Easily Italian students interested in internships.

Internships for Italian students can be compulsory or voluntary in their study programmes. Curricular internships are those that appear in their curricula with the corresponding allocation of credits. Postgraduate or extracurricular internships are those that students complete voluntarily for at most, exactly 12 months after graduation. In general, the Italian trainee is already a qualified professional.

Internship agreements are training agreements signed between the educational institution, the company and the student. For most Universities, it takes about 4 weeks to complete the internship agreement. The relationship established between the company, the training centre and the student is strictly academic and in no case professional. At IES Consulting, we work with internship agreements and NOT with internship contracts.

There is no specific period during which the Italian students must do their internship. In general, students are available all year round, especially since many of them are “neo-laureati” and have no problems with dates. However, we recommend that you publish your offers well in advance of the date you wish to receive the student in order to avoid possible delays due to lengthy bureaucratic procedures (almost always at least one month) with schools or universities.

Italian legislation on the regulation of traineeships provides a maximum of 6 months. Generally, the duration of the internship is determined by the school according to the training: candidates who are still in study tend to do short-term internships, while graduates seek maximum work experience and seek an internship with the possibility of hiring. The average duration is 4 months.

Italian interns generally work full-time, up to 8 hours a day, 40 hours a week; part-time is also an option. The inclusion of the number of weekly working hours is one of the conditions of the training agreements for Italians.

In general, companies offer financial advantages that cover students’ minimum expenses. All internships managed by IES Consulting are paid and the average financial remuneration expected for an Italian student is 500€.

Apart from their mother tongue, Italian students generally speak Spanish and/or English as well as French. An Italian student’s English is usually at B2 level. Some candidates, particularly Business oriented profiles, only speak English.

Native Italian students wishing to do internships in companies in Spain are generally between 25 and 28 years old, they usually do so as part of Laurea Magistrale or Master courses.

Laurea Triennale students often have no work experience at all; Laurea Magistrale students are professionals in their specialization course and often have some work experience. IES Consulting recommends you to be flexible in your requirements regarding the professional experience of Italian trainees.