Course detail

Specialized Professional Internship 3

FA-OPC-AAcad. year: 2025/2026

The professional internship is an integral component of the professional-oriented Master's degree programme “Architecture and Urban Design”.
Under the supervision of a certified architect, students will familiarize themselves with the operation of an architectural office and the aspects of industrial practice. On justified occasions, and agreed by the guarantor of the course, students can do their internship in a state or research organization etc. The internship cannot be served with Brno University of Technology.
The interns are expected to be involved in the activities related with their future independent architectural practice (r.g. procurement services, acquiring expert's opinions, preparing planning approvals etc.).

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

3

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. Ing. Michal Palaščak

Department

Department of Design (UN)

Entry knowledge

Not applicable.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Students must submit a timesheet (signed by a certified architect or an equivalently qualified person from the European Economic Area and Switzerland, or in case of the internship with a state or research organization, by their supervisor), work diary and anonymised samples of their work.
In Specialized Professional Internship 3 it is necessary to write a summary paper analyzing the functioning of the studio or institution.
The length of the Specialized Professional Internship 3 is set to 80 hours at minimum (which corresponds with 2 weeks when working 40 hours a week) in at least 2 working weeks.
The internship can be performed also outside the standard teaching and examination period allocated in the time plan of the academic year.
The total length of specialized internship is set to 240 hours at minimum in at least 6 working weeks.

Aims

To gain specialized knowledge and skills necessary for the future independent practice in the field of architecture of urban design.
– Students will become familiar with the operation of an architectural office, or a state/ research organization.
– Students will be able to formulate specialist opinions.
– Students will be able to lead a professional team.
– Students will be able to communicate with the specialists from other fields (as an architect or a researcher).
– Students will be able to communicate with a client (as the author of the project documentation, or the reviewer).

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Basic literature

Zákon č. 360/1992 Sb. O výkonu povolání autorizovaných architektů a o výkonu povolání autorizovaných inženýrů a techniků činných ve výstavbě.

Recommended reading

Zákon č. 130/2002 Sb. O podpoře výzkumu a vývoje.
Zákon č. 234/2014 Sb. O státní službě.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme N_A+U Master's 1 year of study, winter semester, elective
    2 year of study, winter semester, elective
    specialization --- (do 2022) , 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory