FAQs
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The Internship Office will be happy to answer any questions you may have about internships, but is not responsible for awarding internships.
Many companies advertise their open internship positions on the Career Portal as part of their website or in online job search engines. In the career portal of the TU Clausthal you can find concrete offers for internships or you can use the section "Links and Service", which can help you with your search.
Another possibility offers them the Internship Exchange Lower Saxony The provision of company addresses on the Internet is intended to facilitate the independent search for internship and internship semester positions as well as for bachelor's and master's theses and to provide assistance in planning internships and studies in good time.
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Of course, a semester abroad always looks "good" on a resume. However, the intention and effort to deal with a foreign culture and language should be present. In addition, a relatively long and temporal lead time should be planned. If you have any questions, please contact the Internship Office or the International Center Clausthal.
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Yes, they can. In this case, they make use of the deferral (temporal deferral) and must have made up the pre-internship by a certain date. The General Internship Guideline (APr) or the internship regulations of the individual degree programs regulate this in more detail.
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If they start their studies without a pre-study internship or have only completed part of the pre-study internship, they must make up the missing weeks during their studies. A deadline by which the internship must be made up is specified in the General Internship Guideline (APr) or the internship regulations of the individual degree programs.
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No. You can divide up the internship in terms of time, but it should be at least two continuous weeks.
For further information on the subject-related and temporal composition of the internship, please refer to the internship regulations of the individual degree programs.
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In the General Internship Guideline (APr) you will find all the necessary information under §6 Reporting. The length of your report should be at least one A4 page per week to be recognized.
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This information can be found in the internship regulations of the individual degree programs.
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No. In general, the information from the General Internship Policy (APr), §6 Reporting applies.
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The internship report should look as follows:
short description of the company or the field of activity in the respective department of the company
weekly report (selected subtasks within an internship section)
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project report (comprehensive report on entire internship sections)
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Internship certificate or a certificate from the company on the performance of the internship activity.
The overall report should have a minimum length of one A4 page per week.
The reports must be signed off by the person in charge of supervision in the company with the name, date and company stamp. The statement/reading confirmation for the internship report can also be used for this purpose.
The General Internship Guideline (APr) of the Clausthal University of Technology contains the common regulations applicable to the recognition of industrial internships in the Bachelor's and Master's degree programs of the Clausthal University of Technology.
After completion of the internship, they have 6 months to submit the report for recognition.
To apply for recognition, the Internship Office receives all internship documents online (by email to praktikantenamt@tu-clausthal.de, with pdf attachment).
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No, it is sufficient if the stamp and signature of your supervisor are at the beginning or end of the internship report. Alternatively, you can also use the declaration / reading confirmation for the internship report.
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Yes, please pay attention and, if necessary, ask the company to provide you with a certificate of internship. The certificate or attestation must contain the following information:
Training company, if necessary department, place, branch of industry
surname, first name, date and place of birth of the trainee
Beginning and end of the trainee's activity
breakdown of activities by area or type of activity and duration
explicit indication of the number of days of absence, even if no days of absence were incurred
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Working time lost due to vacation, illness, holidays or other personal reasons must be made up. Overtime worked can be considered as compensation for missing working hours according to the company's certificate. If necessary, an extension of the contract should be requested in order to be able to coherently complete a section of the internship that has been started.
If, during the student's internship period, events are held by the university that are necessary for the continuation of the training (e.g. examinations, etc.) and the intern must interrupt his/her internship for this period, a maximum of 3 days off are permitted. Any days off in excess of this may be made up in order to receive full credit for the internship. Overtime worked can be considered as compensation for missing working hours, as certified by the company. If necessary, a contract extension should be requested.
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Yes, you can find a template here.
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Yes, depending on the training, this is possible. Contact the internship office and find out about the possibilities of recognition.
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Activities that they are not allowed to explain due to the fact of confidentiality, they should try to describe.
The confidential treatment of your internship report is guaranteed, as it is only accessible to the Internship Office. No copies will be made nor will their documents be otherwise archived.
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No.
The submission of internship documents is done online.
Please send your documents by e-mail, with pdf attachment, to praktikantenamt@tu-clausthal.de.