The document discusses guidelines for an internship program at a School of Water Technology. It defines internships as unpaid positions providing practical experience approved by the university. The objectives are for students to gain work experience, apply knowledge, and identify gaps to address in final projects. Benefits include improved skills and employability for students, and recruitment and innovation opportunities for companies. The guidelines outline responsibilities for students, mentors, and stakeholders to ensure effective implementation and monitoring of internships.

1. 1. Introduction
Education plays a leading role in economic and social progression of a nation. Without having
well educated and trained people it will not be assured development of nation. The Ethiopian
government is working hard on the expansion and improvement of quality education by
establishing higher educational institutions by making a lot of investment. Higher educational
institutions in our country are trying to give standardized education to their students. One of the
biggest challenges of higher educational institutions in our nation is the incapability of graduates
practically. Studies have showed that the most important component missing in university
graduates is lack of practical experience. In addition to this, even if we are implementing the
modularized curriculum it is insufficient or still missing practical components and the way to
integrate with the theoretical knowledge gained in classes. As we know all now a day’s
knowledge is dynamic that changes every moment. So, we have to be improving and enhance
our quality of education by having enough laboratories, field works, workshops and internship
work.
Since its establishment, School of Water Technology has been expanding and enhancing its
teaching- learning process by motivating laboratory practices, different workshops, field works
for students and staffs. Even if the school has established a modern hydraulics laboratory there is
a big gap of practical experience on the graduates. Hence, the practical knowledge acquired from
laboratories and workshops should be supported by industry internship program. In fact, there is
also shortage of laboratory materials in some specialization of the school. On the other hand, the
growing number of industries in our country is demanding for well-trained man power. Since the
intake capacity of higher education institutions is increasing from time to time, the institutions do
not have all the facility and access to produce the required quality graduates by themselves. They
need to work in collaboration with different partners like corporate, private, government, and
industries relevant to the program. Therefore, the developed harmonized curriculum consists of
the internship program as a more detailed module of the curriculum to secure a standardized
quality of future internship practice.
Students during the internship program should upgrading their knowledge and identify gaps in
the industry/company and try to solve the gap in their final year project. The result of the final
year projects may help to enhance the productivity of the industry. In addition to this, students

2. can take the experience gained in the industry to innovate a new technology and improving the
skill and ability. Aside from gaining practical and in-depth experience within a specialized field,
interns typically develop strong interpersonal skills, the ability to write reports, present seminars,
supervise others - all attributes that allow Engineering graduates to better market themselves in
an increasingly competitive job market.
In general, internship program is implemented in the participation of university, industry and
students. It needs a guideline to successfully implement the program. Due to this reason the
internship system implementation guideline and procedure is mandatory to prepare.
2. Definition of Internship System
Internship program is an unpaid positions providing students with practical experience and
approved and monitored educational experience to gain knowledge and practical skills related to
an academic field of study. And, Internship system has different specific definition based on the
types of program and the nature of hosting institution. As per AkU (School of Water
Technology), it is a mandatory system to place students in a company or organization which
deems relevant to their education in order to apply their theoretical knowledge gained from their
academic studies. The period of internship is at the eighth semesters for four months or one
semester based on academic curriculum of the department. It is also properly scheduled,
organized, structured, supervised and evaluated routine by the hosting company and the
university.
Objectively, an important factor that distinguishes a standardized internship system from a short-
term training and field work is that a ‘learning’ outcome is structured into it as its desired
outcome by carefully organizing, supervising and evaluating the program conjointly the
university with the hosting industry/company.
2.1 Why Provide Internships?
Internships allow students the opportunity to apply their knowledge and skills in a professional
setting while still in university. Internships offer carefully planned and monitored work
experience with the goal being to gain additional knowledge from on the job exposure.
Internships is part of an educational program in which students can earn academic credits from
their college/school.

