External Internships

The external academic internships are an academic activity, a training experience, which aim to supplement and apply, in a professional context, the competences and knowledge acquired during the degree.

They can be carried out in two modalities:

• Curricular external internships: These are academic activities integrated as subjects within one of the study plans of the centre. In the case of the degrees taught in the Faculty of Business and Tourism, this subject can be found in:
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Tourism
  • Master’s Degree in Inland and Health Tourism Management and Planning
  • Master’s Degree in Sports Business Management
• Extracurricular external internships: These are voluntary internships and must be perform during the training period, and, even though they fulfil the same purpose than the curricular internships, they are not part of the corresponding study plan.

Where they can be carried out

• Collaborating entities at national level
  Companies, institutions or public or private entities when there is an educational cooperation agreement with the University of Vigo.
• At the University of Vigo itself
  In units and services of the University of Vigo itself when there is an internal agreement between the academic head and the head of the host unit or service. This agreement must be approved by the corresponding vice-rectorate or management, if applicable.
• International internships
  When the work placement is abroad, it can be carried out within the Erasmus framework or as a work placement under an educational cooperation agreement. For more information, you can consult the website of the International Relations Office

Management of the external internships

In order to carry out an external internship it is necessary to sign some documentation in advance: firstly, a collaboration agreement between the University of Vigo and the entity where the internship is going to take place, and secondly, a document of formalisation of the internship, signed by the student, the academic mentor, and the mentor in the entity. The internship cannot begin until this documentation has been signed.

General requirements to carry out external internships

• Curricular external internships:
  • The student must be enrolled in the corresponding subject linked to the study plan and fulfil the requirements stablished in this study plan.
  • These internships will be managed by the coordinators of each degree (bachelor's or master's).
• Extracurricular external internships:
  • To be enrolled in the Faculty of Business and Tourism, in studies related with the extracurricular internship.
  • To have passed the 50% of the necessary credits to finish the degree by the time the internship is performed.
  • These internships will be managed by the Foundation of the University of Vigo (FUVI) in collaboration with the coordinator of the FCETOU degrees.

Documents and links of interest

• UVigo's Extracurricular Internship Offers
• International internship offer:
  • International Relations Office
  • Eures - Platform for job offers and internships in Europe
  • Eurodesk - European information and guidance network
  • Leo-NET - Erasmus internship network
• Job offers at UVigo
• Companies holding agreements with UVigo
• Regulation and documentation about internships in the University of Vigo
• Internship regulation at FCETOU
• Conecta Talento Programme for graduates