The Single-Cycle Master’s Degree Programme in Architecture includes a curricular internship carried out at companies, public or private institutions, professional firms, and DidaLabs Laboratories.

To begin the internship, students must have passed all exams from the first, second, and third years; have completed at least two laboratories required in the fourth year; and be regularly enrolled in the fifth year of the programme (even if beyond the standard duration).

 

The trainee must complete the General Workplace Safety Training – MEDIUM RISK (4 hours of General Training + 12 hours of Specific Training), as required by Legislative Decree 81/2008, before starting the internship.

N.B. Before requesting placement through the Internship Office, the student must contact the company or laboratory directly to verify their availability to host an intern.

 

> Curricular Internship in Italy

• instructions for starting an internship
• how to complete the internship
• how to establish an agreement with a company/professional firm

> Curricular Internship Abroad

link to the School’s website

> Extracurricular Internship

 

FORMS (available on the School’s website)

To be sent to: tirocini@architettura.unifi.it

 

• Documents for STARTING the Internship:Self-certification of family relations and prerequisite examsPDF of the validated Internship Project, PDF of the Workplace Safety Training Certificate
• Documents DURING the Internship: Interruption/Extension, Modification, Off‑site Activities
• Documents for COMPLETING the Internship: Final report, Internship diary

• Internship completion certificate

Documents for EQUIVALENCE between work activity and internship

REQUEST FOR EQUIVALENCE
WORK ACTIVITY AND INTERNSHIP

The internship may be recognized as equivalent to work activity by filling out the form and attaching a descriptive report of the work performed, showing its relevance to the objectives of the Degree Programme (with revenue stamp).

To request evaluation of work activity, send an email to Prof. Francesca Mugnai, attaching:

• WORK ACTIVITY REPORT (see forms), PDF format, signed and stamped by the employer
• The form with revenue stamp, along with:
• For EMPLOYMENT:
  A copy of the employment contract—of any type—signed and stamped by the employer (pay slips not required).
• For FREELANCE WORK (VAT number):
  A declaration from the employer/client and the related invoice, receipt, or payment record.
  The invoice must clearly indicate the activity described in the attached report.
• For ANOTHER INTERNSHIP (non-curricular):
  The training project; no proof of payment is required.

IMPORTANT:

• The work activity must be consistent with the programme of study and equivalent to a training internship.
  The applicant must have been supervised by a qualified professional, equivalent to a company tutor.
• An internship cannot be recognized twice. If it has already been used for another degree, it cannot be used again.
  Students must submit a self-certification stating that the internship for which recognition is requested has not been used for other degree programmes or other universities.

NOTE

The Degree Programme will NOT consider:

• requests for equivalence based on self‑employment
• contracts/assignments for teaching activities
• aggregated forms of work activity
• incomplete applications
• work activities other than those specified above

The Teaching Committee will issue an opinion within 30 days of receiving the COMPLETE documentation.
Applicants will be contacted ONLY in case of incomplete documentation or negative evaluation.

The School of Architecture and the Degree Programme have established that:

1. the internship CANNOT be carried out in the professional firm of a relative of the student;
2. the internship CANNOT be carried out in the professional firm of the student’s thesis supervisor;
3. the internship CANNOT be carried out in professional firms that cannot appoint an architect as company tutor;
4. the internship CAN be carried out in one of the DidaLabs Laboratories, where the Laboratory Head MAY also be the student’s thesis supervisor.

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Cancellation of the requirement to register “Additional Training Activities” before the Internship

In order to streamline administrative procedures, the Teaching Committee (meeting of 7 October 2014) decided to eliminate the requirement to complete and register the Additional Training Activities before starting the internship.

Further Information

• Internships (University website)