1. Vashek Matyáš vice-dean for foreign affairs and external relations matyas@fi.muni.cz Internships @ Faculty of Informatics, Masaryk University

2. Faculty of Informatics in numbers About 2000 students  About 60% in Bachelor programs  35% Master  5% PhD Over 100 (of ±500) final theses with industry every year

3. Industry collaboration Association of Industrial Partners CERIT Industrial Park

4. Master program in Service Science, Management and Engineering Graduates with IT background and basic competences in marketing, project management and enterprise communication 5-month internships (4 days/week, about 90 mandays) mandatory 2012 – 64 students, 2013 – 84 students 2014 – 73 students, 2015 – 94 students

5. Case 1: Strategic Partner – Y Soft Theses:  2009 – 2015: 43 theses successfully defended Internships  2009 – 2015: 10 students  2016: 8 students Student lab R&D positions  2009 – 2015: 9 students  2016: 5 students Defended BSc/MSc theses

6. Case 2: Strategic Partner – Red Hat Theses (BSc & MSc)  130+ defended (@ FI MU) since 2012 Internships  About 100 interns working at RH Brno (from all universities) every year  20 more university-based interns (7 @ FI MU)

7. Future plans (w.r.t. internships) Build on very good experience Include in more programs Expand support infrastructure