Instructions for including practical work training in degree Master of Science in Economics and Business Administration (XXXX.3950)
The student can choose to include at most 5 ECTS worth of practical work training (internships, etc.) in their master’s degree program. The work training should broaden the student’s expertise in his or her field, and must be agreed upon separately for each study program.Two weeks of work training (at 40 hours per week, full-time employment) translates into one ECTS. Work practice carried out before the start of the student’s master’s degree studies can also be accepted, but only if performed after the completion of the student’s bachelors studies.
The study program’s appointed teacher must approve of the training. Work training cannot replace a course in the study program, but can be included in the free-of-choice studies that are a part of the master’s degree. More specific instructions on practical work training can be supplied by the appointed teacher in charge of work training.
Upon finishing the practical work training, the student must create a report on his or her experience, which is to be approved by the teacher in charge of the work training. For more details on writing the report, see the Approval of practical work training -section below. Work training can be carried out at any time during the studies. The training can also be performed outside of Finland.
Practical work training, which aims to broaden the student’s expertise in his or her field, should give the student the capacity to adapt theoretical knowledge into practical solutions needed in the workplace.
Instructions for including practical work training in degree Master of Science in Technology (XXXX.3950)
The Master of Science in Technology -degree includes in its structure a section of free-of-choice studies; practical work training, aimed at broadening the student’s expertise in his or her field (internships, etc.), can be a part of these studies.Two weeks of work training (at 40 hours per week, full-time employment) translates into one ECTS. However, the maximum amount of practical work training that can be included in the master’s degree is 10 ECTS. The inclusion of work training must be agreed upon separately, and approved of by the study program’s appointed teacher. Work practice carried out before the start of the student’s master’s degree studies can also be accepted, but only if performed after the completion of the student’s bachelors studies.
Upon finishing the practical work training, the student must create a report on his or her experience, which is to be approved by the teacher in charge of the work training. For more details on writing the report see the Approval of practical work training -section below. Work training can be carried out at any time during the studies. The training can also be performed outside of Finland.
Practical work training, which aims to broaden the student’s expertise in his or her field, should give the student the capacity to adapt theoretical knowledge into practical solutions needed in the workplace.
Approval of practical work training
Practical work training must always be agreed upon separately. The student is exclusively and wholly responsible for acquiring the work training internship; this is to be seen as a part of the practical work training itself.The study program’s appointed teacher must approve of the place of work where the training is to be carried out. Upon completing the practical work training, the student must then create a report on his or her experience, which must also be approved of by the appointed teacher.
Approval of the practical work training is done in a single application. A work certificate is to be included in application; clearly stating the duration of the work training, how many hours of work were performed, and a short description of the student’s job functions. If the certificate lacks any of these details, the missing information must be included in the report. Incomplete reports will not be processed.
The report is to be written according to the Faculty of Technology’s General Writing Guidelines, and it should include an extensive account of the following subjects:
- study program into which the work training will be integrated
- duration of the work training
- profession/work function in which the work training was undertaken
- work community, formal judicial (i.e. description of company and units, address and location, etc.) and the unit where the work training was performed.
- work community, social (i.e. titles/work functions of the group’s other members, etc.)
- functions carried out by the group
- description of the student’s own work functions
- how the work training related to the studies, the degree structure and the student’s own plans
- what was familiar in the work training
- what new skills and insights the work training provided
- beneficial and less beneficial aspects to the work training
- at least two ideas for improving a similar work training
