Overview
Name of the module: Work Placements
Number of credits: 15 ECTS
Temporary Unit: Semester
Nature: Optional (professional pathway)

Brief description of the contents

• Conducting pre-professional work placements in companies and bodies in the field of food safety and quality.

The work placements purpose is that students of the Master’s have the opportunity to learn how to integrate the training acquired in this Master’s with the demands of the workplace.
The assignment of 15 ECTS is compatible with the fact that they can be carried out throughout the course in part-time timetable, thus facilitating compatibility with the optional module and performing the Undergraduate Degree Final Project.

Module Competencies
1. Capacity for organisation and planning.
2. Capacity for decision-making.

Evaluation System
The Work Placements subject will be assessed on the basis of the own competences, using as indicators the reports of tutors of the company and academics and scientific and technical quality of the report submitted.

Organisation of work placements in the University of Valencia
The University of Valencia has an integrated model of management practices in companies, managed by its University-Business Foundation, ADEIT, in order to meet the demands of students and the needs of their degrees and business.