3. 3. Objectives of internship program
The main objectives of the internship program are:
 The objective of the internship is for the student to develop an overall understanding of
the different water related processes (data gathering, analyzing, testing, reporting,
designing and constructing) at both the construction site and the office.
 The Intern will be expected to produce a thoughtful, insightful, and comprehensive
lessons learned during the internship.
 To meet the required/expected knowledge and skill of graduates
 To provide an important data base for other internship programs
 To facilitate appropriate placement of students for mandatory internship program
 To increase employability of future graduates
 To include practical approach and experience in higher education of engineering students
 To strengthen the position of universities as a cooperation partner of industry
 To increase business development skill
 To provide a space for research and development for students
 To meet the need of the current and future labor market with practice oriented workforce
for industries or organizations and thus to contribute the competitiveness of the economy
4. Expected outcomes from the internship
An effective internship is predicated on several activities and expected outcomes of the
internship program are:-
 It is the responsibility of the student to ensure that his/her internship experience is a
success.
 Develop broader understanding of the different water related construction operations and
the processes of hydraulic and irrigation practices
 Increased employability rate
 Gained practical as well as organizational working systems and processes in the industry
 Aware graduates about world of work
 Transferred theoretical knowledge to industry
 Generate graduates of innovators of new technology

4.  Strengthened linkage between industry and university on the base of trust and
professional cooperation
 Assess and evaluate strengths and weaknesses of designing and constructions
 Demonstrate analytical decision-making skills
 demonstrate brief written and oral communication skills
 Students will learn how to recognize challenges, describing and analyzing them and
coming up with possible alternatives for a solution
 Knowledge of contemporary /engineering practice
 Use of acquired techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary for
engineering practice
 Exposure to professional and ethical responsibility
 Understanding the impact of engineering solutions in a global, economic, environmental,
and societal context
 Ability to work on multi-disciplinary teams.
 The Intern will be expected to produce a thoughtful, insightful, and comprehensive
lessons learned during the internship.
5. Motivation and benefit of internship program
Each internship program should define the educational benefits to the student and the
responsibilities/expectations of the student. There are perspectives on benefit which could
motivate and promote the implementation of internship program. In current situation, most
important stakeholders complain about the existing internship practices. On the industry side
especially public organizations are complaining about the burden the government lays on them.
They should accommodate an increasing number of students for the sake of formality without
exploiting them for their own benefit. The government takes the responsibility of assigning for a
huge number of students, missing practical experience with unwilling existing industries. The
universities are complaining about inflexible industries, budget problems to support the students
during their internship period. On the other hand, there is shortage industries that are relevant for
each field of study.
Lastly, the students themselves are complaining about the conditions within the industry, which
means for them the internship program is not aspired and fulfilling their expectation of tapping

5. practical experience in the industry. Moreover, there are gaps in mentoring them properly, either
from industry or from their own university side. It turns out that there is a strong expectation
from every point of view, but often disregarded and not agreed or systematically fitted. To turn
these complaining in to a constructive process of matching expectations, the motivation and
benefits from each point of view could be summarized as follows:
5.1 Benefits of internship
5.1.1 Benefit for company
5.1.1.1 Internship as a strategic tool of recruitment:
Proven, cost-effective way to recruit and evaluate potential employees. Instead of costly and
elaborate assessment procedures, it creates for the company the opportunity to screen the
personal and technical skills of the intern. By this it decreases the risk of companies on wrong
personnel scrutiny. Generally, internship allows the screening of potential employees without
time pressure on valid base of observations. Big companies invest a lot in cost intensive training
program to fill the lack of skills of fresh graduates. Qualified internship could decrease this
effort.
The phase of getting acquainted could be shortened: interns are already familiar with
organization and culture. They can smoothly integrate in current work and group process. During
internship interns had the chance to build up relationship to their employees.
Finally, the industries have an opportunities to recruit future employees with excellent way to
find new, energetic, and skilled employees who bring latest industry knowledge fresh from
lectures and other campus resources. And, strengthens the bond with the university and projects a
favorable image in the community.
5.1.1.2 Internship as economic and innovation benefit:
Interns come in with a high potential of innovative and creative potential. They are not blind to
faults in their company and able to inspire solutions for the problems through different point of
views. Release of workloads in the departments, if project never followed up are given to interns
and interns could open access to scientific or technological knowledge, access to unique research
skills.

6. 5.1.1.3 Image and power
Internship strengthens the linkage of universities with industries. Industry could become part of
the influence groups on the current and future developments of higher education and the
development of the whole nation.
5.1.2 Benefits to the University
Internships program is high-level, broad reaching programs that interact with staff, students,
college/school and employers around and have a greater positive impact on university by:-
 Provides learning experiences that are more valuable than case studies and lectures
 Validates the university's curriculum in a working environment and Improves post-
graduation statistics for the university
 Connects faculty to current trends within their professional field and Develops more
competitive and employable graduates
 Fulfilling the conditions of new curriculum “accreditation”. This would ultimately raise
the levels of the curriculums and its end results (graduates) to international standards.
 Raising the level of quality by an increasing number of projects. This shall comprise the
wide scale of industrial and economic landscapes.
 It links the staff with practical industrial exposures of consultancies, research and
researchable areas.
 Becoming an indispensable partner for industry and economy.
 Strengthen the link of higher education and the society.
 Raising potential income through consulting projects.
 Playing an active role in supporting and promoting the development of the nation
 Attract the top minded students to attend university
5.1.3 The Benefit of the Students
5.1.3.1 Improved competency
 Gain exposure to real-world problems and issues that perhaps are not found in textbooks
 Practical experience to link theoretical knowledge.
 Gained knowledge of basic organizational structure and process in the industry.
 Opportunity to improve social competencies.

7.  Transfer of theoretical and practical knowledge.
 Become familiar with new technologies and methods.
 Become aware of the world of lobar.
 Assessing personal strength and weakness.
 Acquiring additional competencies through active participation in internship
5.1.3.2 Changing manner toward study through
 Encourage adaptability and creativity in a dynamic world
 Improving target and outcome orientation of study.
 Theses become more relevant to subject of current issues of industries and economy.
 Increase motivation for studying.
 Correcting future unrealistic expectations in future employment.
 Enriching daily study through local changes and contributes practical experience in
further study.
5.1.3.3 Increase their employability through
 Shortening the transition period from Studentship to work (employment).
 Increasing chances of successful application after first entry to company.
 Decrease the 'shock' of practice after study.
5.1.4 The government benefit from qualified internship
 The important stakeholders’ takes over a part of their responsibility impertinence with
their own interest so that the burden of assignment for graduating students will decrease.
 A growing number of benefiting companies who are willing to contribute to the financial
support of internship
 Benefits through the effectiveness of the public stakeholders - university and enterprises
6. Guidelines and Process of internship
The quality of the internship experience depends heavily on the choice of the employer at which
the training will be received. Therefore, it is vital to regulate the choice of the hosting companies
by providing the students with a list of pre-approved or pre-selected companies to choose from.

8. The school shall establish and maintain contact with companies (locally and abroad) in order to
secure/procure internship positions on a regular basis. The school shall maintain a recommended
list of employers where students can do their internship. The following basic points should also
considered:-
 The Bachelor of Science (BSc) in engineering fields requires a one semester internship at
8th semester of academic curriculum of the department.
 During the internship, the students are expected to present their daily/weekly and
monthly observation and practical involvement reports to their respective internal and
external mentors.
 As a rule, the entire internship period must be catered to a single company or in one
project.
 The internship will be supervised and supported through internal (course instructor) and
external (an employee from the host industry) mentoring system; and Community
Services and University-industry Linkage office (CSUILO).
 All monitoring and evaluation formats should be available in the internship package.
 The internship results retrieved from internal and external mentors shall be disclosed to
the students before they pass through the standardized grading systems of the
College/AkU.
 An overall assessment and evaluation of the internship session that includes the exit
survey of the students and the reflections of the host companies and respective
departments under the participant school of water technology shall be presented to the
respective department of AkU.
7. Mentoring and Tasks of stakeholders
Stakeholder needs to have to make an internship a success and largely determines the form and
content of the interaction. To ensure a holistic approach of education, especially in the field of
engineering studies, college/school water technology should aim for a highly educational
standard, which includes not only theoretical knowledge but also a practical approach which

