Language

French

Main themes

The internship requires students to implement in an integrated way the knowledge and skills acquired in the various courses of their training of this Master to understand, analyse and propose concrete solutions in a professional setting.

Aims

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :
1	a. Contribution of the activity to the learning outcomes of this Master M1.4, M1.5, M2.3, M2.4, M2.5, M3.9, M4.1, M4.2, M4.3, M4.5, M4.6, M4.7, M5.2, M5.3, M5.4, M5.5, M5.6, M5.7, M5.8, M6.2, M6.5, M6.6, M6.8, M7.1, M7.2, M7.4, M7.5, M8.1, M8.2, M8.4, M8.5, M8.6 B. Specific wording of the learning outcomes of this Master for this activity At the end of this internship, the student is able to : - to diagnose ad analyse the context of the host company or organisation in the workplace, incorporating in the reflection all the specific legal, administrative, socio-economic and technical-scientific devices; - to identify, collect and structure the information useful for the different phases of his internship project; - to integrate and participate actively in the activities of the host company or organisation. The internship also contributes to developing the student's aptitude to fit into the professional environment, to identify the issues, constraints, actors and objectives, to plan the main stages in time, allowing him/her to integrate the knowledge gained during his/her academic training, and develop transversal skills.

Content

The academic head of this Master can propose internship opportunities in various international organisations such as AfricaRice, CIAT and the OECD and companies such as ADE in Belgium and other companies based in Germany (Bayer, EuroCare, ZEF) , Spain (AMB, DARP), Italy (Steriltom, Terrapadame) and Sweden (SDA, Lantmännen, LRF). Under no circumstances may the student interested in an internship in one of these organisations or companies take the initiative to contact them without the explicit agreement of the academic head of this Master.
The academic head of this Master appoints an internship tutor from the academic staff of his / her university. The host company or organisation designates an internship supervisor from its staff.

Teaching methods

Due to the COVID-19 crisis, the information in this section is particularly likely to change.

Large multidisciplinary integrative project in the professional world under the supervision of a team of supervisors.
This project must be the subject of a discussion and prior agreement with the university’s internship tutor and the host company or organisation’s internship supervisor. If it is planned that this internship initiates the Master’s thesis of the student, this project is also developed in consultation with the director of his/her Master’s thesis. This project as well as the modalities of its execution are included in an internship agreement signed by the three parties: the student, the academic head of this Master and the manager designated by the host company or organisation.
Depending on the scope of this project, the academic head of this Master decides to validate the internship for either 6 or 12 ECTS credits.

Evaluation methods

Due to the COVID-19 crisis, the information in this section is particularly likely to change.

Submission of a written report of about 20 pages outside the appendices to the university’s internship tutor and the host company or organisation’s internship supervisor who submit together a joint note. The outline of this report is agreed upon beforehand with the university’s internship tutor and the host company or organisation’s internship supervisor 
Depending on the terms of the project, this report may also be the subject of an oral presentation within the host company or organisation. The evaluation of this presentation can be integrated into the final grade of the internship according to an evaluation grid that is previously determined and communicated to the student.

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