Internships

Curricular internships are part of the student’s course curriculum and therefore require supervision and assessment by a professor from the department to which the student belongs.

Due to their specific nature, these work placements are directly planned, monitored and assessed by the relevant department to which the student belongs, and this involves the formalisation of a Memorandum of Understanding between the three parties involved: the student, the department responsible for the academic field, and the host company.

Therefore, for information on the procedure for our students to undertake these work placements, organisations should first contact the relevant departments.

The External Relations Area (ARE) of the Faculty of Sciences provides administrative support: it supplies the draft documents to the professor responsible for the course module and answers any questions put to it regarding the documents and procedures to be followed. ARE receives the documents once they have been signed by the representative(s) of the external organisation, the student and the professor in charge, obtains the signature of the Faculty Dean, and returns a hard copy or PDF copy to the signatories.

For further information about these internships, please contact the External Relations Area at internacional@ciencias.ulisboa.pt.

Extracurricular internships are not part of a study programme and may take place at any stage of the degree or after its conclusion. These internships may be organised on the initiative of the student, companies or other institutions.

In accordance with the legislation, Decree-Law 66/2011 of 1 June, an extracurricular internship is practical training in a work setting, the purpose of which is to supplement and enhance the skills that interns acquire during their training.

For further information about these internships, please contact the Emplyability Office at emprego@ciencias.ulisboa.pt.

Here are some links to help you find internships:

• LinkedIn page of the Employability Office

• Programa de Estágios no MAAT - Museu de Arte, Arquitetura e Tecnologia (PEMAAT)

  • Aimed at young students aged between 18 and 25 who are enrolled in higher education (undergraduate, master’s or postgraduate programmes) in the fields of Science (Environment, Electricity, Electronics, Energy, Physics and Chemistry) or the Arts

  • Six-month internships.

• Programa de Estágios de Jovens Estudantes do Ensino Superior nas Empresas - PEJENE

  • Aimed at young people in their final and penultimate years of higher education across all academic fields

  • Internships running from July to December

  • Applications for students from May onwards.

• Instituto de Emprego e Formação Profissional | Estágios +Talento

• Programa Erasmus + Estágio recém-graduados

  • Aimed at final-year students in all scientific fields

  • Applications in December for final-year students.

• Programa INOV Contacto

  • Aimed at graduates and master’s degree holders from all areas

• Estágios em organismos da União Europeia

  • European institutions, bodies and agencies organise internships, lasting on average between three and five months, for young people with a university degree

  • The European Union, through its institutions, bodies and agencies, offers a number of internships for recent graduates

  • There are what are known as Blue Book Traineeships, where the traineeships are carried out at European institutions such as the European Parliament, the European Commission and the European Data Protection Supervisor. They last between four and six months, and there are only two traineeship periods each year: one starting in February/March and the other in September/October

  • Students of CIÊNCIAS may instead choose to undertake a placement at a European agency or organisation, including the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction, the European Maritime Safety Agency and the Joint Research Centre, amongst others. These work placements do not have a fixed application deadline or a fixed duration, so it is important to keep checking this portal (Centro de Informação Europeia Jacques Delors - CIEJD). Both kinds of internships are paid, and proficiency in Portuguese and English and/or French is required

  • It is also possible for students of CIÊNCIAS to pursue a career within the European Union; for further details, please refer to the following document

    • In the Faculty of Sciences, there is an EU Careers student ambassador called Bruno Mendes, a third-year student on the Bachelor’s degree programme in Biomedical Engineering and Biophysics. During this academic year, his role involves promoting the career opportunities the EU has to offer to Portuguese students. If you have any questions, please send them to the following address: eucareers.fcul@gmail.com.