OBU IOT CED

Internship Report guideline

2021/22 A.C

By Inst. Aschalew S. (M.Sc.)

Outline for an Internship Report
Internship report needs to include the following main issues.
1. A cover/title page describing the following items:
• Your name
• The name of your University, Institute and Department
• The name of your internship hosting company
• The duration of your internship
• The date of the submission of your report
2. 3-5 Inner preliminary pages describing the following items:
• Declaration of the student and the approval of the mentor and the
supervisor - one page
• Acknowledgements (If any) – only one page
• An executive summary – only one page
• List of tables and figures (if any)
• Table of content
3. 7-10 Pages describing the background of your internship hosting company,
including: Its brief history
• Its main products or services
• Its main customers or the end users of its products or services
• Its overall organization and work flow
4. 15-20 Pages describing your overall internship experience, including:
• How you get into the company
• In which section of the company you have been working in
• How does the work flow in the section look like?
• Which work piece or work tasks you have been executing
• What procedures you have been using while performing your work tasks
• How good you have been in performing your work tasks
• What challenges you have been facing while performing your work tasks
• What measures you have taken in order to overcome these challenges, etc
5. 5-10 Pages describing the overall benefits you gained from the internship,
including:
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 • What you gained in terms of improving your practical skills
• What you gained in terms of upgrading your theoretical knowledge
• What you gained in terms of improving your interpersonal communication
skills
• What you gained in terms of improving your team playing skills
• What you gained in terms of improving your leadership skills
• What you gained in terms of understanding about work ethics related
issues
• What you gained in terms of entrepreneurship skills
6. 3-5 Pages describing your conclusion and your recommendations for the
company.
7. References
8. Appendices

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 Title Page

• The Title Page is the first page of the internship report. It is considered page “i”,
but the number does not appear on the page.
• The title page should include the following:
i. OBU logo
ii. Name of the University;
iii. Full title of the paper;
iv. Full name of student;
v. Full name of mentor(s);
vi. Name of hosting organization;
vii. Duration of the internship;
viii. Name of the Department and Institute;
ix. Month and year of submission.
• If the title runs onto more than one line, use inverted pyramid style (first line longer
than the second) and double spaced.
• Refer Appendix 1 for the title page format specifications and sample title pages.

Approval Page

• The approval page is page ii.

• Refer Appendix 1 for sample approval page.

Table of Contents

• The Table of Contents lists in sequence all relevant subdivisions of the internship
report with their corresponding page numbers.
It includes:

Approval Page

List of Tables (if any)

List of Figures (if any)

Abbreviation and Acronyms (if any)

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 1. Introduction
2. Overall internship experience
3. Overall benefits I gained from the internship
4. Conclusion
5. Recommendation
6. References
7. Appendices (if any)
• Generate the table of contents at the very end of your internship report work, since
page numbers often change due to last-minute additions/deletions.

List of Tables

• The list shows the exact titles or captions of all tables in the text and appendices,
together with the page number of each table, and must be listed in sequence.
• If the whole internship report contains only one or two tables, then a List of Tables
is not necessary.
• A period shall be placed after the number, before the caption (e.g., Table 1.
Caption of table).
• Single space individual captions/titles that run over onto two or more lines.

List of Figures

• Figures include graphs, maps, charts, engineering drawings, photographs (plates),

sketches, printed images, and any other form of illustration that is not a table.
• The exact titles or captions and their corresponding page numbers must be listed
in sequence.
• Figures, including those in the appendices (if any), should be numbered
consecutively throughout the internship report.
• If the whole internship report contains only one or two figures, then a List of Figures
is not necessary.
• A period shall be placed after the number, before the caption (e.g., Fig. 1. Caption
of figure).

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• Single space individual captions/titles that run over onto two or more lines.
List of Abbreviations and Acronyms

• If abbreviations and acronyms are used in the internship report, they should be
explained in Abbreviations and Acronyms page, even though the full names are
given at first use.
• This list should be the last item in the preliminary section. It serves as a ready
reference to readers not familiar with the abbreviations used in the internship
report.
• Universally recognized scientific symbols (such as CO2, cm, mm, kg, etc.) need not
be listed.
• List of Illustrations, List of Equations, List of Special Symbols, Definitions, etc.
should be included, where applicable, under the respective title.

