Internship/ Business Internship

 

1.    Learn to apply and extend knowledge and skills gained during theory classes.
2.    Learn to translate business management problems into a clear problem statement and relevant sub questions.
3.    Learn to design and conduct the practical and theoretical research needed to answer the questions.
4.    Learn to analyse and interpret results.
5.    Learn to write a business report with concrete conclusions and recommendations.
6.    Learn to present the outcomes of the report to an audience of specialists and non-specialists.
7.    Learn how to work in a professional environment.

 

 

To really understand how things work outside the university, an internship in a company or institute is obligatory. Preferably the topic of the internship is a combination of both business and science. Before the start of the internship a clear formulation of a problem, which will be the subject of investigation, has to be approved by the internship coordinator. The internship includes practical work, and a report (in total around 5 months), for instance with a consultancy firm advising multinationals on their research policies, or in a small biotech start-up company working on business development. A supervisor from the University should be involved in guiding you through this business internship.