Placement Abroad in Biosciences
The course consists of a 15 week full-time work placement in a relevant company or educational entity abroad. For quality assurance, placement abroad is only recognised if one of the following conditions applies:
- If the placement is done at one of Nord’s partner universities, either through Erasmus+ or bilateral agreements.
- If the laboratory or company abroad has a collaboration agreement with one of Nord’s partner universities
- If the project in which you will participate, such as a marine conservation project or other, is recognised by a study abroad grant schemes, such as Erasmus+
On successful completion of the course:
Knowledge
The student should:
- Know the work field, methods, and strategies employed by the host organization/company
Skills
The student should:
- Be able to apply knowledge gained during the first two years of study to parts of the host organization/company¿s work area
General competence
The student should:
- Through own activity gain experience from work operations relevant for his or her education
Form of assessment:
- 15 weeks of placemnet
- Work requirement consisting of one report.
Students deliver one report electronically on Canvas during their placement abroad.
Compound Evaluation, grading scale Passed / Not Passed
- Assessment Task, comprises 0/100 of the grade, grading scale Approved/ Not approved.
- Practice, comprises 100/100 of the grade, grading scale Passed / Not Passed.
It is assumed that the students have good enough language skills to function in a practical work situation at the internship place.
For the internship course, deadlines apply other than what applies to regular courses. The student must apply to go abroad and express desire on an internship.
The internship place must be approved in advance, and the student and place must sign an internship agreement. The internship must be supervised, and the student must be followed up by a contact person in the company. Only practice conducted under the guidance of the Faculty of Life Sciences and Aquaculture can be included in this course.
