Internships
Internships aim at supplementing the in-class training with a relevant hands-on experience.
SMA students are warmly encouraged to seek and apply for an internship with companies/research institutes/renowned organizations working with statistical analyses, possibly related to specific fields within the available study plans such as official statistics and quantitative economics.
For students in the Official Statistics track a 9-credit internship is mandatory. The minimum number of hours for 9-credit internships is 225. See an overview of some of the past and current available opportunities here. Note that the mandatory internship will be recognized in your study plan with the exam code AAF1900 ("Internship") or AAF1179 ("Per stages e tirocini presso imprese, enti pubblici o privati, ordini professionale"). In order to have the internship recognized and recorded in the INFOSTUD system the student must 1) book for the exam on INFOSTUD and 2) follow the instructions available here.
For students in the other tracks (Data Analyst/Quantitative Economics) internship is not mandatory. You can have an internship recognized as 3-credit or 6-credit unit depending on the amount of hours: the minimum number of hours for 6-credit internships is 150 and the minimum number of hours for 3-credit internships is 75. Note that, in order to have the internship recognized, students should include in their study plan either the 3-credit unit labelled as AAF1965 or AAF1149 ("Altre conoscenze utili per l'inserimento nel mondo del lavoro"/ "Other training activities") or 6-credit unit labelled as AAF1809 or AAF1152 ("Altre conoscenze utili per l'inserimento nel mondo del lavoro" / "Other training activities").
The Department of Statistical Sciences (DSS) at Sapienza University organizes an annual one-day event aimed at fostering internships and opportunities for our graduate students to write their master theses while cooperating with external organizations. You can find out more at the following page: https://www.dss.uniroma1.it/en/didattica/internships. If you need more info on this event, please contact internship.dss@uniroma1.it.
Students can find another source for seeking internships on the new Sapienza TSP platform (replacing the old Jobsoul). Detailed instructions on TSP platform can be also found in the Internships - TSP Sapienza section of the in the career service for organisations and companiesand. Other info and FAQ about insternships & TSP are available here.
If you are a Company/Organization and you are offering an internship opportunity for international student candidates at Master's level with skills in data analysis/data science, statistical modelling, official statistics or quantitative economics, please send an email to sma-dss@uniroma1.it and internship.dss@uniroma1.it. Other details on how to formalize and activate internships with our students can be found here.