External research internships

 

External research internships

External research internships have a size of 12 CP. The internships comprise a practical part of 8 weeks in full-time. Furthermore, a comprehensive protocol of the practical work must be prepared and a final report must be given in the form of a presentation. These three criteria (practical work part, protocol and presentation) are basic requirements for recognition of the external research internship. All three criteria can be part of the grading basis, but at least the protocol and presentation must be included in the grading.

The internship must be approved by an authorized examiner as defined by the Biology Division. The department considers the person to be authorized to conduct examinations if he/she has a habilitation, is appointed or has an independent teaching assignment. The supervisor of the external research internship who is authorized to conduct examinations must confirm in writing the topic, the period of time and the grading of the internship.

External research internships should be requested from the Examination Committee prior to the start of the work. An appropriate project plan must be submitted for the application, which includes the period of the internship, the on-site supervision, the content, and the examining person. If no person authorized to conduct the examination is available at the external institution, an internal expert opinion can be prepared - here, too, the person authorized to conduct the examination must have been determined and accepted at the time of application. The application is made via the paperless application system. For final recognition of the internship, an application for recognition of examination results must be submitted to the examination board. The certificate of the person authorized to conduct the examination, including the grade awarded, the protocol prepared and the presentation given, must be attached to this application. Recognition is granted for the new module "External Research Internship" created especially for this purpose.