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Full time students must complete a 24-week (960 working hours) internship during their 6^th semester. The internship cannot be interrupted and has to be done at a partner institution outside of the university.

The dates are based on the faculty calendar as:

• in the autumn semester: between 1^st July and 15^th December
• in the spring semester: between 1^st February and 31^st August

The internship takes 960 working hours (20 weeks).

The internship is worth 30 credits, necessary for the university-leaving certificate.

Course prerequisites have been cancelled.

The primary goal of the internship is for students to participate in solving concrete professional tasks and to put their knowledge into practice by synthesizing theoretical and practical knowledge gained at the university.

On the one hand, students become acquainted with Tourism companies, thus getting to know:

-         various types of companies, operating principles and company structures,

-         the work of various inspection bodies, as well as the interactions among them,

-         tasks relating to running and managing hotels and travel agencies.

On the other hand, students develop their own competencies, such as

-         attitudes and approaches required by the profession,

-         communication skills and professional networking,

-         working in teams.

Based on these, students may do their internships in the following areas, getting acquainted with the following activities and procedures:

In hotel work:

-         knowledge of front office work (concierge, reception, cashier’s),

-         knowledge of housekeeping tasks,

-         interacting with colleagues in housekeeping,

-         getting acquainted with sales and marketing in a hotel,

-         communication with guests, using foreign languages.

In restaurant work (sales practice):

-         knowledge and practice of various sales methods,

-         contact with production facilities,

-         hospitality, greeting customers,

-         invoicing, handling payments.

The internship CANNOT be done at a catering unit, with the exception of hotel catering.

The following types of internship places are accepted:

-         Accommodations (hotels, pensions, etc.)

-         Tour operators and Travel agencies

-         Professional associations, not-for-profit organisations, civil organisations (eg. MTÜ Zrt., Tourinform, MSzÉSz, FATOSZ)

-         Event planning companies

The recommended time for the internship is the 6^th semester for students specializing in Tourism and Hotel.

The internship practice subject (Szakmai gyakorlat) is administered on the online Career Platform and the Form Filler System. This online system is used for all administrative tasks in connection with the internship (choosing a place, signing a contract, assessment).

Students have to sign up for the internship practice subject the same way in the Neptun.

Note: You have to sign up for internship practice in the same semester before the internship finishes.

The student’s status must be active when starting and doing the internship.

The subject Internship practice (Szakmai gyakorlat) should be accepted by the corresponding department (Department of Tourism) connected to the student’s specialization. 

Students can choose their internship place in two ways:

-         Recommended places by BBS partners

-         finding your own internship place and asking for approval

Students can find in the online system a list of partners of the university with signed cooperation agreement for offering internship positions.

The online system contains all partners that already have Cooperation Agreements with the University. Students have the opportunity to take a look at all partners.

Budapest Business School has launched its Online Career Platform. By exploiting state-of-the-art technical possibilities and building on communication forms now used naturally by students, the aim of the Career Platform is to enable us to operate a system that significantly reduces the time spent on contacts management via automated processes. The current system has been developed based on the experience of past years and feedbacks from companies and students.

The system consists of two major platforms:

1. Online internship form filler

2. Career Platform

The purpose of the online internship form filler is to enable the end-to-end documentation of the internship online.

The online internship form filler – replacing all paper forms – puts all administrative tasks of the internship online, makes the process paper-free, creates an organised and unified platform for filling out forms, and eliminates errors.

The Career Platform is a virtual space that enables the offers and demands of companies and students to meet, as well as companies to advertise mandatory internship opportunities and voluntary work for BBS students.

Students must ask the partner institutions to register on the online platform. This should be done once a preliminary agreement between the student and the partner institution has been reached.

The Career Platform and online internship form filler can be found here.

Students can enter using their Neptun ID codes and passwords. 

The process of administration always starts with the place of the internship.

Students must ask the partner institutions to register on the online platform. This should be done once a preliminary agreement between the student and the partner institution has been reached. 

The first step of administration is that the university has to sign a Cooperation Agreement with the internship company. The Cooperation Agreement is made between the University and the partner institution through the online system. The Agreement states the legal issues, including the rights and obligations of both partners during the internship.

The Agreement created through the online system must be printed by the partner institution, signed and stamped, and then sent to the Career Office. (1149 Budapest, Buzogány u. 11-13.)

In case the Agreement was signed in the online platform, it is not necessary to sign it again in the following semesters. Students can find those companies in the system with which the university have already signed an agreement.

Deadline: three weeks before starting the internship. 

This statement is filled out by the partner institution, stating the acceptance of the student for the internship program. The student must provide the following information for the partner company:

·        Name

·        Neptun ID code

·        Faculty

·        Degree course

The student receives the statement of acceptance prepared by the partner institution through the online system (Student Statement).

The deadline for submitting the Statement of Acceptance is three weeks before starting the internship. 

The student receives the statement of acceptance prepared by the partner institution through the online system (Student Statement).

The student:

- must confirm his/her wish to do the internship at the given partner institution, in the position stated, and during the time period given.

- must also accept that the University will share his/her personal information with the partner institution in order to prepare a Cooperation Agreement

- the student must state that he/she will finish his/her course requirements by the beginning of the internship.

Students have to accept the professional indemnity insurance.

Students can access the system with their Neptun ID (username) and password.

