According to the "Regulations for External Academic Internships of the University of Seville" , two types of external internships are established:

• Curricular internships are structured as integral activities within the relevant study plan. In other words, they are required courses within a degree program, specifically the course "Internships in Companies." For degrees offered by the Higher Technical School of Engineering (ETSi) , these are optional courses for both undergraduate and master's programs . The number of hours required corresponds to the number of credits assigned to the " Internships in Companies " course. For example, in undergraduate programs, if the course is worth 9 ECTS credits, the student must complete 225 hours. Each ECTS credit is equivalent to 25 hours of work, in both undergraduate and master's programs.
   
• Extracurricular internships are those that students may undertake voluntarily during their studies. While they share the same educational objectives as curricular internships, they are not part of the degree program. However, if a student completes an extracurricular internship, it will be recorded in the European Diploma Supplement in accordance with current regulations. The total number of hours for an extracurricular internship must be greater than 200 and not exceed 600 hours or 6 months.

Any student undertaking external internships will be supervised by two figures:

• University Academic Tutor: will be a professor from the ETSI.
• Company Tutor: a person linked to the company, with professional experience and knowledge to carry out effective tutoring.

The rights and obligations of the academic supervisor are outlined in Chapter V of the University of Seville's regulations governing academic internships. The supervisor will ensure the smooth running of the internship and will monitor its progress, coordinating with the student and the supervisor from the collaborating organization.

When a professor is assigned as a practicum supervisor, they will receive an email from no_responder@ual.es with the subject line "Assigned as Academic Supervisor." This email is for informational purposes and includes the student's name and the company where they will be doing their practicum. To obtain the student's contact information, access ICARO and, after logging in, view the practicum data in the "Supervised" tab of the menu on the left side of the screen. There you will find a table with the students' information and the companies where they are doing their practicums. Clicking on the student's ID number will take you to their CV and contact information.

The academic tutor can access ICARO with their UVUS and password, via the address https://icaro.ual.es/acceso/ . In case of problems accessing it, they should contact the Office of International Relations ( relemp-esti@us.es ).

Once the internship is completed, and when the student and the tutor from the collaborating entity have prepared the final report, the tutor will receive an email from the ETSi attaching both reports and requesting the evaluation of the internship.

1. Curricular internships must be evaluated numerically from 0 to 10 according to the official grading system of the University of Seville.

The overall grade for the curricular internship will be based on the following percentage:

• 40% of the overall grade corresponds to the overall evaluation of the company tutor.
• 60% of the overall grade will be based on the academic tutor's overall evaluation.
  
  The academic tutor will grade based on:
   
• The monitoring carried out by the academic supervisor of the internship. For example, the monitoring may be based on requesting a brief report from the student at the end of the first month of the internship or a telephone or face-to-face interview, to find out if the training project established by the company is being fulfilled, if the student is fulfilling the assigned activities and the established schedule, and to ascertain the student's satisfaction or any problems that may have arisen.
• The final report that the student submits upon completion of the curricular internship , which will be sent by email to the academic tutor by the Secretariat.
• Report from the company tutor, which will be sent by email to the academic tutor by the Secretariat.

2. Extracurricular internships are evaluated as "PASS" or "FAIL" based on the academic advisor's report, which will be either "favorable" or "unfavorable." The academic advisor will assess the internship taking into consideration the points mentioned above.

According to the Regulations on Academic Dedication of Teaching Staff for the 2018/2019 academic year (Agreement 9.8/CG 8-5-18), article 13.1, the supervision of External Practices in Bachelor's and Master's degrees at the University of Seville will count as hours of face-to-face teaching in the Teaching Staff Assignment Plans (PAP).

The regulations stipulate that “1 hour of annual dedication will be recognized for each student and 6 ECTS credits for the subject, with a maximum of 20 hours per year.” Furthermore, it specifies that the supervision of external internships in Bachelor's or Master's degree programs at the University of Seville assigned during the 2018/19 academic year will count towards the tutor's credits in the 2019/20 academic year. In other words, the teaching assignment is made during the 2018/19 academic year, and this teaching is counted as a reduction in the PAP (Professional Aptitude Assessment) for the 2019/20 academic year.

In the case of curricular practical subjects offered in the degrees taught at the ETSI, the previous paragraph implies the following allocation in the PAP:

• The "Work Placement in Companies" subject in the Degrees: all are worth 9 ECTS credits. For each supervised work placement, 0.15 ECTS credits or 1.5 hours per year will be assigned.
   
• Master's subject "Work Placement": if it is worth 8 ECTS credits. For each supervised placement, 0.13 ECTS credits are assigned, or 1.3 hours per year.
   
• Master's subject "Work Placement": if it is worth 10 ECTS credits. For each supervised placement, 0.16 ECTS credits are assigned, or 1.6 hours per year.
   
• Master's subject "Work Placement": if it is worth 12 ECTS credits. For each supervised placement, 0.2 ECTS credits are assigned, or 2 hours per year.
   
• Master's subject "Work Placement": if it is worth 15 ECTS credits. For each supervised placement, 0.25 ECTS credits are assigned, or 2.5 hours per year.

The maximum possible allocation to a professor for supervision of curricular practices is 20 hours per year or 2 ECTS.

According to the procedure for assigning supervision of external internships to teachers of the ETSi , approved at the School Board meeting held on July 21, 2017, the assignment of each curricular internship is accompanied by the supervision of an extracurricular internship, which does not imply, according to regulations, a reduction in teaching.

Exceptionally, if a professor helps in the search for curricular internships or has obtained curricular internships for students, and requests to be an academic tutor for said internship, he will be recognized as such.