The 2nd year internship places the student in the situation of an actor, without seeking any autonomous role in the piloting of a project. The internship is supervised by a tutor and consists of applying acquired scientific, organisational or human science knowledge. It will typically involve using software programmes to carry out defined tasks, within an engineering team, or participating in the application of an industrial process (production, logistics, organisation …). It reinforces the student’s knowledge of the professional world, of general skills and competencies and self-awareness.
The objectives of the internship are as follows :
Principle objective : to be an actor in the execution of an engineering mission within a team
Secondary objectives :
- to establish links between acquired knowledge fields
- to progress in the construction of a personal professional project (activity sector, field of study)
| On completion of the unit, the student will be capable of: | Classification level | Priority |
|---|---|---|
| Applying academic knowledge in concrete situations | 3. Apply | Essential |
| Analysing professional situations and capitalising on them | 4. Analyse | Essential |
| Demonstrating critical thinking in relation to a result / to a given situation | 6. Assess | Important |
| Working in a team | 3. Apply | Important |
| Reinforcing his written and oral communication skills (formal / informal) | 3. Apply | Important |
| Consolidating and submitting his work | 5. Summarise | Essential |
| Refining his reflection on his personal and professional project | 5. Summarise | Essential |
| Percentage ratio of individual assessment | Percentage ratio of group assessment | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Written exam: | % | Project submission: | % | ||
| Individual oral exam: | % | Group presentation: | % | ||
| Individual presentation: | 33 | % | Group practical exercise: | % | |
| Individual practical exercise: | % | Group report: | % | ||
| Individual report: | 34 | % | |||
| Other(s): 33 % | |||||
| Type of teaching activity | Content, sequencing and organisation |
|---|---|
| Role play | The student has the possibility of obtaining information on different engineering professions throughout the 2nd year through visits to company forums, the conference series on professions, by listening to the experiences of former graduates in different contexts (training courses, inter-semester activities) or by watching the professions videos on the School’s internship platform. The student will benefit from specific preparation sessions on tools for finding an internship (CV, cover letters, interview techniques) The student will also have the possibility of full scale testing during an interview simulation, by role play exercises with a recruiter from the professional field the student is targeting. The 2nd year internship should last 3 months (13 weeks), in an enterprise or a research laboratory or in an international organisation. The student is responsible for finding his internship individually and the School will manage the contract details. A final written internship report will be submitted, accompanied by an oral presentation. |