The Master’s Degree Course in Fashion System Design requires that the curricular internship activity (12 CFU – 300 hours) be carried out at companies, public or private institutions, professional studios, and DidaLabs laboratories.

 

Before starting the internship, the trainee must complete the General Workplace Safety Training Course (MEDIUM RISK: 4 hours of General Training + 8 hours of Specific Training), as required by Legislative Decree 81/2008.

^{NOTE: Before requesting matching from the Internship Office, the student must contact the company or laboratory directly to verify its availability to host them as an intern.}

 

Curricular internship in Italy

• istruzioni per attivare un tirocinio
• come concludere il tirocinio
• come convenzionare un'azienda/studio

Curricular internship abroad (on the School website)

Tirocinio extracurriculare

 

FORMS to be sent to tirocini@design.unifi.it

 

Documents for the start of the internship (mandatory):

• Self-certification of kinship and prerequisite exams
• PDF of the approved internship project
• PDF of the Safety Training Certificate

 

Documents DURING the internship:

• Suspension/Extension
• Change
• Withdrawals

 

Documents at the END of the internship:

• Final report
• Logbook and internship completion certificate

 

ATTACHMENTS

(with revenue stamp) must be scanned and sent as a single PDF file by email to the Academic Office at the following address: segr@design.unifi.it

 

REQUEST FOR RECOGNITION OF WORKSHOPS AND CONFERENCES

Annex 1

^{The 3 CFU credits are obtained by completing the annex and attaching the required certification
(certificate or attestation issued by the provider – in the case of workshops, seminars, or design ateliers coordinated by the Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree Courses in Design and by the course coordinator, certifying at least 75 hours of learning activity and signed by the responsible person, including IT skills).}

^{Sample certificate}

 

^NOTES:

• ^{1 CFU = 25 hours of workshop}
• ^{1/5 CFU = 1 conference (for example: 5 conferences = 1 CFU)}

^{Annex 1 and the certificates for CFU recognition can be submitted once the student has obtained all 3 CFU.}

 

The Master’s Degree Course in Fashion System Design has decided that all internship credits may be recognised exclusively through university workshops. Students must therefore submit a single request for recognition of workshop activities, submitting all certificates they have only once.

All certificates together with Annex 1.B for the recognition of CFU through workshops/conferences must be sent as a single PDF file by email to the Academic Office at: segr@design.unifi.it

Note: incomplete applications or applications submitted at different times will not be considered.

 

REQUEST FOR EQUIVALENCE BETWEEN WORK ACTIVITY AND INTERNSHIP

Annex 2

The internship may be recognised as work activity by completing Annex 2 and attaching a report describing the work carried out, showing its relevance to the degree programme objectives.

Full internship: 300 hours / 12 CFU
Partial internship: 225 hours / 9 CFU + 3 CFU for “other activities”

For the evaluation of work activity, send an email to the internship coordinator (francesca.filippi@unifi.it) with the subject “EQUIVALENCE”, attaching the WORK ACTIVITY REPORT (see documents) in PDF format, signed and stamped by the employer. A response will be provided within 30 days.

If approved, submit Annex 2 (original, with revenue stamp) at the Design Campus reception (Via Sandro Pertini 93, Calenzano – Florence), together with:

• For employed work:
  A copy of the employment contract, signed and stamped by the employer (no payslips required).

 

• For freelance / VAT work:
  A declaration from the employer/client, together with the invoice or other payment document. The invoice must clearly indicate the related activity.

 

• For other internship (non-curricular):
  The training project; proof of payment is not required.

Important:
The Master’s Degree Course will not consider:

• requests for equivalence for self-employment
• teaching contracts or assignments
• collective work activities
• incomplete applications
• other types of work activities not listed above

 

The Teaching Committee will issue an opinion within 30 days of the submission of COMPLETE documentation.
Applicants will be contacted ONLY in the case of an incomplete application or a negative outcome.

 

The School of Architecture and the Degree Programme have resolved that:

The internship CANNOT be carried out at a professional studio where there is a family relationship with the student;

The internship CANNOT be carried out at the professional studio of the student’s thesis supervisor;

The internship CAN be carried out at one of the DidaLabs laboratories, where the Laboratory Director MAY also be the student’s thesis supervisor.

In the case of recognition of work activity (Annex 2), it must be consistent with the study plan, continuous over time, significantly exceed the minimum of 300/225 hours (depending on the credits to be obtained, 12 or 9 CFU), be documented by a descriptive dossier, and fall within the contract or assignment signed by the employer.