9. should be provided through project and internship. Even though the main responsibility lies on
higher education program, it will not be successful without the participation and monitoring of
all stakeholders. So to ensure the effective implementation, the main tasks of the stakeholders
are listed below as follows with their functions and contribution.
7.1 Students responsibility:
It is the responsibility of each student to ensure that his/her internship experience is a success.
The student should be proactive in searching out ways to contribute to the goals of the company.
Registration:
 Students approved to receive academic credit for an internship are responsible for
ensuring that they correctly register for the course during the registration period.
 Make sure his name is sent to Community Services and University-industry Linkage
directorate office (CSUILO) before one semester of the students that they leave the
campus to their internship organization.
 Look for mentor in the department before one semester of the students that they leave the
campus to their internship program and inform to CSUILD office as soon as possible. It
is highly recommended that if the specialization of mentors fit with the intern’s
placement.
Contacts/ Email:
Each intern will be required to complete a Learning Contact. This contact will help ensure that
the intern, the Placement Company, and College/school will be accountable to each other’s needs
and responsibilities.
 The intern is responsible for the completion of the contact.
 Complete the contact after you have had a chance to determine the learning experiences the
internship site will provide
 Students are expected to review their AKU(SWT) student email regularly (at least once
per week) for any notifications, assignments, or other updates related to their
internship/co-op participation.
 Send compiled weekly reports of a month via email to the university advisor.
Supervision:

10.  Students are expected to be supervised by an industry-established professional.
 Students cannot be supervised by a recent graduate (within the past academic year)
 Students are also not permitted to supervise other intern/co-op students
 students should involve everything with an engineer/supervisor of the site since they
joined the company, this would include elements of engineering work such as data
gathering, analysis, testing, reporting, designing
Professionalism:
 Students are expected to perform in a professional manner at all times.
 Students participating in an internship understand that they represent AKU(SWT) and, as
such, are expected to make every effort to meet the standards set forth by the University
and the company
 Work to achieve the objectives/goal specified to the internship by the mentor and site
supervisor during internship program
Rules and Regulations:
 Students are expected to respect and abide by all regulations and rules established by
their company(on-site) supervisors, as well as all organization policies and procedures
Attendance and Punctuality:
 Students are expected to be present and punctual for all scheduled work
 absent due to illness or family emergency, students are expected to provide as much
notice as possible to their on-site supervisors
 Inform the company immediately about every working day on which she/he cannot be
present. Days lost due to sickness are to be verified by a doctor’s certificate
Reports:
 Write one final report which has to be signed by his supervisor and the university
mentor
 Provide monthly report ( by collecting weekly reports) to mentors on time
 Provide monthly , final and project report to mentors
 Send compiled weekly reports of a month via email to the university advisor.
 students should submitted their final report full of design and construction with
sufficient skills and knowledge

11.  Students those who are copied and prepare their final report directly from design
document will automatically rejected and considered as he has not attend the
internship program.
 Provide the certificate from the company that includes the declaration of the
completion of the internship, duration of work, number of daily work hours, and
summary of duties assigned to intern at the end of internship program.
 Students are expected to submit the certificate of accomplishment from the company
to the advisor and department at the end of week during internship program by
physical or via email.
 At the end of the internship, the student will submit to the mentor/advisor a summary
report about the intern’s work experiences and knowledge acquired.
Termination/Dismissal:
The agreement may be terminate if the supervisor think and shows that lack of interest,
diligence or discipline on the intern. In addition to that the interns should understands that:-
 The supervisor may cancel or dismiss the student from the internship.
 AKU(SWT) will act to see that you are treated fairly, but AKU(SWT) cannot control
the supervisor decisions
 More than 10 days of absence during the whole internship period will lead to
exclusion from the internship program.
 The supervisor can terminate if the intern does not obey/follow the company’s rules
and regulations
7.2 Department/school
 Inform the list of interns to CSUIL before one semester that the students will leave
for their internship program
 The internship acceptance from the student will be approved by the
school/department if it meets the quality and standard of the internship
 Make sure the placement obtained by CSUIL office meets the required quality and
standards of internship
 Assign appropriate mentors
 Facilitate to mentors for successful supervision of inters at the host company in
collaboration with CSUIL office.

