Barcelona School of Industrial Engineering. ETSEIB

International Internship Application Process

It's very easy! To apply for international internships, you'll need to follow these steps:

1. Application

2. Training Agreement

3. Mobility Stay

4. Enrollment
5. Development
6. Evaluation

1. International Internship Application

To start the international internship application process, you must complete the official form, which needs to be signed by both the student and the company or institution where the internship will take place. this form should then be uploaded to the ETSEIB Internships and Directed Projects portal. You will need to wait for administrative and academic validation before proceeding to the next step. If the application is denied, you will need to check the reason and, if possible, upload a new application.

2. Training Agreement Signature

Once the internships have been administratively and academically validated, the student must complete the Training Agreement, the contractual document between the student, company, and university. This document will specify the dates of the stay,  duration, hours, and activities to be carried out.

The internship agreement, signed by the student and the company, must be sent to the  ETSEIB International Relations Office (ORI) for signature by the school's Vice-Director of Internationalization.

New for 2024! As of January 1, 2024, and in accordance with interpretive criterion 3/2024 of the General Directorate of Social Security on the application of additional provision 52a of the revised text of the General Social Security Law (TRLSS), university students undertaking international external academic internships as part of their training programs must be included in social security, provided they are beneficiaries of an Erasmus+ internship grant (SMT) or receive any type of compensation from the host company, institution, or otherwise (not applicable to the UPC-Company program).

3. Creation of the Mobility Stay

Once the Training Agreement is signed by all three parties, the ETSEIB International Relations Office (ORI) of will proceed to generate the mobility stay.

The deadline to complete the entire procedure and start the internship is approximately one month before the start of the internship.

Once the mobility stay is created, the student must attach the following documentation to the  e-Secretaria :

Mobility > Mobility Stay > Documentation

  Training Agreement with the signature of all three parties: student, company, and vice-director for internationalization.

  Mobility insurance: The mobility stay requires mandatory contracting accident, illness, and repatriation insurance covering the entire period and including, at a minimum, the following coverages:

      • Healthcare assistance
      • Accidents
      • Repatriation in case of death
      • Civil liability.

The insurance will be automatically contracted at the time of quarterly enrolment with the company OnCampus Estudia company, with the exception of Canada and the United States, where it must be contracted directly by the student before starting the internship stay with OnCampus Estudia. In the latter case, the student must upload a copy of the policy to the  e-Secretaria .

  Financial Agreement: If applying for an Erasmus+ KA131 Internship Grant, the student must sign the financial agreement through the Electronic Office. Consult the current Scholarship calls here.

4. Enrolment

Once this documentation is validated, the internship enrolment will proceed. If the start of the internship stay falls outside the enrolment period, the International Relations Office (ORI) will proceed with the internship enrolment.

5. Internship Development

During the exchange, the student must provide the following documentation:

  Certificate of incorporation of the stay: Within a maximum of 10 days from the start of the mobility stay, the student must upload the certificate of incorporation, signed and stamped by the company, to the  e-Secretaria  in the section “Mobility > Mobility Stay > Documentation”.

The monitoring of academic tutorials can be done on the ETSEIB Internships and Directed Projects portal.

Once the mobility stay has ended, the student must provide the following documentation:

Stay Certificate: At the end of the stay, the student must upload the stay certificate, signed and stamped by the company, indicating the start and end dates of the internships, to the  e-Secretaria  in the section “Mobility > Mobility Stay > Documentation”.

Addendum to the Financial Agreement: If the student has opted for an Erasmus Scholarship, they must sign the addendum through the Electronic Office.

6. International Internship Evaluation

To have an internship stay recognized, the student must complete all the steps indicated in the ETSEIB Internships and Directed Projects application once the "monitoring" step has been passed.

Submission of Report/Memory: students undertaking curricular internships must present an internship report and defend it in person, according to the academic tutor's instructions.

Company evaluation: The company or institution tutor will receive a link to a questionnaire to evaluate the student during their internship stay.

Recognition: Once the tutor has entered the grade in the international internship evaluation act, the International Relations Office (ORI) will add the qualification to the student's academic record (curricular internships), they will be noted in the European Diploma Supplement (SET)