Engineering students will have to do six-month internship in the final year

They can apply to companies abroad as well; VTU hopes the long duration will help students become more industry ready

Engineering students will have more scope to broaden their horizons and acquire more work experience before taking up jobs. First-year students, who enrolled in this academic year, will have to complete a six-month internship in their final year instead of the earlier mandatory four-week internship. The Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU) has decided to enhance the internship duration to make the students more industry ready. What’s more, they will also be allowed to travel to other countries for their research or industry internship. VTU Vice Chancellor Karisiddappa said that this proposal will be approved by the joint board of studies shortly. “Students can apply to companies and universities for internship opportunities abroad as well. Earlier, they could not travel abroad for their internships as companies were not ready to take on students for a short duration of four weeks. Now, they can get more exposure as the internship duration has been enhanced,” he said.