REQUIREMENTS FOR REGISTERING YOUR INTERNSHIP AT THE FGAD

1. To be accepted at an internship organization with which a Pre-professional Internship Agreement and a Learning Plan are duly signed.
2. To register the Pre-professional Internship Agreement within the first 30 calendar days following the commencement of the internship.

REQUIREMENTS FOR ACCREDITING YOUR INTERNSHIP

3. Complete the pre-professional internship Monitoring Survey during the second month of the internship.
4. Complete the pre-professional Internship Completion Survey once the Agreement(s) with the internship organization have concluded, having fulfilled at least 200 internship hours.
5. The supervisor must complete the student's Performance Evaluation Form.
6. Submit to the FGAD the internship certificate issued by the internship organization.

OBLIGATIONS OF THE INTERNSHIP ORGANIZATION

7. Develop a Learning Plan for the intern comprising tasks and competencies aligned with the Management degree program.
8. Appoint a graduated professional to serve as the intern's supervisor.
9. The supervisor must complete the Performance Evaluation Form upon conclusion of the student's Internship Agreement. 
10. Issue the pre-professional internship certificate upon completion of the agreement.

Steps to follow:

1. The student or the Internship Organization shall submit the Internship Agreement and Learning Plan in a timely manner to sacademica.fgad@pucp.edu.pe. The documents must be signed by both the intern and the host organization. Submission must take place within the first 30 days of the agreement's commencement.
2. The FGAD verifies that the documents contain complete information and comply with all internship requirements. 
3. If the documents are in order, the FGAD signs and returns them to the student within a maximum of 5 business days. Should there be any observations, the files are returned for due correction.
4. The FGAD registers the Agreement on the Virtual Campus (Navigation path to view the record: Personal page / Tracking of administrative procedures). 

OBSERVATIONS

The most frequent errors found in the documents are:

• Failure to include the signature of the host organization's representative and/or the intern on the Internship Agreement and/or the Learning Plan.
• Failure to comply with the maximum intern work schedule of 30 hours per week.
• Failure to state the name of the host organization's representative in the Learning Plan.
• Failure to include the name and email address of the internship supervisor in the Learning Plan.
• The correct details for the PUCP academic representative are as follows:
  • Name: Lucy Zulma Collazos Zegarra
  • National Identity Document (DNI): 44033956
• Discrepancies between the contents of the Agreement and the Learning Plan.
• Failure to state the name of the insurance company, type of insurance, and policy coverage in Section 1.6 of the Learning Plan.

IMPORTANT: In order to accredit your pre-professional internship, it is essential to have completed this registration stage for your pre-professional internship agreement.

Steps to follow:

• During the second month of the internship, the student must complete the monitoring survey.
• Between 1 and 2 weeks prior to the conclusion of the internship agreement, the student must request the internship certificate from the Internship Organization, which must include the following information:
  
  • Start and end dates of the internship.
  • Total hours completed (the minimum requirement is 200 hours).
  • General description of the duties performed by the intern.
  • Signature of the supervisor and/or the Human Resources Department, as well as the contact telephone number and/or email address of the host organization.
  • Preferably, the document should be printed on official letterhead.
  • You may review an example of an internship certificate here.

• The student must complete the completion survey.
• Request the direct supervisor to complete the performance evaluation form. 
• Once these three steps have been completed, you may proceed with the administrative procedure: Accreditation of Pre-Professional Internships by filling out the following form, where you will be required to attach the internship certificate.
• The FGAD conducts the corresponding reviews (Internship Certificate, Monitoring Survey, Completion Survey, and Performance Evaluation Form) and, within a maximum of 5 business days, accredits the pre-professional internship in the Virtual Campus.

• The FGAD notifies the student regarding the completion of the internship accreditation process via email.

What must I do to accredit my first pre-professional internship?
You can review the pre-professional internship accreditation process here:
https://facultad.pucp.edu.pe/gestion-direccion/estudiante/empleabilidad/

If I have an entrepreneurial venture, can I validate it as an internship?
Personal ventures may be validated provided that the following requirements are met: submission of the RUC registration document (minimum of 6 months of operations), an essay written by the student reflecting on how they applied their competencies, and finally, a sworn statement.

