Smart internship

Every Vilnius University student (disregarding study program, degree or year of studies) can do a smart internship. Most important for this internship is your desire to improve your competences, willingness to try out different learning and training opportunities during your studies, and your openness to new things.

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Smart internship is based on creative thinking methodology – the Design Thinking. During the internship additional training activities are organised for students to improve their communication, creativity, team-work competences. What is more, a University mentor is assigned to every team.

2020/ 2021 academic year autumn semester Smart internship

REGISTRATION HAS BEEN CLOSED. 141 Vilnius university students participate in the selection process. You will receive the approval concerning your assignment to the team on October 2.

Teams are formed according to the following criteria:

student’s priorities (prioritization of business cases);
diversity of the team (students of different faculties/ study programs in one team);
up to 7 persons in a team;
gender equality aspect.

Smart internship plan for 2020/2021 academic year autumn semester:

09.15 - 09.27 Registration

10.02 Announcement of teams

10.10 Design Thinking methodology training (remote!)

10.12 Start of internship

12.15 Final event

Business cases proposed by organisations

Danske Bank

Danske Bank

ABOUT: Danske Bank is one of the largest bank in Northern European region, operating in 12 countries and serving 3.4 million private, business and institutional customers.

CASE DAN1:

How to create the culture of peer-2-peer support between internal employees?

CASE DAN2:

How to drive the adoption of an AI-based Virtual Assistant in Danske Bank?

What is a smart internship at Vilnius University?

Smart internship is organised in interdisciplinary teams of 5–7 students solving real-life organisations' problems. The whole process is leaded by the internship supervisor from the University and a mentor from a company. Students can do a smart internship voluntarily or as their compulsory internship, if it corresponds to the requirements. A note about the performed internship is included into student's diploma supplement. What is more, every student gets a smart internship diploma confirming gained competence, and a recommendation from the company.

How smart internship is smart?

Benefits to students:

one more opportunity to gain practical experience during studies;
development of hard skills and soft skills: team-work, creativity, non-standard thinking, adaptability, problem-solving, etc.;
growth of social network;
opportunity to take a wider look at the ways of employing professional competences.

Benefits to organisations:

opportunity to contribute to the training of future professionals;
selection of talents – future employees at early stage;
new (fresh) glance to the problem.

Got any questions? Ask!

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