Student’s Internship and the Labor Market – The Case of the University of Prishtina

Abstract

The University of Prishtina until recently was the only public university in Kosovo. With a total of 17 faculties of various field and
around 50 thousand students, it is one of the biggest universities in the region. Because of the large number of students, one of the main
problems faced by its faculties is providing internships for students. This paperwork deals with the analysis of the integration of
internship into curriculum’s of the three faculties: Faculty of Economics, Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Faculty of
Education. The paperwork will identify types of internships that these faculties offer as well as their readiness to provide internships for
all students. It also presents the analysis of the students' needs for internship, importance of internship to improve students’
employability skills and the difficulties they face in finding an internship. The study uses survey data generated from 300 students of third
year students from the Faculty of Economics, Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty of Education and from
administration of these three faculties. The findings of the research have shown the difficulties that economics and electrical - computer
engineering students have in finding an internship because their faculties don’t provide it for them whereas it’s difficult to find it alone.
But, Faculty of Education has better organised internship programs.