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  3. Practical Training in Informatics (MTAT.03.206)
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Practical Training in Informatics 2025/26 fall

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  • Practical Training Dictionary
  • Frequently Asked Questions
  • Finding Practice Bases
  • Practical training outside Estonia

Practice Report

Practice report will be submitted in a written form, the deadline will be decided by the institute (at least 5 working days before the defence).

The report should include the following sections:

  • Title page
    • Should include: University, institute, curriculum, student name, length of training in hours
  • Description of the Practical Training base
    • General description of the company/institution
    • Position & roles of the trainee
    • Supervisors (names, positions and contacts)
  • Description of the Practical Training
    • Description of training topic/project/theme
    • Duration of training (Start & End dates) and the total volume in hours.
    • Schedule of planned tasks
    • Learning objectives
  • Analysis of the practical training
    • Main results/outcomes
      • Briefly describe the projects/systems you worked on.
      • Describe what was your personal contribution.
    • Evaluation of the training
      • Assessment of the training environment
        • Describe whether the work environment was supportive and conducive to learning
        • Provide illustrative examples of its suitability, not suitability
      • Assessment of the team (colleagues)
      • Assessment of the complexity of assigned tasks
        • Provide examples of the easiest and most difficult tasks/problems you dealt with
      • Assessment of the organization of training
        • Provide examples of how the work process of the internship was organized.
        • How well did it support learning during the internship?
      • Assessment of the supervision
    • Self review
      • What I learned and experienced? (Learning outcomes)
        • Analyze whether all learning objectives set at the beginning were met
        • Give examples of what you learned compared to before the internship.
      • What I can now teach others?
        • Give examples of what knowledge you would be confident in teaching others.
        • For example, to new interns in this institution.
      • What I can understand better now in the context of applying knowledge attained in my studies?
        • Should highlight concrete relations to courses you have taken.
        • How well did the courses prepare you for this internship?
          • Bring examples of courses that prepared you well, or that did not prepare you sufficiently for this internship
      • How was the internship useful in the light of further career opportunities?
      • Which tasks succeeded very well?
        • Explain why you think it was particularly successful.
      • What tasks could I have done better
        • Discuss how the highlighted tasks could have been done better.
      • Overall assessment of your performance
  • Signed assessments about the completion of the practice from the supervisor (Can be submitted as a separate document, which is digitally or physically signed.)
    • Fulfillment of assigned tasks
    • Preparedness (skills & qualifications)
    • Suitability of personal qualities
    • How well the work was managed
    • Development of the trainee during training
    • Summary of evaluation
    • Estimation of practical training volume in hours

Report should be from 6 to 12 pages (incl. the title page, table of contents and all the components listed above). You can add additional illustrations and annexes to demonstrate the content and results of your work.

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  • Faculty of Science and Technology
  • University of Tartu
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