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Internship - Software Engineering
Summer Internship Process for the SEN4993 Course – Software Engineering Students
The information on this page has been prepared to explain the processes of the mandatory summer internship course coded SEN4993 , which is required for the graduation of Software Engineering students.
This information is based on the "Bahçeşehir University Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences and Faculty of Architecture Internship Directive" approved by the Bahçeşehir University Senate on 4 March 2021 (No. 2021/06/03).
Every Software Engineering student must complete an internship on a subject related to Software Engineering for AT LEAST 30 working days during their undergraduate studies.
Our students may do their internship at the earliest after taking their 2nd-year courses (after the fourth semester) , during academic breaks.
When determining the internship dates, students must take the current academic calendar into account. Internships are, as a rule, completed during academic breaks (the break after the spring semester or after the fall semester).
Students in their graduation phase (with their last twosemesters remaining before graduation) may do an internship during semesters with classes and exams if at least 3 working days in their weekly schedule are free . This means the student must have no classes at all on at least 3 working days of the weekly schedule. Online courses are treated the same as face-to-face courses. The mandatory internship may only be done on the specified free days. Official holidays and religious holidays are not counted as internship working days. If the internship company officially declares in writing that it works on Saturdays, Saturday is also counted as a working day for interns.
NOTE: It is the student's responsibility to declare the internship start and end dates correctly so that at least 30 working days are completed. Internships completed with fewer days will not be counted as the mandatory internship.
The steps to follow during the internship are listed below. For details and frequently asked questions (FAQ), be sure to read the subsections on this page.
Steps to Follow When Applying for an Internship:
1. The internship institution must be identified and approved by the department (at least 4 engineers must be working at the internship site),
2. It must be confirmed that the internship dates are compatible with the academic calendar,
3. If the student is accepted, the internship application form must be completed and signed by the company and submitted to the departmental coordinator responsible for internship initiation (at the earliest 1 month and at the latest 15 days before the internship start date) (Research Assistant Simge AKAY: simge.akay@bau.edu.tr)
4. The internship requirement letter must be sent by the student to the internship institution and to BAU Human Resources (the document is downloaded from the link below, completed by the student and then signed by the coordinator responsible for internship initiation).
NOTE: For all correspondence about internship initiation, you must contact the coordinator responsible for internship initiation by email. Documents and/or questions received through any channel other than email will not be answered. You must use your official Bahçeşehir University email address in all correspondence.
Steps to Start Insurance Coverage:
Regardless of whether the internship company is in Türkiye or abroad, insurance during the internship period is a legal requirement. Internships completed without insurance are invalid. Internship insurance procedures are carried out by the BAU Department of Human Resources. Insurance procedures can be completed at the earliest 1 month and at the latest three days before the internship start date. You can access the internship procedures of the Department of Human Resources athttps://bau.edu.tr/icerik/3208-insan-kaynaklari-daire-baskanligi-staj-yonergesi . Students who are not Turkish citizens and wish to do an internship in Türkiye must contact the internship coordinator about the exemption process.
NOTE: Internships that have not gone through this procedure WILL BE REJECTED.
Students must submit one copy of the social security employment entry document to the departmental coordinator responsible for internship initiation (Research Assistant Simge AKAY: simge.akay@bau.edu.tr) and one copy to the internship institution.
Please note: If the approved application form (completed and signed by the company) and the internship requirement document are not submitted to the departmental coordinator responsible for internship initiation (Research Assistant Simge AKAY: simge.akay@bau.edu.tr), the internship cannot be started and will not be considered valid.
Contact of the coordinator responsible for post-internship procedures, the instructor of the SEN4993 course:
Steps to Follow After the Internship:
1. After the internship is completed, the internship course is selected.
· The course can be selected if the internship ends no later than the end of the add-drop week.
· The internship course can be selected if 30 working days have been completed, even if the internship is still ongoing.
· An internship that ended more than 12 months ago is not counted.
2. The student uploads a copy of the internship requirement document obtained before the internship to the system.
3. The student uploads the insurance document showing the internship start date to the system.
4. The student completes the internship report covering 30 working days and uploads it to the system.
5. The student uploads the similarity report to the system. Students are expected to correct reports with a similarity rate above 20% without being warned.
6. Reports with a similarity rate not exceeding 20% are reviewed by the internship evaluator, and any required revisions are communicated to the student. The student is expected to upload the revised report to the system within the announced period.
7. After the report is approved by the internship evaluator, the signature process begins.
8. The signed and stamped version of the report is uploaded to the system.
9. The signed and stamped internship evaluation form is sent by email to the coordinator responsible for internship completion by the person supervising the student's internship.
10. Once the signed documents are received, the student's internship grade is entered as "S".
11. If the internship report is not approved or the signed documents are not received on time, the student's internship grade is entered as "U".
You can find the required documents to download below:
