About the internship programme

To be approved as an internship practice, it is a prerequisite that a professionally relevant person is employed in the company who can provide the student with guidance and is responsible for this. Professionally relevant means that the person responsible for the internship has the professional skills and experience that can strengthen the student’s development and continuously ensure that the student has the opportunity to acquire the knowledge and skills set out in the internship agreement.

Internships have a duration of five months and take place during the students’ sixth semester. The training place and the planned content and period of the internship must be approved by the unit of study to which the student is assigned.

Midway through the internship period, an online meeting is held between the internship coordinator, the intern and a supervisor from the study unit to which the student is affiliated. At the meeting, the internship is evaluated in relation to the described content. It is a prerequisite for the approval of the semester that a mid-term meeting has been held.

Companies with fewer than 10 employees may enter into an agreement with one intern from Aarhus School of Architecture per semester.

Companies with more than 10 employees may also enter into an agreement with one additional intern per 50 employees. This means that companies with 10-50 employees may enter into up to two internship agreements with students from Aarhus School of Architecture per semester, companies with 51-100 employees may enter into up to three internship agreements, etc.

For companies with offices in different parts of the country, the limitation applies to the number of interns per branch and not to the total number of employees in the company. This means that a company with 8 employees in Aalborg and 50 employees in Copenhagen may enter into an agreement with one intern for the branch in Aalborg and an agreement with two interns for the branch in Copenhagen.

Regardless of the size of the company and the number of branches, a maximum of 5 internship agreements can be entered into per company per semester.

It is the company’s responsibility that the described limitations are observed for the sake of the students, who will be asked to find an alternative internship if the limitations are exceeded.

The internship is SU-eligible, as the internship, cf. The internship is eligible for SU, as the internship, according to the School of Architecture’s curriculum, is included as a study element for 30 ECTS credits.

Any holidays can only be taken during the School of Architecture’s holiday periods (Easter and autumn holidays).