Please note that there are two distinct items in the teaching set-up:

- Internship: 8 credits

It is a curricular internship or an educational and work experience carried out during the course of studies to integrate the own curriculum. It must be done before the achievement of the title and involves the acquisition of 8 formative credits (corresponding to about 1 month and a half internship, 25 hours per ECTS), as indicated by didactic regulation of the study course.

- Final Master Thesis: 22 credits

There are two possible alternatives:

1) Performing a Master thesis not related to the internship activity. In this case, beyond  the internship the student should spend about 2 and a half months of thesis on a given topic of her/his choice.
This option foresees the presence of a trainee supervisor, of a thesis supervisor and a co-supervisor. The evaluation of the Internship will be equated to that of an exam and will enter the average weighting of the student's marks.

Degree score:

0-4 points given by the thesis supervisor,
0-2 points given by an external referee
+1, -1 points given by the thesis commission 
0-1 speed point (degree obtained within 23/10)
“Cum Laude” threshold: 113 points

2) Perform the thesis activities as an integrated part of the internship: the thesis it essentially consists of a report of the activity carried out during the internship (at research center or company).
The minimum  expected duration is 4 months. This option requires the presence of an  internship /thesis supervisor (e.g. staff of the company or of the research center and an internal thesis advisor.

Degree score:

0-4 points given by the internship supervisor,
0-2 points given by the internal advisor
+1, -1 points given by the thesis commission 
0-1 speed point (degree obtained within 23/10)
“Cum Laude” threshold: 113 points

Before starting the internship, the student must communicate to the Teaching Secretariat (through a specific form soon available here) which option intends to choose for the final master thesis..

The first graduation sessions have been set for 28/09/2020 and 23/10/2020.