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.
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.
2021/ 2022 academic year autumn semester Smart internship
Registration: https://forms.office.com/r/SmT3xHW3y9
Smart internship plan for 2021/2022 academic year autumn semester:
01.09 - 13.09 Registration
16.09 Announcement of teams
18.09 - 19.09 Design Thinking methodology training (remote!)
20.09 Start of internship
Choices are made according to:
- student’s motivation;
- student’s priorities (prioritization of cases);
- diversity of the team (students of different faculties/ study programs in one team);
- up to 7 persons in a team;
- gender equality aspect.
Cases proposed by organisations
Vilnius University Hospital Santaros Klinikos
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CASE :
How to automate the business processes of the institution using robotic solutions in the Santara Clinics Information System (SANTA-HIS)?
ABOUT:
Vilnius University Hospital Santaros Klinikos is a university hospital where therapeutic and research work goes hand in hand and the latest methods of diagnostic and treatment in evidence-based medicine are first and foremost implemented here.
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Hnit-Baltic
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CASE :
How to model the optimal network of sound sirens in Lithuania?
ABOUT:
HNIT-BALTIC is a company providing GIS (geographical information systems) software and GIS based solutions in Eastern and Central Europe. The company has more than 10 years of sales and marketing experience in international marketing focusing on software solutions for telecommunications. Company operates worldwide through more than 50 resellers’ network.
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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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