Students complete their training by completing the External Internships (6 credits) and the End of Degree Complement - External Internships (6 credits). These 12 ECTS credits of the External Internships will be taken by the student to obtain the Degree, according to Royal Decree 1393/2007, of October 29, with the aim of providing the student with the following skills and abilities to promote their insertion into the workforce:

• Knowledge of the organization of professional work in studios, offices, companies and public bodies.
• Knowledge of professional practice in studios, offices, companies and public bodies.
• Ability to plan actions and develop projects.
• Ability to assume responsibility for supervising a work group, assigning tasks and resources (leadership and teamwork).
• Communication, conflict resolution and negotiation skills (human resource management).
• Motivation for updating, innovation and research.
• Awareness about sustainable exploitation of resources.

In order to undertake External Internships, students must have passed the first 180 ECTS credits or all the subjects of the first three years of the Degree.

These internships will be carried out optionally in public organizations or private companies in the agricultural sector. The Agricultural Engineering Department has several Framework Agreements for External Internships. The link provides access to the updated list of companies and institutions with which external internship agreements have been signed.

The list of agreements signed between the University of La Laguna and various companies, institutions or public administrations for the completion of external internships for undergraduate and postgraduate students at the University of La Laguna can be consulted in the following table: link.

The following table lists the entities, companies and institutions with which the Higher Polytechnic School of Engineering has collaborated to carry out the external internships of the Degree in Agricultural and Rural Engineering during the last academic years, along with the number of places offered and assigned.