12.  Formal presentation of the internship program through organizing presentation in
front of staff members
7.3 Mentor/University advisor
The duties and responsibilities of tasks performed by the advisor is:-
 Advise the intern and the Intern Supervisor of the program expectations and
requirements
 follow-up on students in their internship duration
 Meet the student with in the first two weeks of her/his internship at her/his
workplace and assist the student with the development of learning objectives and
description of tasks along with site supervisor/company advisor.
 Schedule systematic meetings with the Intern and provide ongoing feedback about
the Intern’s performance
 The coordinator/advisor will make a supervision/visit during the semester to the
company at minimum four times unless distance or time prohibits.
 The coordinator/advisor should visit the student with in one months for the second
time.
 Check the student's weekly report, which will be given as compiled as monthly
report, discuss the progress of the project with company supervisor and the intern
and discuss on monthly performance of the student.
 Monitor the progress of the student by reviewing their monthly work experience
reports.
 Evaluate the final report and the final presentation of the internship program
 Assist intern with problems that might encounter with in the company regarding
the internship project, and work conditions.
 Evaluate monthly report and provide feedback to the student and company
supervisor via email.
 Finally attend the final presentation of the student which she/he has to give in
order to fulfill the 30 ECTs requirement of the internship program.
7.4 University-Industry Linkage (UIL) office/ Internship coordinator
 ensure students are aware that the department is offering internship opportunities

13.  Prepare the profile of interns
 Planning of financial requirement if there is any for qualified interns
 Establish and maintain contact with hosting company and prepare industry mapping
 Assure enough internship places for each students
 Facilitate all activities related to implementation process of qualified internship
system
 Awareness creation on implementation guideline about the internship immediately
after join the company that offers a professional engineering practice in their field
of specialization.
 Provide necessary guiding manuals and formats to the student and mentors
 Facilitate Promotion of the hosting company by Engineering and Technology
 Conduct impact assessment of the overall program
 Documentation of all activities and every step of internship activities
7.5 Intern supervisor
The purpose of the internship is to provide students with practical work experience and to
develop an overall understanding of the profession. An intern must have a designated site
supervisor who is responsible for providing orientation and supervision. This should be someone
who will be available to the student on a regular basis, and who possesses expertise in the area in
which the intern will work.
The responsibilities of the site supervisor should be attend the following points:-
 Providing the student with a brief orientation, including information on:
 Working hours
 work breaks
 personal conduct
 procedures and routines
 confidentiality of information
 Contact / communication with company units
 Behaviors that may lead to the termination of the internship
 organization and administration of the company
 philosophy and objectives of the company

14.  it is recommended that the supervisor meet with the student at the beginning of the
internship to discuss how these objectives will be met as well as on a regular basis
throughout the internship period to track work progress
 The Intern Supervisor and the intern will create a list of specific objectives for the
internship, including assessment criteria that will form the basis for evaluating successful
completion of the internship agreement between the Intern Supervisor and the intern
 The Intern Supervisor should be available for consultation regarding the internship
placement, progress, and, evaluation.
 Awareness creation on implementation guideline about the internship immediately after
join the company that offers a professional engineering practice in their field of
specialization.
 The Intern Supervisor should meet with the intern at the beginning of the internship to
develop an outline and schedule for the tasks to be implemented during the period of
internship
 Provide the student with an orientation to the work-site duties, hours, and
employer/supervisor expectations.
 Schedule regular meetings with the Intern and provide ongoing feedback about the
Intern’s performance
 Assist the student in developing learning objectives of internship and description of tasks
along with mentor
 Supervise and follow up the progress of intern in achieving the specified learning
objectives
 Assist intern to have knowledge and skill on the bases of the experience of the host
organization
 Assist interns with problems that might encounter with in the company regarding the
internship project, and work conditions
 Evaluate weekly and monthly report and provide feedback to the student. Make sure that
the monthly report and evaluation is given to the mentors
 Evaluate monthly Evaluation according to monthly evaluation format and give feedback
 The supervisor will submit an evaluation of the student report at the conclusion of the
internship

