Work experience in BSc degree

Starting from academic year 2024-2025 there will be no mandatory internship in any Bachelor's program. Work experience credits can be applied for up to 8 credits, and they can be used in freely elective studies. Note! A total of 12 ECTS credits of work internship/work experience can be included in Bachelor's and Master's degrees. Example: if the bachelor's degree has internship/work experience 8 ECTS credits, then the Master's degree can include a maximum of 4 ECTS credits.

Students who started in BSc programme in 2023 or earlier

Starting from the academic year 2024-25, internships in engineering degree programs have been changed to work experience.

Internships in the degree structures of 2023-24 and earlier can be replaced with work experience or you can also choose not to complete the internship.

• If you want to replace the internship with work experience, you will have access to a new course called “Work Experience” when you update the “Internship” course to the latest version. Instructions for work experience and the necessary forms can be found in eLUT.
• If you choose not to complete the internship, you need to modify your study plan in Sisu. In the free edit mode, you can remove the internship from general studies and seek approval for this exception through Sisu. Sisu instructions for free modification mode can be found in eLUT. Please note that with the removal of the internship, 2-3 credits are reduced from the study plan. In this case, the mandatory internship must be replaced with some software engineering course, for example CT10A8050 Hackathons and ICC events for Bachelors, in general studies so that the 180 credits of the bachelor’s degree are completed.

Master's degree students

• Master's students can apply for up to 8 credits of work experience. The credits can be used for elective studies or as a substitute for one of the alternative studies in the advanced specialisation studies.
• Do a study draft in Sisu. Applications and attachments are to be submitted via Moodle: Moodle.
• Instructions for work experience and the necessary forms can be found in eLUT