Internship exchange

You want to do an internship at our Faculty?

This possibility is limited to students searching for a practical experience which can be recognised as part of their programme at the home university.
It consists of a pre-defined set of activities oriented towards solving a practical problem and with the objective of learning to apply specific techniques or analytical methodologies.

Which exchange students?

Bachelor students (= min. 120 ECTS obtained before coming to Gent)
Master students (= min. 180 ECTS obtained before coming to Gent)
PhD students

Can be combined with ...

course exchanges:

if the period of stay is min. one semester
if you are a Master or PhD student

master thesis exchanges:

if the period of stay is min. one academic year
if two clearly different topics are dealt with

Procedures and regulations

ECTS

You can obtain an official transcript of records for:

7 ECTS on the condition that you:

stay min. 2 months and max. 3 months
report the results of the practical training in a document of min. 20 pages
defend these results orally at our Faculty in front of a jury

15 ECTS on the condition that you:

stay min. 3 months
report the results of the practical training in a document of min. 20 pages
defend these results orally at our Faculty in front of a jury

Your university has an agreement with our Faculty

Before arrival

have an agreement on the objectives, activities and time schedule with the academic supervisors of both the sending and receiving institution (prior contact with a potential departmental promoter at the FBE is obligatory)

Internship report

This report describes the results of the practical training in a document of min. 20 pages.
Language: Dutch, English or French
Title: needs to be approved by the Faculty board
Deadline: at least two weeks before the date of the oral defense to be handed in at the Faculty Student Administration A1.101
Details on the format of the report

Oral defense

The Faculty board needs to approve the composition of the jury.