Hints concerning the basic internship and the preparation of the report

Before starting the internship or searching an internship, respectively, please consider

• the restriction of companies at which you can carry out the internship, according to § 6 of the Grundpraktikumsordnung, in particular item 3 and 4:
• the employer has to be an industrial company
• the employer has to be registered in the Industrie- und Handelskammer as an apprenticeship employer, and the internship has to be supervised by a person responsible for apprenticeships
• max 4 weeks of the internship can be carried out in a company run by the family of the intern
• the activities, which can be recognized, are listed in § 5 of the Grundpraktikumsordnung:

1. GP1: subtractive manufacturing (1-4 weeks)
2. GP2: assembly and testing (1-4 weeks)
3. GP3: forming (1-4 weeks)
4. GP4: joining and separating processes  (1-4 weeks)

• the duration of the internship is, according to § 4 of the Grundpraktikumsordnung
1. Ten weeks for students who started their course of study before winter semester 24/25.
   Eight weeks for students who startet since winter semester 24/25.
2. a separation into multiple terms is possible, where each term must at least last
   Four weeks for students who started their course of study before winter semester 24/25.
   Two weeks for students who startet since winter semester 24/25.

The recognition of the internship is based on the report. For that, consider § 7 of the Grundpraktikumsordnung. (10 pages including figures)

For the recognition it is very helpful if the report contains a table, summarizing the activities and assigning them to the fields GP1 to GP4 according to §5.