Project-oriented Internship

F2026

Chemical Biology

Project oriented internship

Elective

English

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Please be aware of the approval requirements for a project-oriented internship. You can read more about the approval process here

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Registration through STADS-Selvbetjeningwithin the announced registration period, as you can see on the Studyadministration homepage.

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Frederik Diness (diness@ruc.dk)

Frederik Diness (diness@ruc.dk)

INM Registration & Exams (inm-exams@ruc.dk)

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The goal of the project-oriented internship is to let the student use his/her skills in an another working environment than the university. The internship may be with a company, a public authority, an educational institution, an organisation or the like.

The internship should allow the student to gain practical experience of working professionally with research questions in the field of chemical biology. The student must prepare an internship project with a chemical biology research question relevant to the internship and the tasks the student has had.

The student is responsible for finding an internship, and for the completion of the task agreed with the place of internship and the university.

The student will be assigned a supervisor and the internship agreement must be approved by the Study Board in advance. The internship runs parallel with the master thesis in the 3rd semester and it is encouraged that the two projects benefit from each other.

There is no fixed syllabus. Students themselves select relevant literature for their project work.

Internship / 405 hours

• Supervision: 7 hours

• Literature search and report writing: 100 hours

• Time at the internship host: 298 hours

All projects’ processes will include ongoing dialogue-based (oral) evaluation between the students and the supervisor. Both students and supervisors are expected to provide constructive feedback and viewpoints during the process.

Feedback concerning the academic content and progression, process and collaboration. Every other year when the projects are handed in, there will also be an evaluation through a questionnaire in SurveyXact. The Study Board will handle all evaluations along with any comments from the head of study.

Furthermore, students can, in accordance with RUCs ‘feel free to state your views’ strategy through their representatives at the study board, send evaluations, comments or insights from their project process to the study board during or after the project process.

The programme is negotiated with the place of internship and supervisor and stated in the internship agreement. Note that the internship can run parallel or subsequent to the master thesis (45 ECTS) in the 3rd semester.

• Knowledge of the areas of chemistry and biology relevant to the selected research question at the internship workplace

• Knowledge of the relevant experimental/theoretical/analytical methods that can be used for the selected research question

• Knowledge of and insight into how the challenges of the internship can be addressed through the use of chemistry theories and experiments

• Skills in analysing complex practical issues and planning possible solution strategies by using chemical methods

• Skills in describing, analysing and discussing concrete practical issues using chemical theories, concepts and methods

• Skills in relating critically to the strengths and weaknesses of the methods used

• Skills in communicating the results achieved to a selected target group

• Competences in participating in the preparation of solution strategies based on the critical use of chemical theories and methods

• Competences in formulating a non-trivial representative application-oriented chemical research question that can be illuminated by available methods and techniques

• Competences in familiarising themselves with an application-oriented subject area in the study of textbooks and scientific literature

• Competences in being able to critically discuss the significance of the results obtained and to relate the results to selected scientific and application-oriented literature in the field

• Competences in reflecting on the role of the profession as a technical, societal, cultural, scientific, educational or teaching activity.

Project-oriented internship based on an individual written product and an oral exam


The character limit of the written product is: 24,000-96,000 characters, including spaces.
The character limit includes the cover, table of contents, bibliography, figures and other illustrations, but excludes appendices.

Time allowed for exam including time used for assessment: 30 minutes.

The assessment is an assessment of the written product and the oral performance.


Permitted support and preparation materials for the oral exam: All.

Assessment: 7-point grading scale
Moderation: Internal co-assessor

Samme som ordinær eksamen / same form as ordinary exam

Assessment criteria:

• to discuss and analyze the selected subject areas

• to understand and reflect on the project.

• to use and master scientific theories and methods while working with a specific, academic and relevant task

• to analyze, categorize, discuss, argue, reflect and evaluate complex data on a scientific basis

• to critically view and select scientific sources, literature, theories and methods

• to write in accordance with academic text norms and for an academic target group

• to use experimental methods in a research process

• to critically reflect on the practice of a specific workplace based on the theories and methods employed in Chemical Biology.

The assessment of the oral exam is based on the student’s ability to meet the criteria mentioned above and their ability to

• clearly present and communicate the academic content of the project

• engage in a scientific dialogue and discussion with the supervisor and assessor

Furthermore, whether the performance meets all formal requirements in regard to both for the written og oral exam

Regarding the use of generative AI at the exam

For project reports, bachelor's projects and master's theses, generative AI aids (GAI) are permitted in the work with the exam if the use is declared.

You must clearly declare how you have used generative artificial intelligence (GAI). This can be included as part of the methodology section or as a short statement at the end of your report. This means that you must describe how you have used GAI, e.g. for the preparatory work on the project, to ask questions and search for information, to receive feedback and criticism on your text, to carry out proofreading or to improve language and readability. It is important that you actively relate to your choice of tools in this way, as it is part of the entire process of creating the project, and thus part of your scientific method and professional communication.

The use of any specific text that is GAI-generated requires citation, just as when using all other sources from which direct quotations are used.

The use of generative artificial intelligence (GAI) must always take place within the framework of Roskilde University's ‘Guidelines for using generative artificial intelligence in written exams. In the library's guide, you can see more about how to cite AI, how you can account for your use of GAI, and Roskilde University’s Guidelines - https://libguides.ruc.dk/AI.

However, ordinary spell checking and other language suggestions, such as Word or other word processing programs, as well as programs for writing minutes and transcription, are permitted in all written exams and do not need to be declared.