Engineering Informatics MSc – Professional Internship

The professional internship is an integral part of the curriculum and its completion is a prerequisite for applying for the final exam.

The purpose of the internship

The general aim of the internship is for students to gain fundamental knowledge through practical engineering tasks relevant to their field, to become acquainted with the organizational and professional structure of a company, and to prepare for their future engineering work under real-world conditions. The internship follows the completion of theoretical training and serves to combine theoretical and practical knowledge before the full completion of the programme.

The internship tasks will predominantly involve software development, system design or operational tasks, during which students either receive a time-scaled independent assignment or participate as a part of a larger project. During the internship, students perform work under the supervision of a company-based mentor. Their assignment may be connected to their thesis or TDK (student research) work.

Locations for the internship

When selecting the internship provider, the following conditions must be observed (updated 2022.04.29):

• The company providing the internship must be independent of the student. The company cannot be owned by the student or their relative, nor have familial/kinship ties to the student.

• The person certifying the internship must also be independent; they must not be a family member or relative.

• The company may require confidentiality, but it is important that the student nevertheless prepares a work diary about their completed tasks, even if the details are confidential. It is advisable to clarify this with the company in advance.

It is recommended to visit the website itpecs.hu, which lists the surrounding IT-companies. The site also contains the major subject-areas in which companies are happy to accept students for internship.

Internships offered by the departments

The internship placement may be designated by the department responsible for the programme from among the companies associated with the department or within the department itself. (Usually we expect the student to find the internship venue themselves, so this is only a last resort!)

Internships chosen by students

Provided the appropriate conditions are fulfilled, the Faculty will accept if the student chooses the internship location themselves, even from companies or small businesses not listed in the departmental lists.

Internships abroad

The internship may also be completed abroad.

Duration of the professional internship

The duration of the internship is 6 weeks (240 hours!), which must be spent at one of the University’s industrial partners. The 240 hours may be completed either all at once or in parts. For example:

• 6 weeks, 5 days a week, 8 hours a day; or

• 240 days with 1 hour per day; or

• some appropriate schedule between these two extremes.

Application for the internship

The application for the internship is managed by the department responsible for the programme.
The application must be submitted in the Neptun system. The application essentially is a notification of where the student will carry out the internship.
Deadline: continuous.

Cooperation Agreement

For the professional internship, the company and the university must conclude an indefinite-term cooperation agreement.

Indefinite-term Cooperation Agreement and Supplementary Agreement (Updated: 2025.10.30)

The existence of the cooperation agreement and the supplementary agreement is a mandatory requirement for the certification of the professional internship.
The agreement is concluded between the higher education institution and the internship provider.
The model documents approved by the Legal Department of the University of Pécs (PTE) can be accessed through the links above.

In principle, deviation from the cooperation agreement template prepared by PTE is possible, but it is not recommended.
In such cases, the university’s legal countersignatories will review the content of the contract, and if it complies with the relevant government decree, the university may accept it.
It is important to note, however, that this can significantly extend the administrative process.

Filling instructions

1.    Preliminary consultation:
Before filling in the agreement, the student is obliged to consult with administrator Regőczi Péterné to determine whether there is already an indefinite-term cooperation agreement between the given company and the University.
If a valid agreement already exists, a new document does not need to be created and signed.
This consultation is particularly important because we keep a record of how many students a given company has accepted, and this number must not exceed the maximum headcount recorded in the agreement. (See below.)
•    Contact person: Regőczi Péterné
•    Office: B223
•    E-mail: regoczine.ildiko@mik.pte.hu

2.    Filling in the document:
The company only needs to fill in the first three pages of the Cooperation Agreement.
The further pages contain templates for the Supplementary Agreement(s), which must be filled in later for each student separately.

3.    Number of students to be accepted:
In point 1.1 of the Cooperation Agreement the company must state how many students it intends to accept annually for internships.
It is not recommended to indicate only “1 person,” unless the company is sure it will accept only one student per year. If the agreement covers one person and the company later wishes to accept another student, a new agreement or amendment is necessary, which can significantly extends the administrative process.
It is advisable to indicate a quota of at least 2–3 students, since this does not create an obligation.

4.    Submission of the agreement:
Three original, printed copies of the agreement completed and signed by the company must be sent to departmental coordinator Regőczi Péterné at the above address.
The document will be signed on behalf of PTE by the dean of the relevant faculty. After signing, the departmental coordinator returns the signed copies to the internship provider.

5.    Supplementary agreement(s) for the students:
After the conclusion of the Cooperation Agreement, a separate Supplementary Agreement must be completed and signed for each student at the company.
Three original, printed copies of each Supplementary Agreement are also required and should be sent to the same address above.

Approval and evaluation of the internship

• 3 copies of the signed and printed Cooperation and Supplementary agreements.
• The work diary must be at least 5 pages long (excluding cover pages and the table of contents).
  It must contain a detailed description of the activities performed, broken down by day or by week.
  The description may be in textual or tabular form, however, a table containing only single-sentence entries is not acceptable.
  The cover page must include the student’s name, Neptun code, the start and end dates of the internship, and the total duration of the internship.
  The time period recorded in the work diary must correspond to the information indicated on the cover page.
  It can be submitted electronically.
• After the completion of the internship, the internship provider fills and signs the certificate of completion issued by the Faculty.
  It can be submitted electronically.