The training activities includes the following:

• practical laboratory exercises;
• field campaign;
• apprenticeships, internships at public and private institutions in Italy and abroad;
• participation in seminars, short courses, conferences, etc.;
• guided visits to construction sites and laboratories.

The MSC course requires the acquisition of 4 ECTS through an internship carried out in external companies or even internally at Unipi. The procedure to activate and complete the internship is as follows and must be initiated BEFORE the internship starts. All the modules that students need for training activities, fill the study plan, etc. can be found in the section Documents for Students

Internship Procedure Steps:

Step 0: Choose a company/research (the list of companies having an agreement with the DST can be found here) centres or the Earth Science Department of the university of Pisa or another institution that can provide a geophysical internship

Step 1: Download the forms: "Training project model for internship activities", "Attendance register for internship activities", "Evaluation form for the company tutor", "Evaluation form for the academic tutor", "Evaluation form for the student" from our website (in the section Documents for Students). In addition the insurance form must be downloaded from here.

Step 2: Submit the form "Training project model for internship activities" duly filled to the student office (Mrs. Siniscalco) to the Secretary of the MSc (Prof. S. Capaccioli) and to the President of the MSc. (Prof. E. Stucchi). You need that an internal tutor is assigned to the internship to fill in this form. At this point leave blank the field "The supervisor of the internships signature" on the last page. Fill the insurance form and bring it to the student office.

Step 3: The forms will be reviewed and approved by the President of the MSc degree or their representative.

Step 4: During the internship, the student have to register attendance filling the "Attendance register for internship activities"
(The internship is 100 hours, with a maximum of 8 hours per days and 40 hours per week)

Step 5: Upon completion of the internship, prepare the activity report (few pages with some figure), along with reports from the company "Evaluation form for the company tutor", from the University tutor, "Evaluation form for the academic tutor", (you have to ask her/him) and your "Evaluation form for the student".

All these forms must be duly signed (the activity report by the student and the Academic tutor)

Step 6: Submit all reports to Mrs. Siniscalco, to the Secretary and President of the MSc for approval.

Step 7: The internship activity will be officially approved and the credits registered.