Thesis internship
Students enrolled in the Master’s Degree in Neurobiology, are expected to take a “thesis internship” as part of their final thesis. The thesis must be experimental, either in a wet lab or in silico (computational).
The Academic reference person for internship is Prof. Riccardo Brambilla (email: riccardo.brambilla@unipv.it)
Students must find a laboratory where to perform the internship for experimental thesis and an internal supervisor.
The internal supervisor must be a professor of the University of Pavia, not necessarily from the Biology teaching board, and can be the head of the laboratory where to perform the internship activity.
IMPORTANT for insurance purposes - in case of internship for experimental thesis in a laboratory external (not belonging) to the University of Pavia - partially or entirely, students must follow the procedure below:
- Before starting the internship for the thesis, students MUST submit via Filo Diretto an authorization request form signed by their thesis supervisor and hosting institution. Students must wait for the confirmation of the Student Administration Office before starting the activity in the external laboratory. The authorization request form can be downloaded from this link from the Thesis internship section;
- In case an extension of the internship duration is needed, the student MUST communicate it via Filo Diretto, so that the Student Administration Office can accordingly extend the duration of the required insurance coverage.
In DBB such procedure is:
- not mandatory in case of "thesis internship" carried out in a laboratory internal to the University of Pavia;
- mandatory in case of "thesis internship" in a structure external to the University of Pavia, as it is necessary for starting the mandatory insurance coverage.
For any doubts about the need of following such procedure or not (i.e. if the laboratory is internal or external to the Univesity of Pavia), please contact directly Filo diretto asking if in your specific case such procedure is mandatory and providing the following information: degree course, laboratory's specific denomination and web page, name and last name of the head of the laboratory.
Prof. Riccardo Brambilla: riccardo.brambilla@unipv.it is available for supporting students in identifying the laboratory where to perform the thesis internship.
Below is a brief overview of the types of options:
a) In a laboratory of the University of Pavia
In this case the head of the laboratory will be your thesis supervisor.
b) In a laboratory external to the University of Pavia, in Italy
In agreement with your thesis supervisor that must be a teacher at the University of Pavia, you can perform your internship for the thesis (partially or entirely) in a laboratory outside the University of Pavia. In this case the head of the laboratory will be your thesis co-supervisor.
c) Abroad
You have the opportunity to conduct your thesis internship, either partially or entirely, in a laboratory abroad. To do so, you must find a foreign laboratory willing to host you for your thesis work, either independently or with the assistance of a faculty member from the University of Pavia. The head of the foreign laboratory will act as your thesis co-supervisor, while your University of Pavia faculty member will serve as your primary supervisor.
Please notice that a thesis internship performed - partly or entirely - abroad can be part of the Erasmus+ program and included in the correspondent learning agreement:
- Erasmus+ traineeship program (check this page here) - from 2 till 12 months, no limits to the destinations and student must find the hosting institution by himself/herself;
- Overseas Exchange program (check this page here) - from 5 till 6 months - warning: not all hosting institutions accept students for thesis research.
Before planning to participate in a mobility program and submitting the application, we recommend you to identify your thesis supervisor from the University of Pavia and coordinate with the relevant mobility delegate and representatives (find their contacts here).
For any support needed you can refer to the Mobility office (outgoing.erasmus@unipv.it) or book an appointment here.