Structure of internships
In Italy organisation of internships is changing because of the reformation of University education three years ago. Faculties of architecture are now structured in various study courses: architecture, planning, landscape architecture, and building
conservation, organised in Bachelor and Masters degrees (of 3+2 years). Students have to pass a Professional Practice Exam to be enrolled in the professional body – the Ordine degli Architetti, Pianificatori, Paesaggisti, Conservatori, (National Council of architects, planners, landscape planners, & building conservationists) includes architects, planners, landscape architects, and building conservationists in section A (Master- 3+2 ) and in section B (Bachelor- 3). This state registration body requires an internship as a condition of admittance to the Professional Practice Exam and is reorganizing the legal and practical aspects of internships. The Department of Education and Scientific Research of the National Council of architects, planners, landscape planners, building restorers (president: Renata Bizzotto, cnapp@awn.it) is responsible for setting new rules for internships.
Currently these are:
- Bachelor level internship individual universities organise these in different ways, and students can have experience, in landscape construction, government bodies, and professional offices. At the University of Genova Bachelor’s degree, the internships are regulated by agreements between the university and the employers that have to be approved by the Council of the study course. A group of teachers is responsible for offering to students opportunities for professional practice, and they discuss and to check the work of the students with the employers. At present students are not paid, the university requires a written report, drawings, an evaluation of the work experience and a comment by the employer. Duration is about six to eight weeks in September/October.
-Masters level internship This kind of internship will be regulated by the norm established by the professional body - the Ordine degli Architetti, Pianificatori, Paesaggisti, Conservatori. The internship consists of experience in professional offices, and the duration proposed is nine or ten months. The Department of Education and Scientific Research of the National Council of architects, planners, landscape planners, and building conservationists is discussing the draft of the mandatory internships with the universities, the Ministry of Higher Education and other public institutions. On the website of the professional body will be published lists of practices and other bodies interested in offering places to students. Another source of work opportunities are the announcements on the website of AIAPP- the Associazione Italiana di Architettura del Paesaggio.
Contacts :
CNAPPC - Consiglio Nazionale degli Architetti, Pianificatori e Conservatori
Via S. Maria dell’Anima 10
00186 Roma
Italia
tel. +39 06 6889901
fax +39 06 6879520
http://www.archiworld.it
AIAPP - Associazione Italiana di Architettura del Paesaggio
Via Sommo Picenardi 7
00122 Ostia (ROMA)
tel./fax +39 06 5682248
http://www.aiapp.net
segreteria.nazionale@aiapp.net
Francesca Mazzino 8 September 2003