submit documents means having to repeat the semester.
The reason (such as illness or family situation) is key. You can then apply to Ms. Prodean for Finance. Student Affairs Committee for an extension. However, the student must show that he or she actually actively searched for an internship, contacted the Career Service and still found nothing.
5. Is it possible to do an internship remotely?
Yes, it is possible to implement the internship remotely.
6. Is it possible to make the internship twice in the same place?
Yes, but the documents have to be submitted twice, as well as twice you have to fill out the Moodle platform (for the 3rd and 5th semesters the effects are different).
7. Can I get credit for two internships at one time?
No, internships are scored separately in the third and fifth semesters.
8. Can I get credit for an internship outside of an industry related to my major?
An excerpt of sample practice sites is included in the internship program. In general, the internship should be related to the field of study and not fundamentally deviate from it. Always refer to the learning outcomes stated in the syllabus, whether I am able to achieve/implement them in a particular place.
9. Can the internship be completed earlier than stated in the study plan?
Yes, most often we encourage students to start doing the internship during the vacation period, then they have more time (no classes) and are able to find a suitable place to complete the internship without stress, because during the vacations there are a lot of options even paid internship options, companies are looking for seasonal workers.
10. Can a job from 10 years ago be credited?
Only employment that took place during the period of study can be credited.
