GEO4-150099 ECTSEnglishMaster
Internship
FaculteitFaculty of Geosciences
NiveauMaster
Studiejaar2026-2027
Beschrijving
Course goals
The objectives of the Internship should be based on the application of Earth Sciences based expertise to technical, economical or societal questions. Furthermore, an Internship is usually performed at an institution or company outside UU, typically from the non-academic sector. In an Internship, the focus lies on
a) analyzing a technical, economical or societal problem regarding its earth scientific aspects;
b) develop and apply earth scientific methods and expertise to tackle this problem
c) document the results in a report and transfer the knowledge to the host institution.
Note: If you are thinking about an internship in the context of your MSc thesis research (“research internship”), this is not the place to find information: research internships are handled as MSc research, not as an internship. Before starting an internship a student needs to have obtained at least 30 ECTS credits from MSc courses (GEO4-...) from the relevant programme. An Internship can be performed before or after the Graduation Research.
Content
Internship
The topic could be theoretical or practical, could include fieldwork and/or lab-work and/or computer-based simulation/modelling. The various options include: a work placement in a company or government organisation working in Earth Sciences or participating in university research. In consultation with the proposed supervisors - one internal supervisor (Earth Sciences teacher) and one external supervisor (from the organisation offering the training), an internship proposal should be formulated. This should also contain details of credits involved (ECTS), time-planning, deliverables (reports/presentations), confidentiality aspects etc. to avoid last-minute surprises on all sides.
The internship request form and proposal (available on Brightspace) MUST be submitted for PRIOR approval to, first, the internal supervisor (UU), and then the internship coordinator of the relevant MSc-ES programme who will pass it on for final approval. If the internship is also to be used for the mandatory graduation research, the internship proposal should also be submitted to the coordinator of the relevant MSc-ES programme for PRIOR approval.
It is important that the Internship is of sufficient academic level. That is, that you are assigned a task for which you will need the knowledge and capabilities that you have acquired in the past years. An Internship that merely consists of a looking over one’s shoulder (“meeloopstage”) is not suitable.
Please also visit the MSc Earth Sciences Internship community on Brightspace. There you can find extra information related to Internships.
As part of the internship, the student prepares an individual report written in English. An Internship can be done in collaboration with other students, but only under the condition that each student works on the basis of an individual problem statement and that the individual performance of each student can be properly judged by the supervisor. Each student has to produce a stand-alone document and it is inadmissible that its text overlaps with that of reports produced by other students involved in the project.
The credit load of an internship can be between 15 and 30 ECTS corresponding to a duration of approximately between 3 and 6 months. A longer internship is possible but the maximum number of ECTS which can be earned in one internship is 30 ECTS.
The topic could be theoretical or practical, could include fieldwork and/or lab-work and/or computer-based simulation/modelling. The various options include: a work placement in a company or government organisation working in Earth Sciences or participating in university research. In consultation with the proposed supervisors - one internal supervisor (Earth Sciences teacher) and one external supervisor (from the organisation offering the training), an internship proposal should be formulated. This should also contain details of credits involved (ECTS), time-planning, deliverables (reports/presentations), confidentiality aspects etc. to avoid last-minute surprises on all sides.
The internship request form and proposal (available on Brightspace) MUST be submitted for PRIOR approval to, first, the internal supervisor (UU), and then the internship coordinator of the relevant MSc-ES programme who will pass it on for final approval. If the internship is also to be used for the mandatory graduation research, the internship proposal should also be submitted to the coordinator of the relevant MSc-ES programme for PRIOR approval.
It is important that the Internship is of sufficient academic level. That is, that you are assigned a task for which you will need the knowledge and capabilities that you have acquired in the past years. An Internship that merely consists of a looking over one’s shoulder (“meeloopstage”) is not suitable.
Please also visit the MSc Earth Sciences Internship community on Brightspace. There you can find extra information related to Internships.
As part of the internship, the student prepares an individual report written in English. An Internship can be done in collaboration with other students, but only under the condition that each student works on the basis of an individual problem statement and that the individual performance of each student can be properly judged by the supervisor. Each student has to produce a stand-alone document and it is inadmissible that its text overlaps with that of reports produced by other students involved in the project.
The credit load of an internship can be between 15 and 30 ECTS corresponding to a duration of approximately between 3 and 6 months. A longer internship is possible but the maximum number of ECTS which can be earned in one internship is 30 ECTS.
More information and required forms are available on website: enter the page for your master programme and look for “internship”.
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