Degree in Tourism
The subject External Internships (PE) The Tourism Degree from the Faculty of Economics, Business and Tourism of the University of La Laguna is one of the compulsory subjects of the Degree, which "aims to provide a greater practical component to their academic training, connecting university studies with professional activities and existing job opportunities. Therefore, carrying out external internships constitutes a formative value in itself, since it is an excellent mechanism for permanently connecting the university with the productive fabric and the business world, as well as with the institutional and organizational framework of the Canary Islands, while offering students experience in the world of work, undoubtedly very useful for their subsequent professional integration in occupations in the labor market appropriate to the knowledge, capacities and skills acquired in the degree studied" (preamble, Regulations for External Internships of the ULL). The training activities contemplated in this subject are, fundamentally, of a practical and applied nature, and will be developed, for the most part, in companies, institutions and public and private entities of national and international scope, including the university itself (managing entities), which have signed a cooperation agreement.
educational with the University of La Laguna.
Under no circumstances will these internships constitute an employment or contractual relationship, nor any other type of connection between the student and the company or entity where the internship takes place.
Types of internships
- Curricular: those framed in the official ULL study plan
- Extracurricular activities: These are activities that are not part of the curriculum and are carried out voluntarily by students. They may be subject to
academic recognition
CURRICULAR PRACTICES
Requirements to take them
Be enrolled in the External Internship course during the academic year. To enroll, you must have passed all core credits.
Workload
Considering that the course has 18 ETCS credits and that each ETCS credit is equivalent to 25 hours of student activity, the course has a workload of 300 hours, which will be distributed as follows:
- 375 hours of internship at the collaborating entity (6 hours/day, 5 days/week);
- 15 hours for attendance at academic tutorials;
- 60 hours of independent work devoted to preparing the student's Final Report on the internships completed
- and the activities proposed in the academic tutorials.
The timetable and activities to be carried out in this subject are obviously conditioned by the characteristics and availability of the collaborating entities, an aspect that the student must bear in mind when registering for this subject, as the Faculty cannot guarantee, a priori, that it can be taken at a timetable or period compatible with the other subjects enrolled by the student.
Collaborating entities
Collaborating entities are all public or private organizations, including the University itself (managing entities), that are likely to accept students for external internships and that have a current Educational Cooperation Agreement with the ULL.
Organization
The internship at the collaborating institution will begin at the beginning of the second semester. However, for the purposes of academic organization, they may be carried out in the first semester of the academic year, if the Internship Committee so deems appropriate, at the student's request.
During the internship, the student will have two tutors: the External Tutor appointed by the collaborating entity and the Academic Tutor proposed by the Faculty. Coordination between these tutors ensures the organization, planning, and management of the student's work plan, as well as the evaluation and monitoring of the internship.
The procedures and deadlines students must follow for completing the course, as well as the assessment criteria, will be published in the virtual classroom supporting teaching on the ULL Institutional Virtual Campus for the course.
The Center's External Internship Committee is responsible for overseeing the process of assigning students to the corresponding collaborating entities, as well as their academic tutors.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Students may apply for recognition of internship credits if they have at least one year of work or professional experience in positions that apply knowledge and skills related to the Degree in Tourism. Only work experience accredited by the Social Security Treasury is recognized.
The student may request recognition of the External Practices subject for work experience, within the time limits determined for each academic year by the Instruction for admission and registration to official Degree qualifications, through the procedure enabled in the electronic headquartersYou must attach the following documents to this application:
- Employment history report issued by the General Treasury of Social Security or the Mutual Fund to which they were affiliated with details of the periods of contributions;
- A report on professional activities completed, duly completed by the student and the entity that must certify the activities carried out and skills acquired, in the case of employed work experience. The report on professional activities, in the case of self-employed work experience, must be completed only by the student.
Internship Offers for the Tourism Degree 2023-2024
Internship Offers for the Tourism Degree 2022-2023 academic year
Internship Offers for the Tourism Degree 2021-2022 academic year
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