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Summer Practice

METU EEE SUMMER PRACTICE HOMEPAGE

Announcements

NEW!: There has been an update regarding the eligibility of internships for the mandatory courses EE300 and EE400 for the upcoming summer term.

In previous years, internships conducted in the following categories were not considered eligible:

- Internships at research centers affiliated with METU (e.g., ODTÜ-ROMER),
- Internships at research centers that were formerly affiliated with METU but have since gained special status under Law No. 6550 (e.g., ODTÜ-GÜNAM and ODTÜ-MEMS).

This rule has been relaxed for the internships to be conducted in the summer of 2026. Internships falling under both of the above categories will be accepted and will count toward the EE300 and EE400 requirements.

NEW! SP meeting 2026: A general meeting on the EE 300 - EE 400 summer internship courses and the SP procedures has been held on February 26, 2026. The slides of the meeting can be found here. In case you have any queries related to the summer practice procedures, we kindly ask you to first go through the meeting slides and our SP webpage carefully, and send an email only if you cannot find the answer of your question there.

NEW! Information for students who did their SP in the winter break:

1. If you did your SP in the winter break, you can get registered to the EE300/400 courses during the add-drop week.

2. The SP reports and the other documents will be collected between March 2-6 (any time you prefer). Please send the pdf of your SP report to velif-at-metu-edu-tr by email. In addition, please also send the following documents to Department Student Affairs (Serdar Korkmaz):

- SP evaluation form (3rd or 4th page of the SP booklet, filled in by your SP supervisor) is to be brought to the Student Affairs in a closed envelope or sent by post. Your SP supervisor can also send the SP evaluation form by email in pdf format (to serdark-at-metu-edu-tr). The document can be signed traditionally or digitally.

- Cover page of your SP report approved by your SP supervisor: Send by email. The cover page can be approved with a traditional or digital signature. Alternatively, your SP supervisor can send you an email stating that they have read and approved your SP report, which you can convert to pdf.

- Lifelong learning evaluation form: Send by email. If this document has been provided to you in a closed envelope together with the SP evaluation form, you do not need to provide its pdf. It is enough to bring/send the closed envelope to the Student Affairs.

- Research internship evaluation form (if applicable): Send by email.

Important information for SP this summer::

- Summer internships must be done by physically attending the work place.

- Research internships conducted at universities other than METU or at research centers at METU can be presented for EE300/400.

Important reminder about EE300/EE400 prerequisites: Please remember that the OHS101 and OHS301 courses are prerequisites for the EE300 and EE400 courses. This means that you need to proceed in the following order: First take the OHS101 and OHS301 courses, then do your SP in the summer/winter break once you passed both of these courses, and finally take the EE300/EE400 course in the semester that follows your SP. Note that students who have done their SP but cannot get registered to EE300/EE400 because they have not taken OHS301 will need to repeat their SP.

Internships in public institutions: All public institutions in Turkey (kamu kurumlari) accept internship applications through a centralized system. Please consult this page for further information.

SGK Insurance Application System

The insurance application module in the OCW system is closed at this time.

Instructions for Paid Summer Practices

If you did your SP in a private company in Turkey and you received payment during your SP, you need to do the following as soon as you finish your SP and you have received all of your payments. (If you did not receive any payment during your SP, or if you did your SP in a public institution "kamu kurumu", please ignore this section and do not do anything.)

1. Login to https://ocw.metu.edu.tr/ with your usual student account.

2. Fill in the "Paid SP form questionnaire" under the EE300/400 course. Please fill in all entries carefully. Incomplete submissions with missing entries are immediately rejected by Rektörlük. You may contact the HR department of the company in order to obtain the information regarding the company. If you notice that you made a mistake when filling in the form, you can submit a new one and the latest submission will be taken into account.

3. Download, print, and sign the Paid Summer Practice Form. Upload the scanned copy of the signed form (in pdf format) under the assignment "İşsizlik Fonu Katkısı Bilgi Formu (Paid SP Form)".

4. Upload the bank receipt (in pdf format) showing that you received payment from the company under the assignment "Stajda ücret ödendiğine dair banka dekontu (Bank receipt for paid SPs)".