At the end of the Degree in Nutritional Sciences, the FCNAUP promotes an internship in a professional context under protocols established with various institutions and companies.
Internship Places
In addition to the places agreed upon for receiving FCNAUP trainees, the final-year students can carry out the internship in institutions they suggested.
Some of the national and international institutions that have hosted curricular internships for FCNAUP finalists are listed below:
- Grouping of Primary and Secondary Schools in different regions of the country;
- Social and cultural associations (e.g. Associação dos Cegos e Amblíopes de Portugal; Associação do Porto de Paralisia Cerebral; Portuguese Red Cross; Helpo; Misericórdias in various regions of the country);
- Sports clubs and associations in different regions of the country;
- Scientific associations in different regions of the country (e.g. Portuguese Association for Consumer Protection; Portuguese Association of Nutrition);
- Higher Education Institutions in different regions of the country;
- Municipalities in the different regions of the country;
- Companies in the Agro-Food, Food and Beverages, Hospitality and Tourism Industries (e.g. Sonae; Brasmar; Cerealis; Ibersol; The Yeatman);
- Laboratories and Research Units in different regions of the country;
- Entities of the National Health System (hospitals or hospital centres and local health units in the different regions of the country).