FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
1. Can I do an online internship?
Due to the ongoing pandemic conditions, Electrical and Electronics Engineering Compulsory Internships in the 2021 Summer Term can be done online, hybrid (online + face-to-face) or face-to-face.
2. Does the university's health insurance for internship count towards my retirement?
It is obligatory to insure the trainees during their internship. The scope of internship insurance includes occupational diseases and work accidents that the person has experienced. Internship insurance premiums are paid for this purpose. There is no pension-related premium payment. When calculating the number of days for retirement, internship premium days cannot be included in this calculation. For this reason, people who calculate for retirement should not take their insurance start from the internship period and should not add the premiums of that period.
3. Companies require a signed compulsory internship document in their internship applications. How can we get the documents signed?
Internship Obligation Document will be prepared, scanned and sent to you if you contact the head of the department internship commission.
4. Will the school assist in finding a compulsory internship place?
It is the students' responsibility to find the internship location.
5. Where can we obtain a certified transcript?
You can obtain a certified transcript from student affairs.
6. Is there an interview during the compulsory summer internship internship process?
For the compulsory summer internship, there may be different interview processes depending on the companies interviewed.
7. Is it possible to do an internship outside the specified internship date range?
For the compulsory summer internship, internships cannot be done outside the date range published on the website. These dates include the holiday period without classes. Under normal circumstances, you cannot run your courses and internship at the same time.
8. I am a first/second year student. Can I do a compulsory summer internship?
Compulsory summer internship cannot be done before the completion of the 6th semester. In other words, internships are done between the end of the spring semester after completing the 6th semester courses and the beginning of the Fall semester of the next academic year. In addition, in order to be able to do a compulsory summer internship, it is required to have succeeded at least one of the "Occupational Health and Safety" courses given in the 3rd year or to have a certificate of occupational health and safety training.
9. Are public holidays and holiday eve counted as working days?
Public holidays are not counted as working days. If it is documented that the workplace works on Saturdays, Saturday is counted as the sixth working day.
10. Can summer school and compulsory summer internship be done at the same time? Can summer school courses and internship dates overlap?
Summer school and internship cannot be done at the same time. Summer school courses and internship dates cannot overlap. If students who take courses in summer school have at least three free course days in a week, they can apply with a petition and do internship during the summer school period.
11. Can I do an internship during the semester?
During the semester break (February break), incomplete or short-term parts of previous internships can be completed. Internship applications are made within the period announced by the Department Internship Commission in the relevant semesters.
12. In which cases can I do an internship during the course period?
Although there is no obligation to attend classes during the distance education period, internships cannot be done during the course and exam periods.
13. Do I have to have the company sign the Compulsory Internship Application Form?
Yes, the department cannot sign the internship commission without signing the compulsory internship application form, so you cannot start the internship. If the company is outside the city you live in, you can send it to the company by cargo.