15.  At the completion of the internship agreement, the Intern Supervisor will evaluate the
Intern’s work performance
7.6 Hosting company
As part of their program requirements, students are required to work during one semester term at
a company that offers a professional engineering practice in their field of specialization. The
hosting company should:-
 Provide appropriate work places and projects for interns
 Assign appropriate supervisor
 Communicate to mentor and University-Industry Linkage office of AKU/ school/
department when needed
 Preparing Certification of interns at the end of internship program
 Final evaluation of the qualified interns
 Financial and transportation facilitating if there is any for the interns
8. Eligibility and requirement of internship program
Internships serve as a critical experience for students to apply their in classroom learning to a
real world experience. Normally, an internship placement commences after the student has
completed major courses in the program. The duration of Internship Program is four-month
academic courses within the school/department program at the eights semester.
Eligible candidates for the internship program are selected by respective departments /colleges.
The criterion for students to be admitted as eligible candidate for internship program is able to
pass the holistic exam which is administered by their respective department in line with the
curriculum of the department/program. Students from programs/departments whereby their
curriculums does not require holistic exam will not be obliged to sit for the examination. Check
with their department for college/department qualifications and requirements on academic credit
those who pass the holistic exam will eligible to register. This course has with a graded range of A-
F on the basis of 50% project supervisor and 30 ECTS weight 50% university mentor evaluation result.

16. 8.1 Period/conditions ofwork internship
An internship should have a clearly stated start and end date that is identified before the
internship begins. The overall period of internship is four months. Expected Start Date will be
second semesterof fourth year in the internship schedule (Mid-February). The student
shall start the internship on__________ at all-time observe the normal working hours of the
company. Interns expected to work in every division or department of host organization to
understand the overall working system. Then the rest of the time the intern should engage on
specific area which is much relevant to his/her education or will be provided a project that will
be completed in the specified period of time.
8.2 Training
Giving a training to the intern before leaving the campus or beginning the internship program
will give a clear understanding of what is expected, and include information about the duties
that will be supervised and evaluated. The college/school should discuss the following with the
intern: What will the specific duties/responsibilities of the intern be how you will provide the
intern with regular feedback, guidance, and support What training will the intern receive (if
applicable) What will the intern need to do if they will be absent from work etc.
8.3 Orientation
Orientation is mandatory about goals and objectives, and clarify these goals and objectives
before the intern begins working. Also, consider the intern’s cultural background, disabilities,
learning style and experience. Is the intern a critical thinker or a creative problem-solver?
Information about the organization, Structure and procedure should also aware.
9. Evaluation & Assessmentofthe Internship Process
Evaluation and assessment is important to an intern's development and is an opportunity to
identify strengths and weaknesses. It is helpful if supervisors evaluate throughout the entire
internship, not just at the end. The evaluation should be planned as a learning experience and an
opportunity for two-sided feedback. Evaluate the internship process of the intern because the
intern needs to know the competences and the skills acquired. In addition to that it is mandatory
identify and evaluate other general aspects such as punctuality, autonomy, team work, Analytical

17. skills, Problem solving abilities, report writing and final document preparation etc. During off-
campus internship experiences, both the site supervisor and the University Instructor should
complete evaluations of the student.
9.1 Components of Evaluationand Assessments
9.1.1 Intern supervisorevaluation
Evaluation of the intern by the supervisor has a great advantage on the performance of the
student and also will have a great impact on continuous improvement of programs. The
company/intern supervisor should fill this evaluation at the end of the student’s work period. The
form has been designed to facilitate the evaluation of internship students. The main criteria’s for
evaluation has been on appendix (1).
9.1.2 Internship attendance sheet
In an effort to assess our student academic preparation in undertaking his/her internship,
please fill the attendance sheet during the internship period: please use Appendix (2).
9.1.3 Generalperformance evaluation of the students during his/her stays in
your company
This is also another criteria to be filled by the supervisor the interns in terms of his or her performance in
their internship with your organization. Please rate his generalperformance based on the criteria in
appendix (3). Please use appendix (4) to make additional comments about this intern’s
knowledge and performance.
9.1.4 Final Documentevaluation
Once the internship supervisor and mentor approves the intern’s report and assesses the internship, the
intern will submitted two copies of the final version of internship report document to the department and
will be evaluated the intern document based on (appendix 7 or 8)
9.1.5 Intern Presentations
The final presentation is a good opportunity for students to share their internship experience with
fellow and junior students and school/college. It also provides a way to assess the overall
internship course, specific sites, and site supervisors for the enhancement of the program.

