Answer 01: Yes. Internships in the Economics Department are mandatory. 

  Answer 02: There are 2 (two) mandatory internships, and each must be completed at a different institution. 

 Answer 03: Each internship lasts 20 (twenty) working days.

  Answer 04: To be added to the Ninova internship class, students must send an email to eco-intern@itu.edu.tr.
If the student receives confirmation that they have been added but still cannot see the class in the system, they should submit a support ticket to the IT Department through https://yardim.itu.edu.tr. 
The Ninova internship class is only used for uploading exemption documents. For regular internships, uploading the internship report to the Portal system is sufficient.  

  Answer 05:
a) Before the internship
i. Internship applications must be completed through the Portal system no later than 15 (fifteen) days before the internship start date. The Student Internship Agreement and Internship Application Form (Annex-1), generated during the application process, must be approved by all relevant parties and uploaded by the student to the system via https://portal.itu.edu.tr no later than 6 (six) days before the internship start date. 
Annex-1 and faculty approval are provided electronically through the Portal system. Internships of students who fail to obtain the necessary approvals before the internship start date will not be accepted.  
b) During the internship
i. The Internship Commencement Form (Annex-2) must be completed, approved by the company, and uploaded by the student to the internship module on the Portal system within the first 5 (five) days of the internship. 
c) After the internship
i. The Internship Completion Form (Annex-3) must be signed by the company and uploaded by the student to the internship module on the Portal system within 5 (five) days after the internship ends. 
For regular internships, there is no need to upload the internship report and attachments separately to Ninova. The assignment section of the Ninova internship class is only used for EXEMPTION documents. 

  Answer 06: No. Uploading the internship report to the Portal system is sufficient.
For exemption requests, the internship report and exemption documents (employment certificate, employment entry declaration, and service record) must also be uploaded to the assignments section of the Ninova internship class. 

 Answer 07: According to the statement made by the ITU Rectorate:
“Since the pandemic period has ended, mandatory internships to be conducted as of the Summer 2022 term must be carried out face-to-face, as was the case before the pandemic, rather than online. However, if the company where the student will intern operates remotely or in a hybrid format, and if the nature of the work is suitable for online work (excluding internships in fieldwork or production facilities), online internships may also be accepted with the approval of the Department Internship Commission.”
Therefore, students planning to complete a hybrid or online internship must send an explanatory email detailing the internship content together with their Annex-1 documents to the Department Internship Commission. 

 Answer 08: No. Internships cannot be conducted on days when the student has classes or exams. This rule also applies to online classes and online internships. 

 Answer 09: No. Even if the internship is in a different department, students cannot complete more than one internship at the same company.             

 Answer 10: Yes. Students may complete internships during the semester provided that they work at least 3 (three) days per week and only on days without classes or exams. Students wishing to complete internships during the semester must fill out their internship work schedule through the Portal system. Internships may also be conducted on Saturdays.  

 Answer 11: According to the ITU Internship General Principles, students may take excused leave for up to 10% of the total internship duration.
For changes or cancellation of an internship that has already been applied for or started, the conditions specified in the ITU Principles for Acceptance of Excuses and Conduct of Make-up Examinations must be met. In such cases, the student must apply to the ITU Faculty of Management together with documentation of the excuse.  

 Answer 12: If the internship has not yet started, students must submit a support ticket to the Central Internship Unit through https://yardim.itu.edu.tr and obtain approval for the new dates. 
For internships that have already started, students must apply to the ITU Faculty of Management for date changes.  

 Answer 13:
i. The internship report is a document in which each internship day must be described separately.
Therefore, the report must contain at least 20 (twenty) pages. Two internship days cannot be described on the same page. 
ii. The report must be written in English. Reports written in Turkish will be rejected.
iii. Each internship day must be explained in at least 3–4 sentences. 
iv. Students must use the designated report format when preparing the internship report. The template is available in the “Class Files” section of the internship class registered in the Ninova system.  

 Answer 14: For summer internships, the internship report must be submitted within at most 1 (one) month after the beginning of the academic year.
For semester internships, the report must be submitted within 15 (fifteen) days following the completion of the internship.
Students at the graduation stage must submit their internship report no later than 15 (fifteen) days before the final internship submission date specified in the academic calendar. 

 Answer 15: It is the student’s responsibility to plan the internship schedule according to public holidays.
Therefore, internship reports for internships completed in fewer than 20 (twenty) days will not be accepted.  

 Answer 16: Students may begin their second internship in the same term only after the first internship report has been fully uploaded and approved in the system. 
However, students are responsible for following up on the documents and informing the Department Internship Commission at the appropriate time during the approval process. Students may not start their second internship before the first one is approved.  

 Answer 17: Internships may be completed at public or private sector institutions either domestically or abroad.
Before starting the internship, every student is required to inform the Department Internship Commission about the institution and department where they will complete the internship through the Portal system using the Annex-1 document.
For private sector internships, only corporate companies are accepted. 

 Answer 18: For students whose second major is Economics, one internship accepted by the other department may also be accepted for the second major, provided that the internship content is appropriate and the relevant internship documents are submitted.
These students must also prepare their internship reports in the required format and in English, combine them with the approvals obtained from the internship coordinator of their primary major, and upload them to the Ninova internship class. 

 Answer 19:
Approved internships are recorded in the Old Student Information System (Banner): https://www.sis.itu.edu.tr/TR/obs-giris/obs-giris.php.
Only students whose reports require revisions are contacted. No notification email is sent to students whose reports are accepted. 
Once approved, the internship will appear on the student’s transcript in the Old Student Information System (Banner): https://www.sis.itu.edu.tr/TR/obs-giris/obs-giris.php.

 Answer 20: Students who are employed with social security coverage (SGK) at a workplace operating in a sector related to their field of study may apply for exemption from the mandatory internship. 
Students applying for exemption must have worked at their workplace for at least the duration of the mandatory internship. Applications are evaluated and finalized by the department’s internship commission. Therefore, students planning to apply for exemption must first obtain institutional approval from the internship commission (eco-intern@itu.edu.tr).
Only students who receive institutional approval may apply for exemption. The evaluation of exemption applications depends on documenting the work completed at the workplace through SGK records.
To finalize the exemption evaluation, students must prepare an internship report in accordance with the mandatory internship regulations of their department, and the report must be approved by the department internship commission.
For exemption applications, students must upload the following documents to Ninova together with the internship report:
     - SGK Service Record
     - Employment Entry Declaration
     - SGK Security Registration Certificate
The SGK Security Registration Certificate is especially important because it shows whether the student is still employed at the time of application. Instead of this document, a current employment certificate issued by the company at the date of the exemption application may also be submitted.
For part-time work, internship reports must be prepared based on the full-time equivalent of the mandatory internship duration (for example, 40 days of part-time work counts as one 20-day internship).
Retroactive exemptions are not permitted. The student must still be employed at the time of the exemption application. 

 Answer 21: For all other questions, students may send an email to eco-intern@itu.edu.tr.