Place of the compulsory internship in the program of studies
All the Master’s degree programs leading to a degree in engineering include a compulsory internship in their curricula. The internship is a component in the Master’s degree cycle which must be successfully validated in order to receive the degree. For architecture, on the other hand, it is in fact a pre-requisite for admission into the Master’s degree cycle.
Out of preference, the internship should be done in a company or at least in an organization which is not academic. As its primary purpose is the immersion in a professional environment, the familiarization with the processes of the company and with all aspects of the engineering profession, it cannot take place in a school or in a university.
Internship formats
The Master’s degree programs which require completion of a compulsory internship have defined, in their specific academic regulations, the internship formats recognized for their respective curricula. We have identified three variants:
- a short internship which can be done during an academic break, generally in summer, for a minimum of 8 weeks (but extendable up to 6 months);
- a long internship completed during a full semester, for a duration of between 4 and 6 months;
- an internship realized within the framework of a Master’s degree project, categorized as a thus on the studentâs transcript.
In certain programs, the internship is awarded independent credits (8 or 30), marked as separate on the transcript (âSCSââ Internship for Separate Credits). In others, these credits are awarded along with those of the Master’s degree project (indicated as âSTAPâ- Internship Credited Within the Master’s Degree Project). Successful completion of a Master’s degree project in a company (âPDMEâ) will earn 30 credits.
The internship cannot take place before the completion of the Bachelorâs degree (with the exception of the Master’s in architecture program). Certain programs require that one or two semesters of Master’s degree studies be completed prior to leaving for internship.
In all cases (separate credits or credits within the project of Master’s degree), the internship must be successfully completed before the last term of studies and the obtention of the degree.
The student is invited to consult his/her departmentâs academic regulations and to inquire about the variants and periods of possible internships which are allowed.
Contacts within departments
Every faculty or Master’s degree program has appointed an internship coordinator who is the main person of reference for all questions connected to the internships and their validation.
ENAC School
Architecture: Gesualdo CascianaÂ
Civil engineering: Kiriaki Goulouti – CĂ©line Dupuy
Environmental sciences and engineering: Pierre-Yves GilliĂ©ron – Christina Treier
SB School Catherine Marselli – Anne-Lene Odegaard
STI School  ValĂ©rie Berger – MĂ©lanie Thuillard
IC School Eileen Hazboun – Patricia Genet
SV School Igor Allaman– AurĂ©lie Nicoulaz
College of management
Master in Management, Technology & Entrepreneurship: Haoua Mahmoudi
Master in Financial Engineering: Marjorie Ebbayilé
College of Humanities
Digital humanities Kathleen Collins – Isabelle HĂŒgli
Cross-school master’s programs (Neuro-X, Quantum Science and Engineering) Hind Klinke – Emilie ThĂ©voz
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