Internship

General Information About the Internship Process

Students in the International Trade and Logistics Department are required to complete a 30-day mandatory internship in order to reinforce their theoretical knowledge with practical experience.

📌 The mandatory internship should normally be completed during the summer term of the third year. However, internships that cannot be completed during this period may be completed in subsequent terms, provided that the student accepts a delay in graduation.

🕓 The internship period does not include official holidays (July 15, August 30). These days should be deducted from the internship period.







Institutions Where Internships Can Be Completed

✔️ Suitable Institutions and Departments
The institutions and departments listed below are directly compatible with the internship objectives of the International Trade and Logistics Department. Internships completed at such institutions are evaluated by the commission.

Logistics companies and logistics service providers (3PL/4PL companies)
→ Offers active application opportunities in the areas of storage, transportation, distribution, and supply chain management.

Foreign trade companies (import-export companies)
→ Provides professional development involving processes such as customs procedures, supply planning, and foreign trade documents.

Customs consultancy firms
→ Practical knowledge can be gained about customs declarations, regulatory applications, and border crossing processes.

Logistics, purchasing, or foreign trade departments of manufacturing companies
→ Active participation is possible in tasks such as supply planning, material management, and foreign trade organization.

International transportation companies (road, sea, air, intermodal transportation)
→ Direct application can be made in areas such as transportation organization, transportation documents, and insurance procedures.

Port operations and customs warehouses
→ Offers direct field experience in cargo management, container organization, and port operations.

Chambers of commerce, exporters' associations, professional organizations (TİM, İHKİB, TSE, etc.)
→ Participation in market surveillance, export support programs, and foreign trade information activities is possible.

Relevant departments of public institutions (Ministry of Trade, TİM provincial directorates, DMO, TOBB, etc.)
→ Offers the opportunity to observe the functioning of foreign trade and supply chain policies in the public sector.

❌ Ineligible Institutions
The following institutions and fields are not eligible for the International Trade and Logistics Department internship program. Internships conducted at such locations will not be considered for evaluation.

Cargo companies (e.g., Aras Kargo, Yurtiçi Kargo, MNG Kargo)
→ Although they have logistics infrastructure, their operational activities are generally distribution-focused and do not provide qualified professional development.

Accounting/auditing firms
→ They do not provide professional experience suitable for the department's curriculum and internship objectives.

Banks and financial institutions
→ Internship topics are mostly limited to financial transactions and customer service.

Mobile phone operator dealers, electronics stores (Teknosa, Vatan, etc.)
→ They do not have a supply chain or foreign trade department.

Real estate offices and field sales units of construction companies
→ They are not directly related to the academic content of the department.

Branch operations of supermarket chains (BİM, A101, ŞOK, etc.)
→ Operational tasks do not support the development of qualified knowledge and skills for internship purposes.

Individual businesses (cafeterias, offices, sole proprietorships, etc.)
→ Insufficient for professional training due to the absence of a corporate structure and department-based operations.

📎 Note: The internship may be divided for compelling reasons. For example, it can be planned as 20+10 or 15+15 days. In this case, a separate document must be prepared for each period.






















Things to Do Before Starting Your Internship

Before starting your internship, you must prepare the following documents and complete the relevant approval processes:

🗂️ Required Documents
Internship Application Form

Workplace Institution Internship Application Form
→ This document clearly states that the internship is mandatory. Additionally, the document must be signed by the department chair.

Workplace Institution Internship Acceptance Form

1 passport-sized photo

Copy of ID card

📌 Submission Deadline: All documents must be submitted to the department secretary at least two weeks before the internship start date. This deadline is mandatory for your SGK insurance registration. If the specified date is not met, your internship start date will be deemed invalid, and you will need to prepare the documents again. 

📌 Committee Approval: Before submitting your documents to the department secretary, you must have them approved by a member of the Internship Committee. 

📌 Weekend Notice: If the institution operates on weekends, the Weekend Work Permit Form must be obtained prior to the internship and submitted along with the other documents.












Things to Consider During the Internship

✏️ Writing Daily Reports
The work done each day should be written in handwriting and proper Turkish in the daily internship report.

Each report should be for a separate day (30 reports).

⏱️ Attendance and Discipline
Workplace rules must be followed, and you must be at the institution on time.

Disciplinary issues may result in the termination of the internship.

📧 PRIME NOTIFICATION AND TIME SHEET SUBMISSION PROCESS
In order to ensure that SGK premiums are processed regularly and completely during the internship period, the Intern Student Time Sheet must be filled out separately each month and submitted via email.

✅ What should you do?  
Once the current month is complete, fill out the attendance sheet for that month in full.  

Send the sheet to the following address within the first 3 business days of the following month:  
📧 onurbasekin@ohu.edu.tr  

A separate attendance sheet must be created for each month.  
For example:

If you completed your internship between July 8–30, you must send the timesheet covering these 20 days via email between August 1–3.

If the remaining 10 days of your internship take place in August, you must complete a second timesheet and send it to the same address within 3 days of the internship's completion date.

📎 Note: Students who complete their internship in July and August will have two separate timesheets. A separate email must be sent for each month.














Documents to be Submitted After the Internship

After completing the internship, the following documents must be submitted in person and in full to the department secretary:

Internship Report Cover Page

Internship Report Inside Cover Page

Internship Attendance Sheet

Workplace Institution Student Internship Interview Form

Intern Student Grading Table

Daily Internship Reports (30 copies)

Withdrawal Form (for those who leave before completing their internship)

Department Internship Committee Student Internship Evaluation Form

(If applicable) Weekend Work Permit Form

📌 Files submitted with missing documents will not be evaluated. If the submission deadline is missed, the internship may be deemed invalid.












📂 DOCUMENT SUBMISSION – FILING ORDER
🎓 After the internship is completed, all documents must be submitted in the correct order and in the appropriate format. The steps for filing the documents are explained below:

📁 1. Documents to be placed in a spiral binder:
Internship Report Cover and Inside Cover Pages

Daily Internship Reports (30 days, handwritten)  

Internship Attendance Schedule  

Workplace Institution Student Internship Evaluation Form  

Department Internship Committee Evaluation Form  

(If applicable) Weekend Work Permit Form  

(If applicable) Departure Form

All these documents must be placed in a spiral-bound folder in sequential order.

📑 2. Documents to be placed in a transparent folder:
Intern Student Score Sheets (separate for each month)

Score sheets must not be placed in the spiral folder under any circumstances.
Each month's score sheets must be submitted individually in a transparent folder.

🧾 3. Submission Format:
Both files (spiral-bound + transparent) must be submitted in person to the department secretary's office in their entirety.

🎯 Note: This format facilitates both departmental archiving and attendance record verification. Incomplete or incorrectly submitted files will not be considered for evaluation.
Latest Update:01.06.2025