Subject name |
Internship |
Study |
International Master in Business Administration |
ECTS |
5 |
Fourth-month period | Third four-month period, third module |
Type of subject | Compulsory |
The Internship period scheduled in the International Master in Business Administration (IMBA) allows the students to experience today's business world. This time spent in a company helps to contextualize the theories, methodologies, and techniques learnt during the IMBA Program, allowing students to bridge theory and practice. This training is considered complementary to the knowledge obtained from the other IMBA courses and has an academic objective: to become acquaint with the institutional, business and labor reality of the world and to provide an environment where the student can practice and develop the skills learnt earlier in the program.
The Internship period attempts to:
The aim of the Internship period is to help students apply and complement the knowledge acquired in their education, encouraging the acquisition of skills that prepare them for the exercise of professional activities, facilitating their employability, and fostering their entrepreneurial capacity.
General Competences
Specífic Competences
Transversal Competences
The IMBA aims to provide students with the knowledge, tools and skills that will help them succeed in the business world. The best addition then to the lessons already received earlier in the program is to work in a particular company and to make the connection between the virtual lessons and the practical reality. Thus, a key prerequisite is that the student has completed at least the first seven courses of the IMBA program.
To ensure this time is well spent, in addition to specific objectives, the student counts with the support of the following professionals for the duration of the Internship:
The details of the tasks to be performed by the student during the stay at the company will be set by the TEPE. These tasks will be adapted to the peculiarities of each case without losing the sight of compliance with the following objectives:
The subject of Internship at companies is structured in four easy steps following a chronological organization. The sequence to follow is:
The assessment of the Internship period will result from the addition of two independent scores resulting from: the Final Report of Practices (IFP) and the Assessment Report of the TEPE. The IFP accounts for 70 % of the final grade and the Assessment Report of the TEPE accounts for 30 % of the final grade.
0 - 4.9 |
Suspenso (D) |
(SS) |
5.0 - 6.9 |
Aprobado (C) |
(AP) |
7.0 - 8.9 |
Notable (B) |
(NT) |
9.0 - 10 |
Sobresaliente (A) |
(SB) |
*Note that to pass the Internship period the student needs to attend work at the chosen firm during the period allotted to practices.
The TEPE will reflect in an Evaluation Questionnaire the student’s achievement considering the following criteria:
Criteria for Evaluation | Weight min. | Weight min. |
Participation in forums and other participatory media | 0 |
5 |
Technical competence | 0 |
10 |
Degree of compliance with the objectives | 0 |
10 |
Responsibility and student's interest | 0 |
10 |
Learning capacity | 0 |
10 |
Organization and planning of the work | 0 |
10 |
Spirit of collaboration and teamwork | 0 |
10 |
Social skills: relations with superiors, peers and customers | 0 |
10 |
Attendance and punctuality | 0 |
10 |
Adaptability, motivation, initiative and creativity | 0 |
10 |
Querying through mentoring Professor Tutor | 0 |
5 |
UNIR Department of Practices will make every effort to establish partnership agreements with entities within the city or country of interest to the student. However, should the desired practices be located at a country different to that of the student, legal considerations will become a factor. Consequently, the individual circumstances of each student will constraint access to some locations and answers in this respect will have to be provided on a case by case basis.