Professional Internships Guide
Everything students need to start, document and complete their internship.
Process - 15 steps
Contact the company
Weeks 2-11 - Until March 20, 2026
Students contact the company where they want to complete their internship.
Agreement management
Week 12 - Until March 27, 2026
Manage the agreement with the company if it does not appear in the catalog. An agreement is required to start.
Project proposal
Weeks 10-11 - March 9 to 20, 2026
The student sends the proposal by email to the Program Director using the FO-EST-03/00 format.
Feedback and authorization
Weeks 12-14 - March 23 to April 10, 2026
Academic directors provide feedback and authorize the project.
Presentation letter form
Week 14 - April 6 to 10, 2026
The Internship Coordination sends a form to collect the data that will be included in the presentation letter.
Internship period registration
Week 15 - April 13 to 17, 2026
Specific days will be assigned during this week for registration.
Presentation letter sending
Week 16 - April 20 to 24, 2026
The Internship Coordination sends the presentation letter by email to the student and the company. Linkage formats are also sent so students can upload them to the assigned Drive folder.
Internship start
May 4 to August 14, 2026
The student officially begins the professional internship period.
Complete Drive folder
May 18 to 22, 2026
Upload scanned documents to the Drive folder.
Student evaluations
Google Forms - July 27 to 31, 2026
Students, together with the academic advisor, evaluate the company. Students also evaluate the academic advisor and complete the satisfaction survey.
Company satisfaction evaluation
Week 13 - July 27 to 31, 2026
Company advisors complete the satisfaction survey.
Upload presentation to Drive folder
Week 13 - July 27 to 31, 2026
Upload the presentation to the folder indicated by the Internship Coordination.
Project presentations
Weeks 14-15 - August 3 to 14, 2026
Internship project presentations.
Company and academic release
Week 16 - August 17 to 21, 2026
Students obtain the Academic Release Letter and Company Release Letter as evidence that they completed the internship process.
Linkage release
August 17 to 21, 2026
Release by the Internship Coordination. Students will receive an internship accreditation email.
Internship starts: May 4 - August 14, 2026
480 hours to complete in the company
Documents
Download the current formats for your internship process.
Internship Registration
Registration file for the internship process.
View formatApplicable Policies
Policies and guidelines that apply to the internship process.
View formatCompany Release Letter
Document issued by the company when the internship is completed.
View formatCompany Change
Format used to request a change of host company.
View formatProject proposal
Form to validate the project.
View formatFinal presentation
PPTX template to create the final presentation.
View formatGuides
Open the step-by-step guide for each required internship deliverable.
Key Dates
May 04 to August 14
Internship period
March 27
Deadline to manage agreement
March 20
Deadline to submit project proposal
April 06
Presentation letter form completion
April 08 to 15
Internship term registration
May 18 to 22
Complete Drive file
July 27 to 31
Upload final presentation (the one presented before the evaluation committee)
Between August 03 and 14
Project presentations
August 17 to 21
Releases