URL study guide

https://studiegids.vu.nl/en/courses/2024-2025/E_MFEN_IMENT

Course Objective

Academic and research skills: Students are able to translate a practically relevant problem related to entrepreneurship into (academically) relevant research questions, and demonstrate that they can design and execute a research project using a systematic, analytical approach that delivers new theoretical and practical insights into the problem. Bridging Theory and Practice: Students are able to synthesize and apply concepts, models and theories in the field of entrepreneurship in order to analyze and solve an entrepreneurial challenge and/or opportunity faced by an existing organization. Social Skills: Students demonstrate understanding of roles and needs of different types of stakeholders that they need to interact with as a professional, and are able to work well with others. Self-awareness: Students are able to reflect on their own responsibilities, learnings and personal development during their internship.

Course Content

Increasingly organizations and maybe even your future employer are looking for experience as well as academic credentials. Doing an internship is an excellent way to apply the knowledge and (academic) skills which you acquired during your studies. Your most important learning goal as a student-intern is to familiarize yourself with professional and market-related skills in a real and new organizational environment. With the job market becoming increasingly competitive, gaining relevant experience will give you a good start into your professional career. Companies offer a wide range of internships in various disciplines. What is crucial in obtaining approval for your internship and eventually obtaining your study credits, is that there is a clearly defined project that allows you to fulfill the learning objectives. Also, the project needs to allow for an individual assessment. Doing an internship at your own startup is not allowed; it needs to be an existing organization that can provide internship supervision. It is possible to replace two of the courses in the Minor Entrepreneurship by an internship that will be supervised by one of the lecturers of the courses. An internship counts for 12 EC: it replaces one out of the two courses “Enterprising Behavior” and “Entrepreneurial Strategy” (both in period 2) in combination with the course “New Venture Creation” (in period 3). Internships should be aligned with the topics of the minor and should be initiated by students. Finally, note that in order to obtain your internship credits, your internship has to be pre-approved by the minor coordinator and supervised by a School member that is assigned to you by either the minor coordinator.

Teaching Methods

On-site Internship

Method of Assessment

Internship report
- Individual assessment

Additional Information

IMPORTANT:
• Subscription to the internship through VU.nl is not possible.
• CONTACT THE MINOR COORDINATOR as soon as you have an INITIAL proposal for the internship. Approval of the minor coordinator is essential in order to be able to do a minor internship.
• The general internship manual will be available through VU.nl (including more details on a time plan and practical matters). CAREFULLY READ THE MANUAL ON VU.nl (go to Services > Degree programme > Internship, or Serviceplein > Opleidingsprogrmma > Stage). The manual will provide more insights in what is exactly expected in terms of your internship proposal, the concrete requirements, and the related time line of activities.
• After completing the internship the subscription to the course as well as the registration of the result will be done by the back office.
Academic year1/09/2431/08/25
Course level12.00 EC

Language of Tuition

  • English

Study type

  • Bachelor