The purpose of the internship is for undergraduate students of the Faculty of Engineering;

-To consolidate and develop the theoretical knowledge, skills and experiences gained during their education period,

-To enable the student to meet business life and corporate structuring, to understand the importance of institutional structuring, and to understand the responsibilities and relationships of individuals within this structuring,

-To get acquainted with the company organization, production or service processes and new technologies,

-To learn the requirements of the work discipline, to take part in the natural environment of production or service facilities, to make observations about business and professional life and to gain experience.

Every mechatronics engineering student has to do two summer internships, one at the end of the 2nd year and one at the end of the MECE 300 summer internship at the end of the 3rd year. The principles regarding summer internships are stated in the “ÇANKAYA UNIVERSITY ENGINEERING FACULTY INTERNSHIP DIRECTIVE”. Our students are required to read this directive for special cases not mentioned below. You can find the directive here.

You can access the video recording and presentation of the internship information meeting held on 18.03.2022, from the links below.
Presentation recording: https://youtu.be/UJJ-cacXhEc
Presentation file: https://www.dropbox.com/s/1owncscveed1mk5/Staj%20Information%20Sunumu_18.03.2022.pdf?dl=0

Students who are considering doing an internship should plan their summer internship in a way that fulfills the following conditions.

General rules of internships

     Internships are held on dates that do not coincide with education and training periods.

     The duration of each internship cannot be less than 20 consecutive working days and the internship period cannot be divided.

     There is an obligation to attend the internships actively and uninterruptedly.

     Three or less days of absence due to a valid excuse is added to the end of the internship period and 20 working days are completed. Summer internships with more than three days of absence will be cancelled.

     Even if the internship institution works on Saturdays and Sundays, and the work done on public holidays, Saturdays and Sundays, is not counted as the internship period.

     More than one internship cannot be done at the same internship place.

     Students who take courses in summer education cannot do internship during their education. They can start their internship at the earliest on the first business day following their last exam in the summer school exam period.

Students who are in graduation status, firstly, after carefully reading the instruction and evaluating their own situation;

     Regardless of the academic calendar, they can do their internship at any time in accordance with the rules above.

     The student must submit the internship report by the end of the second week following the end of the internship.

     The internship report of the student is evaluated as soon as possible and the grade is reported to the student affairs.