Internship: Civil Engineering

6 ECTS credits
180 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 4019800ENR for all students in the 1st semester at a (E) Master - advanced level.

Semester

1st semester

Enrollment based on exam contract

Impossible

Grading method

Grading (scale from 0 to 20)

Can retake in second session

Taught in

Dutch

Faculty

Faculteit Ingenieurswetenschappen

Department

Mechanics of Materials and Constructions

Educational team

Lincy Pyl (course titular)

Activities and contact hours

180 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study

Course Content

The training period allows the student to get actively involved in the professional world and to gain engineering competences in real life situations.

The training can take place in a company inside or outside Belgium. The theme of the training is related to the professional life of an engineer in this enterprise.

The training can take place in a laboratory or a research institute outside Belgium. The theme of the training is related to the professional life of a researcher in this institute. University laboratories within Belgium are hereby excluded.

Note that the master thesis can be carried out with the same company or research institute. However, during the training, the activities that are related to the thesis research should be of secondary nature: tasks that are not directly related to the thesis should be attributed to the trainee.

The duration of the training period is 40 working days (6 ECTS credits).

The 40 working days must be carried out after the deliberation of the 1^st session of the 1^st year of the master program and before the autumn break of the 1^st semester of the 2^nd year of the master program.

It is referred to the primary instructor (Lincy.Pyl@vub.be) for a description of the expectations with respect to the training.

Additional info

The candidate for a training period should contact the primary instructor (Lincy.Pyl@vub.be) for additional information.

Learning Outcomes

General competencies

Technical traineeship (stage) in a company or research center (outsite the VUB) for the students following the engineering master. As opposed to a social traineeship, it aims at involving the student in the industrial and/or research engineering activities.

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
SELF Internship determines 100% of the final mark.

Within the SELF Internship category, the following assignments need to be completed:

portfolio+presentatie with a relative weight of 1 which comprises 100% of the final mark.

Note: Afwezigheid moet gewettigd worden conform de regels van VUB en de stageplek. De student moet de stagebeleider en de academische begeleider onmiddellijk verwittigen per email en binnen de 24 uren een bewijs van afwezigheid (bv een medisch attest) bezorgen per email. In geval van afwezigheid voor langere periode, kunnen de academische begeleider/coördinator en de algemene stagecoördinator in overleg met de stagebegeleider overwegen de duur van de stage te verlengen.

2de zittijd is niet mogelijk.

Additional info regarding evaluation

It is referred to primary instructor (Lincy.Pyl@vub.be) for a description of the expectations with respect to the application for a training period, the portfolio containing the information on the competences and skills that have been developed during the training period and the final evaluation.

It is referred to https://student.vub.be/en/ir#master-thesis-and-internship for extra guidelines.

Allowed unsatisfactory mark

The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context