Internships

In Finland, most of the internships will take place between May and August.

As the studies of individual students will advance at their own pace, internships during the autumn and spring semester are also welcome. International internships are typically executed during the academic year. Students are also able to connect internships to their studies especially if they are part-time or can be done remotely.

LUT University recommends that the students will get paid for the internships.

The employer and the student will negotiate the salary together. LUT University does not provide salary recommendations for internships.

However, you can check the following salary recommendations by employee unions and the minimum level for work requirement by KELA. For internships outside Finland, we recommend to use local salary levels for internships.

• TEK salary recommendations
• Suomen Ekonomit pay recommendations
• KELA work requirement

Currently, LUT University does not offer university internship subsidy for employers.

LUT University supports internships and Master's thesis work outside student's home country with LUT Career Spark subsidy, that is paid directly to employer. In Finland employer can get the subsidy when employing international student.

We also support the international internships of our students with grants paid directly to the student.

The employer should

• offer an internship position suitable to the degree
• prepare a plan of the content and skills development of the internship
• familiarize the student to the tasks and
• be able to give support to the student during the internship.

You can publish your internship positions to our students in an electric JobTeaser job portal. We will publish all internship positions suitable for our study fields regardless of the salary level.

Note that the students will select the internship position and employer which interests them and at the time that suits their studies. Therefore, all internship positions will not always be applied. We recommend that you will pay attention to the attractiveness of your internship and the way you present it to the students. Unpaid internships will be applied quite rarely.

If the internship is paid, the employer and the student will sign a normal contract of employment together.

For unpaid internships, LUT University does not sign internship agreements. However, the employer may agree about the confidentiality of the information directly with the student.

If the internship is paid, the employer is responsible for providing necessary insurances for the student.

For unpaid internships, LUT University students are covered with Worker's Compensation Insurance. Liability insurance is not provided by LUT University.