Requirements for Applications to Mandatory and Voluntary Internship

 Preliminary Applications

The official internship petition form prepared by the internship coordinator of the school/department of the student, specifying the name, department, year, identification number of the student, listing the suitable unit/area for internship, and if required, specifying the type of work that the student is expected to experience.

The curriculum vitae and contact information of the student.

Preliminary Applications should be submitted to the following units:

Library and Archive Unit: Duygu Kevser Karadağ, +90 (312) 355 2027 extension 14, dkevser@ku.edu.tr

Conservation Unit: Ceyda Cüceloğlu, +90 (312) 356 1272 extension 14, ccuceloglu@ku.edu.tr

Other units: Alev Ayaokur, +90 (312) 355 2027 extension 22, aayaokur@ku.edu.tr

 Documents Required for Internship

The official internship petition prepared by the internship coordinator of the school/department of the student, specifying the name, department, year, identification number of the student.

Photocopy of the national identity card of the student.

Certificate of domicile of the student.

If the student is accepted for internship, the SGK entry document prepared by the school.

Notice

Internship applications to Koç University VEKAM shall be accepted every year in December and from January to May. Internship requests outside the summer period are accepted according VEKAM’s internship program quota.

Koç University VEKAM’s internship committee shall determine the number of students to be accepted by units for each period according to the intern requirements and work plan of the units.

Koç University VEKAM’s internship committee shall conduct a preliminary assessment of the internship applications for which a petition and a curriculum vitae have been submitted.

Koç University VEKAM’s internship committee set shall set an appointment and invite the applicant they deem suitable for an interview.

The decision of the internship commission Koç University VEKAM shall be communicated in writing to the person or unit who submitted the official internship petition, and to the individual applicant. 

Responsibilities and Obligations

The student accepted for the internship shall be responsible for delivering the required documents to Koç University VEKAM in timely fashion, for having these approved by the administrative unit, and for following the paperwork. Otherwise, the student cannot start the internship.

Students admitted for the internship must complete their shifts in accordance with the operational rules of Koç University VEKAM.

Any excuse leave is subject to the business plan of the unit head where the internship is done.

No institutionally binding contract shall be made between the educational institution of the intern student and VEKAM.