If my pre-professional internship agreement is for 20 hours per week, will I be able to accredit my internship upon the conclusion of my agreement?
Pre-professional internship agreements cover a work schedule of up to a maximum of 30 hours per week. If you are completing 20 hours per week, your agreement must span at least 2 and a half months, given that accrediting your internship requires a cumulative total of at least 200 hours worked.

Can I accredit a pre-professional internship through my participation in a volunteer program/internship?
For volunteer work to be accredited as a pre-professional internship, it must meet the following requirements:

• It must take place in a formally established institution.
• You must have a learning plan and a direct supervisor for your volunteer duties.
• Your supervisor must be a qualified professional.

Additionally, you must fulfill the other requirements stipulated by the FGAD: register the agreement and the learning plan, complete the monitoring and completion surveys, and ensure your supervisor/line manager completes the Performance Evaluation Form.

Can I complete my pre-professional internship at my family business?
In order to validate your pre-professional internship at your family business, the following requirements must be met:

• The company must have at least 6 months of operations (submit the RUC registration document).
• Your internship certificate must be signed by the legal representative of the company.

Additionally, you must fulfill the other requirements stipulated by the FGAD: register the agreement and the learning plan, complete the monitoring and completion surveys, and ensure your supervisor/line manager completes the Performance Evaluation Form.

Can I undertake my pre-professional internship at an organization abroad?
Yes, it is feasible. To do so, it is essential that you inform the Faculty prior to your departure or the start of your internship. Please send an email detailing this internship opportunity to sacademica.fgad@pucp.edu.pe.

What happens if I do not complete the required 200 hours under my first agreement?
If your internship agreement is short and you do not complete the 200 hours, or if you choose to resign from an internship before completing them, it is possible to accumulate hours from two agreements. To do so, you must have completed the registration process for each agreement and answered both the monitoring and completion surveys for each internship host. Likewise, the supervisor for each internship must have completed the performance evaluation form.
PLEASE NOTE: When completing the “Professional Internship Accreditation Procedure,” you must attach the certificates from both internship hosts.

If the designated deadline to complete the monitoring survey has passed, what can I do?
The monitoring survey may still be completed after the deadline. However, it is recommended that it be completed during the second month of the internship.

If I resign before the expiration of my internship agreement, can I accredit my hours?
Yes. For example, if your agreement is for 6 months and you decide to resign after 3 months, you can accredit your hours worked provided that you fulfill all the required steps.
Important: You must submit your letter of resignation to the document registry office (Mesa de Partes).

Can I take the Seminar 2 course without having validated my internship?
Yes, you may. However, please remember that one of the requirements for graduation is the accreditation of 200 internship hours. We advise against waiting until your final year to begin your internship search.

If my internship agreement is renewed for additional months, at what point should I complete the required surveys?
The monitoring survey is completed only once per internship host and must be submitted 2 months after starting your internship. As for the completion survey, you should submit it only once, upon the conclusion of your final agreement (renewal).

For example, if you signed an agreement for 3 months and it is renewed for an additional 6 months, you should complete the monitoring survey by the second month. Upon the completion of the ninth month, you may submit the completion survey. In other words, it is not necessary to fill out two completion surveys.

I have a formal payroll employment contract; can I accredit my pre-professional internship hours through it?
Yes, this is possible. To do so, instead of submitting the agreement and learning plan, you must submit your employment contract, which will be reviewed by the FGAD to verify that your duties align with your academic training in the management program. Additionally, you must complete both the monitoring and completion surveys, and your supervisor must fill out the Performance Evaluation Form.

I have already accredited my pre-professional internship, I am still an undergraduate student, and I have secured a new internship position. What steps should I follow?
The registration process for your new agreement remains the same. In accordance with current legal regulations, you must complete both the monitoring survey and the completion survey. Likewise, it is recommended that your direct supervisor completes the performance evaluation form.

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