General Style and Formatting

Paper Size and Margins

• A4 is the recommended paper size.

• The left margin should be at least 1.5 Inch.
• The right, top and bottom margins at least 1 Inch.
• Margin specifications are meant to facilitate binding and trimming.

Font Type and Size

• The text of the internship report, including headings and page numbers, must be
produced with the same font or typeface.
• The font size should be 12-point and should not be scripted or italicized except for
scientific names and terms in a different language.
• Bold print should be used for headings.
• Text in tables should not be less than 8-point.
• A font appropriate for an internship report is Times New Roman font.

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Spacing

• The internship report spacing should be 1.5.

• The following, however, should be single-spaced:
• Quotations of three lines or more, indented and set in a block;
• References or bibliography (except between entries);
• Multi-line captions of tables and figures;
• Appendices,
• Headings or subheadings

Pagination

• All pages should be numbered consecutively throughout the internship report,

including pages containing appendices and references.
• Page numbers should be centered either centrally or right flushed at bottom
margins.
• Page numbers should appear by themselves and should not be placed in brackets,
be hyphenated or be accompanied by decorative images.

• Text, tables and figures should be printed on one (1) side of each sheet only.
• Preliminary pages, except the title page, preceding 1. Introduction must be
numbered in lowercase Roman numerals (ii, iii, iv, etc.).
• The title page should not be numbered although it is counted as page i.
• Page 1 is the first page of the 1. Introduction.

Reference Styles and Formats

Use Harvard style referencing consistently throughout the document.

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Appendix 1: Format Specifications and Sample Templates for
Preliminary Pages of Proposals
Format Specification for Title Page for B.Sc. Internship report
Sample Title Page for B.Sc. internship report
Approval Page

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Title Page Format Specifications for B.Sc. internship report

ODA BULTUM UNIVERSITY

(Upper case, centered, bold, italic, 14-point font)

OVERALL INTERSHIP EXPERIENCE REPORT

(Upper case, centered, bold, 18-point font, double spaced)

By

FULL NAME OF STUDENT

NAME OF YOUR INTERNSHIP HOSTING COMPANY

DURATION OF YOUR INTERNSHIP
(Upper case, centered, bold, 14-point font)

Mentor(s): NAME OF MENTOR(S) (Upper case, centered, bold, 14-point

font)

DEPARTMENT OF <INSERT NAME OF THE DEPARTMENT>

INSTITUTE OF <INSERT NAME OF THE INSTITUTE >
(Upper case, centered, bold, 14-point font, 1.5p spaced)

DATE OF THE SUBMISSION OF YOUR REPORT

(Upper case, centered, bold, 14-point font)

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Sample Title Page for B.Sc. internship report

ODA BULTUM UNIVERSITY

OVERALL INTERSHIP EXPERIENCE

REPORT

By

MENGISTU URGE KEBEDE

AT ABC GENERAL CONTRACTOR / XYZ CONSULTING

FROM SEP 2022 TO JAN 2022

Mentor: MULATU GEBISA (M.Sc.)

DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

MARCH 2022

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 Approval Page

I, (Student Name) with student ID number (Student Id no.) hereby declare that the
work entitled OVERALL INTERSHIP EXPERIENCE REPORT BY (Student name) which
submitted to Oda Bultum University, Institute of Technology, department of civil engineering is a
record of my original work done by myself under the guidance of esteemed mentor (Mentor Name).
and my supervisor (Supervisor name) as a full fulfillment for the requirement of internship session
of (Acadamic Year) at (Hosting company and project). I have not copied from any other students’
work or from any other sources except for information obtained in a legitimate way from literature,
company and other sources, where due reference or acknowledgement is made explicitly in the text,
nor has any part been written for me by another person.

Student Name: Signature, Date:

Approved by:

Name Academic Rank Signature Date

Supervisor: ________________ ________________ ___________ ___________

Mentor: ________________ ________________ ___________ ___________

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