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Internship BIOVIT

During an internship you work in a company with tasks related to your studies. An internship can give you relevant work experience, broaden your network, strengthen your practical skills, and give you important experience from outside the university.

It is possible to do an internship during all periods of the academic year. If the internship involves travel, it is easiest to do it in the block periods or during the summer vacation.

You can work intensively over a few weeks in a block period or one day a week over a longer period.

    1. Find a relevant company
    2. Contact the company
    3. Find an academic supervisor at the Faculty of Biosciences (BIOVIT)
    4. Fill out an agreement/contract with BIOVIT/academic supervisor and the company/contact person, where the expected learning outcome and results are described
    5. Hand in the agreement/contract to the study advisor, who will register you for the internship course
    6. Create a suggestion for relevant syllabus literature together with the academic supervisor
    7. Do the internship, learn the syllabus, and work on a reflection report
    8. Hand in and present the reflection report in the semester where you are registered for internship

    The number of credits (ECTS) you get from doing an internship varies, so you also need to determine the scope of your internship:

    • 125 hours corresponds to 5 ECTS
    • 250 hours corresponds to 10 ECTS
    • 375 hours corresponds to 15 ECTS

    You will spend approx. 2/3 of the time in the company/research institution and 1/3 of the time working on the reflection report and presentation.

    At the Faculty of Biosciences we have several internship courses depending on your field of interest:

    Read more about internship here: A Guide to Internship

    Internship AgreementDownload

  • Examples of companies our students have done their internship at:

    Animal Science

    • Nortura
    • Norsvin
    • Felleskjøpet Agri
    • Animalia
    • NLR (Norwegian Agricultural Extension Service)
    • Tine
    • Geno
    • Norwegian Farmers Union (Norges bondelag)
    • County Governor of Nordland
    • Højgård Equine Hospital (Denmark)
    • Tunge Dog Center
    • Fjøssystemer AS
    • Trysil Agricultural Office
    • Tangen Zoo AS
    • Agri Analyse

    Aquaculture

    • Mowi ASA
    • Bluegrove AS
    • Nordlaks
    • Nofima AS
    • NCE Seafood Innovation
    • LetSea AS
    • Slakteriet AS
    • Tytlandsvik Aqua
    • Fiskaaling (Færøyene)
    • Provence Aquaculture
    • Namdal Rensefisk
    • Sande Settefisk AS
    • Ecobait AS
    • Steinvik Fiskefarm AS
    • Optimar AS

    Plant Sciences

    • NIBIO (Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research)
    • Felleskjøpet
    • NLR (Norwegian Agricultural Extension Service)
    • Graminor
    • NORSØK (Norwegian Centre for Organic Agriculture)
    • Nofima
    • Solberg Gartneri
    • Melby Gård og Gartneri
    • ANNO museum Domkirkeodden, avdeling Urtehagen
    • Kongsgartneriet på Bygdøy
    • Naturhistorisk museum (Natural History Museum)
    • U.Reist
    • Pådriv Oslo, Ulven Nærmiljøhage

    Urban Agriculture

    • SquareRoot
    • Gruten
    • Nabolagshager
    • Losæter
    • U.Reist
    • JM Norge
    • Hauktjern borettslag
    • Campo Cuture (Portugal)
    • Geitmyra Culinary Center

Interviews with students