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Academic Report Guideline (Co-op)
The purpose of the Internship Report is offer students to describe their accomplishments and
demonstrate what they learned through participation at Saudi Electronic University. The report
should be submitted within two weeks after you finish your Co-op training Program. In
addition, the report should be approximately 3000 – 4000, single –spaced and consider taking
the following format
1. First Page
First page should display student’s full name, internship start and finish dates, working hours
per week, company/institution name.
This page should be signed by the work and university supervisor off the intern student.
Cover page form
Student`s name :
Student`s ID # :
Training Organization:
Field Instructor Name:
Field Instructor Signature:
Internship Start Date:
Course:
Academic Year/Semester:
Internship Report
Trainee Department:
Faculty Member:
Faculty Member Signature:
Internship End Date:
CRN:
2. A Brief Executive Summary of the Internship
A one-page summary of the company/institution and a short account of the major activities
carried out during the internship period.
3. Table of Contents
Contents of the report with page numbers, list of tables, and list of figures.
4. Description of the company
This section should answer the following questions:
What is the full title of the company/institution? Give a brief history of the company, fullmailing address and relevant web links
What is the type of ownership of the company/institution? State the main shareholders andtheir shares.
What is the sector that the company/institution operates in? Specify the products and servicesproduced and offered to its customers/clients.
Who are regarded as the customers/clients of your internship company (consider the end users,retailers, other manufacturers, employees, etc.)?
Provide an organization chart of the company, along with information on the number ofemployees.
Provide a list of functions performed by different departments/divisions in the internshiporganization.
5. Internship activities
This is the main body of your report. During the internship period, an intern may focus on the
following types of analysis and questions. You do not have to answer all the questions in the
list:
Describe your working conditions and functions, such as: Who is your supervisor (includehis/her name and his/her position); other team members or co-workers and what their functionsare to complement yours.
Provide an organization chart of the internship organization.
Provide the department or division layout of the internship organization.
Provide an overview off the production system or service procedure (what are theresources, inputs, outcomes, and constraints?)
Provide a process chart of a major product and/or service.
What kind of accounting/finance/IT//quality/marketing standards and principles are used inthe organization?
Discuss telecommunication technologies (Database, Instant Messenger,
Networking, Ecommerce tools) used in the company.
• Describe the quality planning and control activities in the internship organization.
Describe the quality control activities throughout the life cycle of the product/service groups.
What kind of financial analysis and decision-making methods are used by corporate treasurersand financial managers in the internship organization?
What kinds of incentives are used in order to create more effective and efficient organization?
What types of marketing, selling, and human resources analysis are performed (costsystem, evaluation of consumers, needs, product strategy, distribution strategy, promotionalstrategy)?
Describe what kind of working documents and analysis you did there and what experiencesyou have gained throughout your training.
A comparison between theory (things you have learned in the classroom) and practice (thingsyou did or observed at the company) must be made and highlighted.
Show some work samples that you have encountered/conducted at the company throughgraphs, pictures, data, drawings, or design calculations and include them in your report.