Outgoing Internships

An internship allows individuals to gain practical experience within an organizational context (companies, institutions, public or private bodies, etc.) for various purposes: completing one's curricular preparation, career orientation, acquiring or consolidating specific skills, and entering or re-entering the labor market. There are essentially three parties involved in an internship: The Intern (tirocinante), The Academic Tutor (tutor accademico) and The Host/Company Tutor (tutor organizzativo/aziendale).

The first two fall under the responsibility of the intern's home institution (the promoting body), which handles all administrative aspects related to setting up the internship and formally recognizes the completed pathway upon its conclusion. The third belongs to the organizational context where the internship takes place (the host body), which is primarily responsible for ensuring that the agreed educational goals are met. Host bodies can be companies or public and private entities in Italy, as well as international organizations, diplomatic missions, cultural institutions, and other entities and organizations abroad.

To undertake an internship promoted by the School, it is essential to have—or to be able to establish—a framework agreement (convenzione) between the School and the host body. This agreement is general in nature and defines the formal arrangements between the two institutions. Within an active framework agreement, the specific document regulating the individual internship and defining all its formal and substantive details is the training project (progetto formativo). This document is drafted based on the guidelines provided by the promoting body, signed by the intern, the academic tutor, and the host tutor and validated by both involved institutions.

The training project also outlines the preliminary reporting methods for the activity performed (e.g., attendance sheets, timetables of goals achieved, final report, or self-assessment by the intern).

Curricular Internships can be activated by students during undergraduate/master's (corso ordinario) and PhD/postgraduate (corso di perfezionamento) programs. Deadlines: The latest possible start date must coincide with the official end of the study program (September 30th of the final year for the corso ordinario, and October 31st of the final year for the corso di perfezionamento, unless official course extensions are granted).

University Credits (CFU): For curricular internships undertaken by students of the corso ordinario, it is possible—though not automatic—to obtain credit recognition from their home university (Pisa or Florence). To ensure this, interns must check the specific requirements directly with the relevant offices of their university department.

Non-Curricular Internships
For Non-Curricular Internships hosted by entities with operational headquarters in Tuscany, applications are open to alumni of the corsi ordinari and PhD graduates, provided they apply within 24 months of receiving their degree.

Non-curricular internships can also be activated by: local Employment Centers (Centri per l’impiego), bilateral bodies, employers' and workers' trade unions, the National Agency for Active Labor Market Policies (ANPAL), cooperatives registered in the regional register of social cooperatives and consortia, entities listed in the regional register of accredited employment service providers, and associations registered in the regional register of voluntary organizations.
(For more details, see the Toscana Internships Platform).

Host Bodies Outside Tuscany
If the host body operates in other Italian regions, it is necessary to check the specific regional regulations beforehand, as the maximum time limits allowed to activate an internship after graduation may vary.

For outgoing curricular internships, the Scuola Normale Superiore has entered into the following agreements:
Editoriale Domani SpA
Il Nuovo Manifesto Società Cooperativa Editoriale
OXFAM ITALIA ETS
Associazione Bhalobasa OdV
Edizioni ETS
Pacini Editore Srl
L’Orma Editore s.r.l 
Zanichelli Editore SpA
Fondazione Giangiacomo Feltrinelli
MIM Edizioni Srl
FrancoAngeli Srl
Comunità Ebraica di Roma – Museo Ebraico
Ministero dell’Economia e delle Finanze
Presidenza del Consiglio dei ministri
MAECI-CRUI
 

Under renewal: Fondazione Museo delle Antichità Egizie di Torino (Egyptian Museum Foundation of Turin)

For any proposals for new agreements, please contact the Placement Office, specifying the company/organization, the name of the internship contact person, and their email address.