{"id":10560,"date":"2015-07-13T16:07:54","date_gmt":"2015-07-13T14:07:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.arefinternational.org\/?page_id=10560"},"modified":"2025-12-23T16:34:50","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T15:34:50","slug":"university-internship","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.arefinternational.org\/en\/get-involved\/university-internship\/","title":{"rendered":"University Internship"},"content":{"rendered":"

University internship is regulated by: Law No. 56 of February 18, 1989, \u201cRegulation of the profession of psychologist\u201d; Ministerial Decree No. 239 of January 13, 1992; Presidential Decree No. 328 of June 5, 2002, \u201cAmendments and additions to the regulations governing the requirements for admission to the state examination and related tests for the practice of certain professions, as well as the regulations governing certain systems\u201d; Law No. 163 of November 8, 2021, \u201cProvisions on qualifying university degrees\u201d; Interministerial Decree No. 567 of June 20, 2022, \u201cSpecific transitional provisions for qualification to practice the profession of psychologist,\u201d of the MUR, adopted in agreement with the Ministry of Health; Interministerial Decree No. 654 of July 5, 2022, \u201cMaster’s Degree Qualifying for the Profession of Psychologist – Class LM-51,\u201d issued by the MUR, adopted in agreement with the Ministry of Health.<\/span><\/p>\n

Given that, pursuant to Articles 1 and 3 of Law No. 163\/2021, the final exam for the Master’s Degree in Psychology – class LM-51 qualifies graduates to practice as psychologists; Article 6 of Presidential Decree 328\/01 entrusts an agreement between the professional associations and universities with the task of specifying the procedures for organizing the internship; furthermore, Article 2, paragraph 1 of Ministerial Decree No. 567 of June 20, 2022 establishes that the practical assessment internship (hereinafter referred to as TPV) consists of professional training activities corresponding to 30 university credits (CFU), with a total duration of 750 hours, carried out in operational contexts at qualified external institutions affiliated with universities; and Article 2 of Interim Decree No. 654 of July 5, 2022 establishes that the period of TPV carried out during the Master’s Degree course must be of sufficient duration to guarantee a total of 20 CFU, of which at least 14 CFU must be at qualified external institutions affiliated with universities; Finally, Sapienza University of Rome, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, establishes that the number of credits to be earned during Master’s degree courses through the completion of the TPV at affiliated external institutions is set at 18 credits;<\/span><\/p>\n

Therefore, there is a need to provide for internship activities required for qualification as a psychologist both for those who have obtained or are obtaining a master’s degree in Psychology under the previous regulations (hereinafter \u201cMaster’s degree graduates under the previous regulations\u201d), through post-graduate internships, and for those enrolled in LM-51 qualifying courses (hereinafter referred to as \u201cStudents in LM-51.M-5 qualifying courses\u201d), through pre-graduate internships (Articles 1 and 2 of this agreement).<\/span><\/p>\n

In accordance with the above, AREF International ETS has had an agreement with the University of Rome \u201cSapienza\u201d since 2013 for the following types of students:<\/span><\/p>\n