In your studies you may include an intership within the core subject area.

1. You must provide a Prof. of the department willing to act as a supervisor. When looking for this Prof. please go by the topic/field of the company ideally matching the research field of the Prof.
2. It must be done in a German company. In case of large companies and upon request to the examination board it may also be done at a European branch. Please note that anyway point [1] must be fulfilled.
3. Duration is defined as “at least 10 weeks”. This means it can be longer, of course, but not shorter, of course.
4. Should a company ask for a letter stating that this internship is part of curriculum please forward the text asking for it to Master-MatEng@rwth-aachen.de.

Please note that work experience from the time before your studys at RWTH may not be recognized.

How to register/get the credit points:

• No registration prior to the internship required.
• You find a supervising Professor of our department.
• The supervisor signs the registration form (multipurpose form from www.muw.rwth-aachen.de).
• You do the internship.
• Afterwards, you make an appointment with your supervisor for an oral presentation (colloquium).
• The supervisor confirms the internship and the colloquium on the form above and sends it to ZPA. The internship is not graded, just acknowledged.