FAQs

The Internship Office will be happy to answer any questions you may have about internships, but is not responsible for awarding internships.

Many companies advertise their internship vacancies in the careers portal on their website or in online job search engines. You can find specific offers for internships in the TU Clausthal careers portal or use the "Links and Services" section, which can help you with your search. You will also find notices in the Study Center.

Another possibility is the regional internship exchange of the South-East Lower Saxony region. The provision of company addresses on the Internet is intended to facilitate the independent search for internships, internship-semester positions as well as Bachelor's and Master's theses and to help you plan your internship and studies in good time.

In Germany, a lead time of 4 - 6 months is generally recommended. If you want to complete an internship abroad, a lead time of 1 year is recommended (application, scholarship, visa, etc.).

Of course, a semester abroad always looks “good” on your CV. However, you should have the intention and make the effort to get to grips with a foreign culture and language. In addition, a relatively long lead time should be planned. If you have any questions, please contact the Internship Office or the Clausthal International Center.

Yes, they can, in which case they make use of the deferral and must have completed the pre-study internship by a certain date. Further details can be found in the General Internship Guidelines (APr) or the internship regulations of the individual degree programs.

If you start your studies without a pre-study internship or have only completed part of the pre-study internship, you must make up the missing weeks during your studies. A deadline by which the internship must be completed is specified in the General Internship Guidelines (APr) or the internship regulations of the individual degree programs.

No. You can split up the internship in terms of time, but it should be at least two consecutive weeks.

You can find further information on the subject-related and time-related composition of the internship in the internship regulations of the individual degree programs.

You will find all the necessary information in the General Internship Guidelines (APr) under §6 Reporting. The scope of your report should be at least one A4 page per week to be recognized.

Weekly report (selected subtasks within a section of the internship)

Project report (comprehensive report on entire internship sections)

In both cases, the report must be at least one A4 page per week to be recognized.

No, it is sufficient if you prepare the internship report for the remaining internship period.

This information can be found in the internship regulations of the individual degree programs.

No. In general, the information from the General Internship Guidelines (APr), §6 Reporting, applies.

The internship report should look as follows:

Brief description of the company or the area of activity in the respective department of the company

Weekly report (selected subtasks within a section of the internship)

or

Project report (comprehensive report on entire internship sections)

and

Internship certificate or a certificate from the company confirming that the internship has been completed.

The overall report should have a minimum length of one A4 page per week.

The reports must be signed, dated and stamped by the person responsible for supervision at the company. The declaration/reading confirmation for the internship report can also be used for this purpose.

The General Internship Guidelines (APr) of Clausthal University of Technology contain the common regulations for the recognition of industrial internships in the Bachelor's and Master's degree programs at Clausthal University of Technology.

After completing the internship, you have 6 months to submit the report for recognition.

To apply for recognition, the Internship Office receives all internship documents online (by e-mail to praktikantenamt@tu-clausthal.de, with PDF attachment).

The report can only be accepted and processed after enrollment.

Yes, that is possible.

After completing the internship, they have 6 months to submit the report for recognition.
 

No, it is perfectly sufficient if your supervisor's stamp and signature are at the beginning or end of the internship report. Alternatively, you can also use the declaration / reading confirmation for the internship report.

Yes, please make sure and, if necessary, ask the company to provide you with a certificate of your internship. The certificate must contain the following information:

Training company, department if applicable, location, sector

Surname, first name, date and place of birth of the trainee

Start and end of the internship

Breakdown of the activities by field of activity or type and duration

Explicit indication of the number of days absent, even if no days absent were incurred 
 

One internship week corresponds to the regular weekly working hours of the respective company.

Working hours lost due to vacation, illness, public holidays or other personal reasons must be made up. Overtime worked in accordance with the company's certificate can be used to compensate for missing working hours. If necessary, a contract extension should be requested in order to be able to complete an internship section that has already begun.

If events are held by the university during the student's internship that are necessary for the continuation of the course (e.g. examinations, etc.) and the intern has to interrupt his/her internship for this period, a maximum of 3 days off are permitted. All days of leave in excess of this can be made up in order to receive full recognition of the internship. Overtime worked can be used to compensate for missing working hours, as certified by the company. If necessary, a contract extension should be requested.
 

The Internship Office issues such a certificate for internships that are required according to the implementation regulations of the respective degree program.
 

Yes, you will find a template here.

Yes, depending on the training, this is possible. Contact the Internship Office and find out about the possibilities for recognition.

You should try to describe activities that you are not allowed to explain due to confidentiality.

The confidential treatment of your internship report is guaranteed, as it is only accessible to the Internship Office. No copies will be made, nor will your documents be archived in any other way.

No.

The internship documents must be submitted online.

Please send your documents by e-mail, with PDF attachment, to praktikantenamt@tu-clausthal.de