Note! You can find the necessary report templates at the bottom of this page.

Bachelor's and Master's degrees can include a total of 12 credits of practical training. The student can divide the credits in both of the degrees or the training can be included in its entirety in one of the degrees. However, in Master's degree, maximum of 6 ECTS credits are acceptable as in core, alternative studies. Only the internship which the student does during the studies at LUT can be accepted. 1 ects credit requires 2 weeks of full-time work (37.5 hrs per week is a standard for full-time job). Hence, 6 ects credits requires 12 weeks full-time work. The internship can be located in free elective studies in Sustainable International Business B.Sc. degree and in core- or alternative studies in master´s degree. Please see the detailed course descriptions in Sisu: A130A2021 Internship for Bachelor's Programme or A130A2201 Internship for Master's Programmes.

Note! The student is free to find a suitable company / organization of his/her choice. The planned internship (organization, time, content, tasks) needs to be agreed by the internship coordinator in advance.

For the elective studies in the Bachelor's degree, tasks performed in a company that support the studies of a Bachelor of Sustainable International Business and the development of professional competence can be accepted as an internship. 

The job or work placement in M.Sc. degree should be related to studies in MSF, MBAN, MIBE, MIMM, MSIS, MSM programmes, or otherwise be related to the content of the programme, i.e., related to its operative tasks, planning and/or development. “

Remember to put the Internship course into your study plan in Sisu. The codes and the names of the courses are:

Bachelor's programmes: A130A2021 Internship for Bachelor's Programme or A130A2021U Internship for Bachelor's Programme, if you do your internship abroad. 

Master's programmes: A130A2201 Internship for Master´s programmes or A130A2201U Internship for Master´s programmes, if you do your internship abroad. 

You also have to enrol to the course in Sisu, do this also through the Internship course in your study plan.

When you have completed your internship, apply the approval by sending the internship application, internship report and certificate of employment to the internship coordinator.

Notice! that the average working hours per week must be mentioned in the employment certificate! Ask for adding it, because employers normally do not mention it automatically.

In part-time work, the average working hours must be at least 10 hrs per week, in which case the internship/work experience can be accepted. In the application, the part-time work must be converted to full-time work weeks.

Do not apply the approval of internship through Sisu!

Foreign internship

• If you work abroad, we can grant you also language credits of your internship
• If the internship lasts for 3 – 6 months, we can accept 4 cr language studies
• If the internship lasts for 7 – 12 months, we can accept 6 cr language studies
• The language studies are form the language which is the official working language
• The language studies can be granted only form the internship, which is accepted into your studies at LUT
• The language studies in master´s programmes are accepted by the study counsellor Suvi Moilanen

Internship coordinators

• Bachelors' Degree Programme in Sustainable International Business - Hanna Salojärvi
• Master's Degree Programme in Business Analytics (MBAN) - Jan Stoklasa
• Master's Degree Programme in International Business and Entrepreneurship (MIBE) - Igor Laine
• Master's Degree Programme in International Marketing Management (MIMM) - Maria Uzhegova
• Master's Degree Programme in Strategic Finance and Analytics (MSF) - Sheraz Ahmed
• Master's Degree Programme in Strategy, Innovation and Sustainability (MSIS) - Anni Tuppura
• Master's Degree Programme in Supply Management (MSM) - Katrina Lintukangas