The instructor responsible for the Department’s internship programs will decide whether the position is acceptable from a professional point of view. Both the partner institution and the student will receive the decision (Statement by the Department).

Any questions regarding professional aspects of the internship should be addressed to the following instructors responsible for the Department’s internship programs:

• Students in the English-language programme should contact Ágnes Weninger during her office hours or by email at: Weninger.Agnes@uni-bge.hu
• Students in the German-language programme should contact Dr. Adrienne Nagy during her office hours or by email at: Nagy.Adrienne@uni-bge.hu
  

The student, under the supervision of the partner institution’s instructor or professional guide, performs the internship during the time period stated in the online system. Any significant change from the conditions described in the Cooperation Agreement and any problems must be reported to the university by the student or the partner institution. 

Three evaluations are made at the end of the internship:

1. The partner institution fills out the form titled Internship Certification and Evaluation Form. The performance of the student is evaluated in several aspects, giving percentages.
2. The student gives feedback to the University by filling out a form titled Evaluation of Partner Institution. The average values of student evaluations will be available through the system, giving information to prospective students planning their internships.
3. The student prepares a 10-page report, uploading it to the Career Platform.

Content requirements of the internship report:

• General introduction of the partner institution.
• Description of the business and main activities of the partner institution (e.g. health tourism, congress tourism, event organisation).
• Description of the partner institution’s functioning and position in the domestic and international markets. This should include positive and negative aspects, explaining whether or not the company’s products can be sold (including the student’s own opinion).
• Description of the company’s clientele from several aspects (nationality, age, interests, length of stay, average spending, etc.).
• Do the services satisfy current demands by markets and the clientele?
• If the company is part of an international chain, what kind of demands does this entail? Can these demands be met? Is it an advantage or a disadvantage?
• Description of activities and tasks done by the student.
• Suggestions and evaluations about experienced areas at the institution.
• The report will only be accepted if the student’s own opinions are included.

Formal requirements of the internship report:

• Cover page (see below) – in addition to the 10 pages minimum,
• A minimum of 10 pages with 1.5 line spacing (font size 12),
• The report can be enhanced by tables, photos, and graphs, but these are in addition to the 10 pages minimum. They should be attached to the end of the report. 

Contents of the Cover page:

Report on the Internship

(name of the partner institution)

Name:

Neptun ID code:

Tourism and Hospitality BA programme

Specialisation in Tourism and Hotel Management

Full-time student

Date:

Students in the English-language programme must prepare the report in English.
Students in the German-language programme must prepare the report in German.

Students’ evaluation is completed by filling in an assessment form and the student’s written evaluation together creates the result in a 5 point rating scale and added in the Neptun by the department.

Deadline for filling in and uploading: One week after the last day of the internship.

As a first step, the student should send the Internship Certification and Evaluation Form – completed by the partner institution – by email to the Career Office (bgekarrieriroda@uni-bge.hu) until 21^st June.

As a second step, after the completion of the internship, the partner institution should fill out the Internship Certification and Evaluation Form in the Online Career Platform.

The partner institution has to evaluate the internship twice – based on the given aspects, giving percentages. The internship will be finalised based on these evaluations. If the second evaluation – given at the end of the internship – is significantly different from the first, then the final evaluation will be modified. These closing documents have to be completed on the online platform. The student’s report has to be uploaded together with a statement by the consultant.

For students studying with a Stipendium Hungaricum scholarship, it is important to: Rules and Regulations of the Stipendium Hungaricum Scholarship Programme, these students can fullfill their internship only in Hungary.

In the case of self-funded foreign students, state scholarship and self-funded students: The online system is available both in Hungarian and in English. Therefore, the procedures for internships done abroad are the same as those done in Hungary.

Declaration on the conclusion of liability insurance

In the case of internships abroad, the students must also undertake in a Student Declaration that for the duration of their internship to be spent abroad, they will take out health, occupational safety and other liability insurance on their own responsibility and at their own expense.

Pannónia Scholarship Programme

For internships abroad, you can also apply for a Pannónia Scholarship Programme in this case it is still necessary to complete the administration of the mandatory internship in the online Career Platform, and the application for the Pannónia Scholarship Programme can be submitted to the International Relations and Mobility Office at least 2 months before the planned trip.

There may arise a good reason why a student wants to change the partner institution where he/she has started doing the internship. Note: Please contact the Career Office.

In case of choosing a new partner institution,

1. the original internship has to be closed in Career Platform by both the original partner (filling out the Internship Certification and Evaluation Form)

2. the student has to fill out the Evaluation of Partner Institution Form.

The new partner institution has to start the process by indicating the remaining time-period in the Career Platform.

Important: If the University accepts time done at both internship partners, then the total time done at the two partners must add up to the required number of hours of the internship.

At the end of the internship, a separate report must be uploaded about time spent at each partner. 

In case a student has past work experience that corresponds to the internship requirements (see 8.2 of the curriculum) an Request for recognition form must be filled out and submitted through Online Career Platform. The request will be evaluated by the Department.

For Full time students, relevant work experience can be accepted if it has been done after course requirements have been met, and if it meets internship requirements.

Important: Please, do not submit a request in case you want to have work experience done earlier to be accepted. 

Please enclose the following documents to the request:

• An employer’s certificate that demonstrates the duration of work and the job fulfilled.
• A 10-page report (You can find all requirements at point 9.)

The request can be found in the Online Career Platform under the Internship Administration/Request for recognition.