Activities recognised as placements: These placements should consist both of the daily management of any specific area of the company (accounting, sales, human resources, internal auditing, etc.) and the development of an economic or business project, market research, marketing plans, creating budgets, reorganization projects, implementation of new IT systems, logistical studies, consultancy, auditing, analysis of economic activity, management of public bodies, or any company role in the Administration of International Bodies that will allow students to develop their research and problem-solving skills in the area of economics and business.

Academic conditions for students: Enrolment in this subject is optional. Placements are not compulsory for the course. Students must be in their final year and 12 credits will be given. Equivalent credits will be given for 600 working hours during the academic year part-time and full-time during the summer.

Programme organization:  It is formalised through a framework agreement between the university and the company and a specific education cooperation agreement and training project for each student.

Companies or institutions must appoint a professional student tutor and the Dean should appoint a professor as a tutor on behalf of the Faculty. These tutors will guide the student when preparing for and during the placement and when writing the report, and will issue a final assessment.

Assessment: The progress and results of the placement will be written up in a report by the student under the direction/supervision of the tutors. This will include suggestions for improvement for the company or institution.

• UdG regulations
• Faculty’s specific regulations

The following conditions, which students can refer to, must be met by the centre for their placement offer:

• A detailed definition of the tasks the student will carry out and the training plan they will receive in order to satisfy the objectives.
• A duration of 600 hours (part-time during the year and full-time in the summer).
• Details of the remuneration to be received by students, requested at €6.50 per hour.

To define the placement conditions, the first step is for the company to register on the online work placement platform.

Companies interested in offering placements should contact the Placements Office or register on the WORK PLACEMENTS platform.

1. If not already registered, companies must first do so by completing the COMPANY REGISTRATION form. The program will send an email to activate the username and password.
2. You can then return to the website and log in with your username and password and choose “Faculty of Business and Economic Sciences”.
3. Once the academic year begins, you will be able topublish offers of student placement.

The centre will approve the offer if it fulfils the requirements of the programme and it will then be available for students to see.

Interested students can sign up and companies will be able to see their CVs once they are uploaded.

You can view and select students in the following way:

• 1st option: log in to the website and view the CVs of students who have applied for your placement. You can see a student’s details and CV by clicking on their name.
• 2nd option: contact the Work Placements Office in the Faculty to ensure you recruit the students with the most suitable profile for your business or entity.

1. Formalising the placement agreement: Placements are formalised through Placement Agreements:

• University placements are regulated by RDL 592/2014, of 11 July, on external academic placements for university students.
• The University does not charge a management fee for these agreementsbecause these placements are part of its curriculum and therefore count as recognised credits.
• Students must be registered with the Social Security system and for have a 100% allowance, for curricular placements, according to Royal Decree-Law 8/2014, of 4 July, quota 0.
• A retention of 2% for IRPF (income tax) must be applied.
• Finally, the Work Placement Office will prepare the agreement and send it to the company by email so it can be signed, and also collect signatures from the student and the University.

The student can begin their placement with all the paperwork in place.

At the end of the placement, the in-company/entity tutor will sign the student's report and issue the final assessment report.

The report will be available on the placement webpage in the “assigned” tab, on the right-hand side under the word pending.