Internship – Faculty of Mechanical Engineering

Preliminary internship

For the Bachelor's degree programme in Optical Technologies: Lasers and Photonics, you have to complete a so-called pre-study internship of eight weeks in total. Ideally, you should have done this before you start your studies in order to gain a basic understanding of the course content and to avoid time constraints later on. But if not, that's no problem, you can also complete the pre-study internship during the semester break. It must be successfully completed by the fifth semester. The areas of activity to be covered are specified in the internship regulations.

As a prospective engineer, it is important to gain experience in industry and to get to know basic operational processes. Small and medium-sized companies in the Hannover Region are suitable for a preliminary internship. The Internship Office of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering will be happy to help you with any questions you may have.

Internships

Specialist internship

In contrast to the pre-study internship, the specialised internship is not aimed at first-year students, but at graduates who are about to graduate. It serves the purpose of acquiring experience in typical fields of work and areas of activity in professional practice.

Accordingly, the twelve-week specialised internship is characterised by the integration of the interns into a working environment of persons in an engineering occupation or corresponding qualification with a predominantly developing, planning or directing activity character. The best place for an internship is one in which you are integrated into the typical day-to-day business of the company to the greatest possible extent and in an actively contributing manner. As with the pre-study internship, the internship office is your first point of contact if you have any questions.