Universidad del Magdalena

To provide students looking for internships, who belong to the programs mentioned above,   the opportunity to demonstrate the skills acquired to perform as a highly qualified professional, in accordance with the requirements and roles required by current legislation; To edify students committed to the needs of the community, with the purpose of raising the quality standards of the future companies they will be part of, willing to be permanent coachable at a personal, ethical and social level.

To promote self-learning students willing to take on the changes as an integral process, with autonomous, professional, humanistic, integral, reflective, creative, supportive, participatory, transformative training. This, consubstantial with the socioeconomic, political and cultural reality of the country in the different contexts, local, regional, national and international.

• To establish relationships with public and private companies and companies to ensure suitable internships.
• To organize and execute a training prior to the employment contract.
• To promote dialogue among companies and employers about the importance of a professional experience, inclusion and this mutual benefit relation.
• To verify the suitability of the companies and possible internship sites offering internships and their type of job offer.
• Selection and training of advisors who provide counselling during the internship period.
• Accompaniment, monitoring, supervision, and evaluation of the students in their personal and formative process required during the internship period.
• To facilitate the articulation between the theoretical and the practical framework.
• To support and guide interns´ professional roles and responsibilities.
• To enable work skills that may result in the development of multidisciplinary and inter-institutional groups.

Organigrama de la Dirección de Prácticas Profesionales