ITD35014 Placement (Autumn 2025)

The students must work on a project/work assignment in a company. The student is responsible for finding a suitable company who offers internship. The content is defined by each company and student together with an internal supervisor from HiØ.

It is not allowed to choose a company where the student already has an existing employment relationship.

The aim is to give the student insight into and experience with day-to-day operations in a company or organization where IT is central, thus gaining a feeling of how it is to work with IT in the real world.

The student must write a report and give a presentation of the project.

KnowledgeThe student

• has knowledge of the industry where he/she has worked and of specific topics related to the work.
• is able to judge the work relevance of their education.

SkillsThe student

• has received practical training in analysing issues that are relevant for the business/industry.
• can prepare a work plan and resolve assigned tasks.
• can write a final report documenting the project/work assignment and the time used.

General competenceThe student

• has gained work experience and knowledge of the corporate culture in the industry he/she has worked.
• can reflect on their own knowledge and learning and on their role in cooperating with others.

Work that is normally performed individually but that in exceptional cases and subject to application can be performed in groups. Supervision will be given by the company's supervisor and a supervisor appointed by HiØ.

If students from international partners attend courses, the lectures will be conducted in English.

Approx. 250 hours.

This includes preliminary work, reporting, presentation and other necessary work in connection with the course.

The student must:

• Submit a signed contract with the company before Monday of week 36
• Submit a project plan describing planned working hours and content of the internship period.
• Submit and present a mid-term report
• Submit a final report (minimum 3000 words) on the completed internship, including the employer’s signed timesheet and internship certificate. The signed timesheet must include a minimum of 180 hours of work.

The coursework requirements must be approved before the student may take the exam.

Individual Oral Presentation:

An individual oral presentation of the completed internship, lasting approximately 30 minutes.

Grading: Pass/Fail

This course is evaluated by a

• End-of-term evaluation (compulsory)

The responsible for the course compiles a report based on the feedback from the students and his/her own experience with the course. The report is discussed by the study quality committee of the Department of computer sciences and communication.