Our students who will be doing an internship are required to read the following explanations:

Firstly, please examine the Internship Flowchart and then read our Department Internship Guidelines.

The internship you will be doing must be compatible with the Hardware/Software internship content specified in the guidelines, so please inquire about the content compatibility at the place where you wish to do your internship.

Click here to access frequently asked questions about the internship.

Click here to access the internship application dates for 2022-2023.

INTERNSHIP APPLICATION PROCESS:

For internship application, after printing and filling out the Internship Obligation Certificate (This document will be taken to the workplace), you need to have it stamped and signed by the employer along with the Internship Acceptance Letter, Internship Insurance Request Form, and SPAS Document. These documents should be signed by the department internship committee and submitted to the department secretary's office at least 5 business days (minimum 1 week) before the start of the internship (Therefore, do not leave it until the last minute). Take photos of the documents you submit to the department secretary's office and keep them for your records.

If you will receive a salary from the company, the Student and Employer Information Form for Unemployment Fund Contribution to Internship Fees should be brought along with the salary statement during the internship interview. If the internship will be carried out in a public institution or if no salary will be received at the internship site, there is no need to fill out the Student and Employer Information Form for Unemployment Fund Contribution to Internship Fees.

If the internship includes working on Saturdays, a signed and stamped letter stating that the company operates on Saturdays should be obtained from the relevant company.

If the internship insurance will be covered by the company, there is no need for the Internship Insurance Request Form; instead, a sealed and signed letter should be obtained from the company stating that they will provide insurance. For example, if your internship workplace will cover your insurance and also provide a salary, it is sufficient to add a statement to the Student and Employer Information Form for Unemployment Fund Contribution to Internship Fees stating that your insurance will be covered by us.

Before starting the internship, one photo should be attached to the relevant sections of the Internship Record Form and Internship Logbook, and the approval section of the Internship Record Form should be signed by the deputy department chairs or members of the internship committee. Then, the photos should be stamped at the student affairs office.

NOTE: Our students who have completed the internship application process but, for various reasons, cannot start their internships or have to terminate them halfway, must inform the internship committee in writing with a petition at least 2 business days before the date they will not continue the internship. Their petitions must clearly state the internship start and end dates they have written on the internship insurance request form, the institution where they will intern, the date the internship was terminated, and the reasons for termination. Otherwise, the financial penalties arising from the internship insurance procedures will be imposed on the respective student!

Forms and Documents Related to Internship:

• Internship Obligation Certificate
• Internship Acceptance Letter
• Internship Insurance Request Form (mandatory internship)
• Internship Insurance Request Form (optional internship)
• Student and Employer Information Form for Unemployment Fund Contribution to Internship Fees
• SPAS Document
• Internship Record Form
• Internship Logbook
• Letter for Requesting Internship in the Department
• Internship Acceptance Form (Assignment) - Valid for the Pandemic Period.

For students who want to do mandatory internships during the semester:

The following students are eligible for internships:

• Students who do not have course registration during the semester.
• Students who have only one day of classes per week, including Analysis-Design-Project.
• Students who have only one course during the semester, even if the course is spread over two days, with classes starting after office hours (17:00) on both days.

For students who want to do optional internships during the semester: Internships can be carried out on days when they do not have classes. The internship initiation procedure is the same as for mandatory internships, and there is no need for an internship logbook and record form.

INTERNATIONAL INTERNSHIPS:

Documents required for students who will do/did internships abroad:

Before the internship, they must submit a petition to the Department Internship Committee to inform our department.

After the internship, they must submit a sealed document from the relevant employer confirming their internship and the internship logbook to our department. The logbook can be in English or Turkish and must be signed by the relevant engineer at the internship site.

ERASMUS INTERNSHIPS

Students who will do/did Erasmus internships can obtain information about the internship application and process from our University's International Relations Coordination or from the website "http://erasmus.dpu.edu.tr/tr/index/sayfa/239/staj-hareketliligi".

Students who have done Erasmus internships must also submit their internship logbook to our department. The logbook can be in English or Turkish and must be signed by the relevant engineer at the internship site.

INTERNSHIP INTERVIEWS

The interview dates and times will be announced to students through the department's website, and students are required to be present at the designated interview locations on the specified day and time. Students who fail to attend the interview without providing a valid excuse will have their internships invalidated.

Note 1: Particularly, "removing and installing computer parts (such as graphics card, RAM, etc.) and copying/pasting information about these parts from the internet" is not considered as an internship. Removing and installing parts may only constitute a small portion (4-5 days) of your Hardware internship. Therefore, please carefully review the hardware internship topics in our Department Internship Guidelines.

Note 2: Statements such as "I formatted a computer" or "I repaired a CD-ROM" can lead to the rejection of the internship. Please be cautious.

Note 3: Do not copy/paste information from the internet or books into the internship logbook. The information you write in the logbook should reflect your actual tasks and activities at the workplace.

Note 4: Students who receive a salary for their internships must submit their salary receipts to the department during the interview.

Internship Interviews for Graduated Students

Graduated students who only need to attend the internship interview should request an interview via email. Upon receiving this request, the internship committee will provide the student with an interview date 5 to 15 business days later. The interview will be conducted by the committee on the specified date and time.

For students with odd-ending student numbers, contact "safa.dorterler@dpu.edu.tr" for internship interview appointments.

For students with even-ending student numbers, contact "seyfullah.arslan@dpu.edu.tr" for internship interview appointments.

Internship Evaluation

1. If the first internship is 30 days or longer, the grade "Staj1" is entered into the student information system (OBS).

2. If the first internship is 20 days, the grade "Staj1" is not entered into the student information system (OBS). (To have the "Staj1" grade entered, an internship of at least 30 days is required).

3. If the first internship is 20 days:

--3a--> If our students complete their second internship for 20 days, the grade "Staj1" is entered into the student information system (OBS).

--3b--> If our students complete their second internship for 40 days, both the "Staj1" and "Staj2" grades are entered into the student information system (OBS). 

       4. The internships completed by our students through the Vertical Transfer Examination (DGS) during their associate degree programs        are considered as 20 working days, and the grade "Staj1" is entered into the student information system (OBS). If DGS students            complete the remaining 40 working days of their internship, the grade "Staj2" is entered into the OBS system.

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5. Our Engineering Completion students are exempt from Staj1. After completing their 30-day second internship, the grade "Staj2" is entered into the student information system (OBS).

--5a--> Our relevant students may be exempt from Staj2 if they have been working for at least 2 years with job titles such as Computer Technician, IT Unit Manager, IT Specialist, Computer Network Administrator, etc. These students can apply to our department's internship committee with a document showing their "Job Description/Title" and work dates from their workplace, along with their Social Security Institution (SGK) work history. ("Computer Operator" title is not valid.)

To access our department's internship system, click here (Access is only available within the school).

After reading the above explanations, if our students have any questions or uncertainties, they can ask the following members of the department's internship committee.

Internship Committee members:

Res. Assist. Safa DÖRTERLER

Res. Assist. Seyfullah ARSLAN