• Familiarization of students with the application of economic science, in workplaces in real conditions as they include all relevant parameters (scientific, technical, financial, legal, social, security, etc.)
• Acquisition of professional experience/previous experience, as required and described by companies, organizations and the modern labor market, facilitating the entry of students into the labor market with better conditions.
• Strengthening the CV of the students with the successful completion of the P.A.
• Development of professional awareness and highlighting of skills that will help in future specialization and selection of the most appropriate and efficient field of employment.
• Smoother transition into the professional arena, with an emphasis on planning, collaboration, productivity, efficiency, , accepting responsibility and evaluating work.
• Connecting the real (in the sense of non-academic) economy with the academic field and creating an environment of two-way communication, information, understanding and substantial cooperation between the Department and the hosting bodies of the P.A.

1. The department’s Internship takes place in the spring semester of each academic year, has a mandatory duration of (3) three consecutive months within the 8th semester of studies and ends – at the latest – on September 30 of each year.
2. The PA is carried out in employment agencies of the private or public sector and concerns activities related to the knowledge and skills of the Economist (mandatory they undertake financial/administrative tasks)
3. Businesses/organizers must be located in Greece, although priority is given to looking for employment agencies in the wider area of Patras as the program does not subsidize rent or other living expenses. If the student wishes then he/she can be placed in any region of Greece.
4. Students can choose/propose employment agencies or have agency(ies) recommended to them by the scientific supervisor of the internship. They can also choose agencies through the central internship management service (https://atlas.grnet.gr) or the advertisements posted at the University of Patras Internship Office (https://praktiki.upatras.gr/news-blog/ aggelis/)
5. The following program outlines the process of the students’ internship over a period of three (3) months:

a. in the 1st week, the student interns get to know the employment agency and the departments with the aim of familiarizing them with the work culture at the agency

b. after the 1st month, the students specialize and know better their tasks and the responsibilities assigned to them

c. in the 2nd and 3rd months, the most specialized employment of the students is proposed in the department of the employment agency where they have been placed

• At the link https://praktiki.upatras.gr/odigies-oloklirosis-kai-pliromis-praktikis-askisis-pp/ there are detailed supporting documents/documents that students must submit upon completion of the P.A.
• Only if the PA is interrupted by the intern student or the employment agency, the PA is not completed and is not recorded in the Diploma supplement and in the detailed score
• The supervising faculty member (as determined in the Department Assembly prior to the invitation to participate in the P.A.) files with the completion of the P.A. the student’s “Trainee Evaluation Form by the Supervising P.A. Professor” (found in the above link). The grade of the intern student in the Report is “Pass” and in the diploma appendix as well as in the analytical grade a “PASS” grade is recorded (the Internship course is not counted in the ECTS for obtaining a degree nor in the grade of the degree of students as it is an “Elective Course by choice”)