18. Students are required to attend the entire presentation session (on their scheduled date).the
interns will be evaluate based on (Appendix-9)
10.Reports
The internship report is an elaboration of the approved internship plan and serves as the basis for
the final interview. The interns should be write a weekly/monthly report and should submitted to
the supervisor and advisor/mentor. Write an abstract about your activities, your achievements,
progress of the project over the week and monthly by compiling the weekly report
(Approximately half a page). At the end of the internship the intern will write a report.
TO BE CONTINUED…………
Appendix-1:- Intern supervisor evaluation
Monthly Performance Evaluation Sheet to be filled by Company Supervisor
Month :
Company Name :
Company Supervisor Name :
Student’s Name :
Student’s Department at the university:
Please give appropriate value in the box provided out of the total value given for each
evaluation criteria.
General Performance (25%)
Punctuality [5%]
Reliability [5%]
Independence in Work [5%]
Communication Skills [5%]
Professionalism [5%]
Personal Skills (25%)
Speed of Work [5%]
Accuracy [5%]
Engagement [5%]
Do you recommend him for your work [5%]
Cooperating with colleagues [5%]
Professional Skills (50%)
N.B the intern students are just 4th/5th year students and they are not graduates
Technical Skills [ 5%]
Organizing Skills [ 5%]
Accomplishment of the project tasks [ 5%]
Responsibility in task-fulfillments [15%]

19. Team Sprit [20%]
Total
Percentage
Supervisor signature and date ____________ ______________
Appendix-2:- Internship attendance sheet
Intern full Name: - ___________________ Company Name:-____________________________
Month:-
Day Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Month:- ___________________
Day Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
Week 5
Week 6
Week 7
Week 8
Month:- ___________________
Day Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
Week 9
Week 10
Week 11
Week 12
Month:- ___________________
Day Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
Week 13
Week 14
Company
Stamp

20. Week 15
Week 16
_________________________________ ______________ ______________
Supervisor name Signature Date
Appendix-3:- Generalperformance of interns
Intern’s Name:
Name of Company:
Supervisor: Date:
Month:
Student’s Department at the university:
General performance 0 1 2 3 4 5
Punctuality
Knowledge of modern engineering practice
Use of engineering skills, and engineering practice
Exposure to professional and ethical responsibility
Understanding of the impact of engineering solutions in a global, economic,
environmental, and societal context
communication ideas and concepts clearly
Ability to work with all types of people.
Analytical skills
Ability to translate academic knowledge into practical applications
Ability to communicate effectively
(orally and in writing)
Company
Stamp

21. Ability to work in teams
Ability to listen and cooperate with others, share information and reconcile
differences
Problem solving abilities
Development of many potential solutions to
problems, ability to design, construct and conduct experiments,
Not- applicable (0) Unsatisfactory (1) Needs improvement (2) Fair (3) Good (4)
Excellent (5)
_________________________________ ______________ ______________
Supervisor name Signature Date
Company
Stamp

22. Appendix-4:- Additional Comments regarding Intern’s Performance:
Please provide constructive information related to the following questions in the spaces provided.
1. Was the student adequately prepared to work in your program?
______________________________________________________________________________________________
__
2. What additional preparation would have been useful to improve the student’s skill to work in your
Program?______________________________________________________________________________________
___
3. What kind of training or orientation did you provide before the student began working?
______________________________________________________________________________________________
____
4. Did the student show responsibility for program planning and implementation?
______________________________________________________________________________________________
____
5. In your opinion, what are the student’s areas of greatest strength,areas for improvement?
______________________________________________________________________________________________
__
6. What recommendations do you have for us to include in the student’s academic program to more adequately prepare t
______________________________________________________________________________________________
__
7. Would you re-employ this student or employ another student with a similar background?
______________________________________________________________________________________________
8. Based on your observations, the student’s overall performance with your organization has been:
______________________________________________________________________________________________
Please list any additional comments (if any)
This completes the Intern Evaluation Form. Thank you again for your cooperation!
SATISIFACTORY SUFFICIENT UNSATISFACTORY
Approval Signature: - ________________ Date: - _______________
Stamp of the Organization

23. Appendix-5:- Weeklyreport
Use this form for describing the weekly activities. Then compile the weekly reports to one monthly
report and write an abstract about your activities, your achievements, progress of the project over the
month.
Week No.:______________ Dates: ____/____/________ to ____/____/________
days Activities
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Abstract on activities covered during the week: (Approximately half a page )

24. Appendix-6:- Monthly Internship report
----------------------------------- --------------------------------- ----------------
Signature, Student Signature, Supervisor Signature, Mentor
Student name; ______________
Department; _________________
Date; ______________
S/N Objectives Performed activities
1.
understand and write each and
every process of organization
routine works(Based on the value
chain)
2.
Strengthen and expand
Knowledge relevant to academic
background
 Types of learnt working
methods
 Participation in major working
process of the Company.
 Work as a project to solve one
main problem of the company
3.
Acquire Hands-on-training in
practical skill in one or several of
his/her specific profession
4 Other experience the inter should
learn

25. Appendix-7:- Final report document evaluation sheet format
1. Students Name: ____________________________________
2. Programme : ____________________________________
3. ID No : ____________________________________
4. Place of Internship :___________________________________
Period of Internship: ____________________________________
Mentor’s Name: ______________________ signature ________________ Date: ___________
S/N ASPECTS
Percentage
(allocated)
Percentage
(obtained)
1 Executive Summary 5
2 Acknowledgement & Table of Contents 5
3 Introduction 10
4 Industrial Internship Projects & Main Activities (Technical
Content, Industry-based Problem solving, Originality)
35
5 Lesson learned & Experience Gained 15
6 Discussion & Recommendations 20
7 Conclusion & References 10
TOTAL 100

26. Appendix-8:- Final report document evaluation sheet format
Aksum University
Department of _________________________________________
Final draft report evaluation form
Student name category of item
ID Number place of intern training
Program ___________________________ period of intern training
S.
N
Report descriptions Examiner perspective comment on each draft
report
Point
given (%)
Point
award
(%)
1  Executive summary
 introduction
10%
2  Description of material
and methodology used
results and design works
20%
3  Content of report describes
the intern experience:
original though , content,
structure ,and lay out of
the report
 Impact of the internship
45%
4  conclusion &
recommendation
 reference and appendices
10%
5  typed, times new roman
12pt----15 spacing
 Grammar ,spelling, and
punctuation
15%
Total points
possible%
100%
Cumulative
score(100%
Internal Examiner –I Name Internal Examiner –II Name
Signature Signature
Date Date

27. Appendix 9:- PresentationEvaluationForm
Aksum University
Department of _______________________________________________________-
Final draft report evaluation form
Student name category of item
ID Number place of intern training
Program /Dep.________________________ period of intern training
Category of
tools
Criteria
For judging
quality
Examiner
Comment
Perspective
on the
student
based on
judging
quality
tools
Please circle the appropriate grade for each category according to your
comment perspective on the students
Mark
award
Excellent Very
good
Good Average Above
average
Below
average
poor Marginal
pass
faile
Visual (non
verbal
communication
(10%)
Appearance
facial
expression
confidence
gestures,
eye contact
Clarity of
presentation
(20%)
.fluency
and choice
of words
.tone of
voiced
.pace and
continuity
.use of aids

28. Question and
answers (70%)
Ability of
listen
attitude
towards
person
asking
questions
Technical
and factual
accuracy,
grasp of
subject
knowledge
creativity
and ability
to handle
questions
way of
expressing
an example
Remark Excellent = A+ (10-8.5) Very good= A (8.4-7.6) Good=B+ (7.5-7.1) Average= B (7-6.5)
Above average= C+ (6.4-5.5) Below average=C (5.4-4.6) Poor=D+ (4.5-4.1) Marginal pass=D(4-3.6) Faile=F(0-3.6)
Internal Examiner –I Name Internal Examiner –II Name
Signature Signature
Date Date