Important Announcement Regarding Internship – I !
Dear Students,
The internship insurance required for the internship period will be provided by the university.
Before starting the internship, students must receive Occupational Health and Safety training and document that this training has been successfully completed.
All documents within the scope of Internship I should be obtained in PDF format from the internship section in the student menu of the KOSTÜ Pharmacy website and used accordingly.
Students must fill out the Compulsory Internship Form within the scope of Internship I and submit it to the Dean’s Office with a wet signature and stamp, along with a photocopy of their identity card, by 15:00 on May 15, 2026.
Students will submit the Internship Evaluation Form and the General Information Form to the authorized person of the institution where they will be doing their internship.
Students will fill out the Internship Logbook in accordance with their learning objectives. The internship logbook must be filled out legibly with a blue ballpoint pen and stamped and signed by the authorized institution official. (Pencil use is prohibited.) The signature and stamp of the authorized institution official are required on all pages, including the pages where the report is written. Logbooks that do not comply with the procedure will not be accepted.
Internship logbooks will be obtained ready-made from the contracted stationery store.
It should be remembered that the internship logbook is a scientific report and should be written accordingly.
Students in the English program will write the pages in their logbooks in English.
The Internship Evaluation Form will be signed and approved by the authorized pharmacist after the internship is completed and given to the student in a sealed envelope (the part where the envelope is sealed must be wet-signed). Unapproved forms will not be considered.
The student must submit the internship logbook and the internship evaluation form to the Internship and Professional Practice Commission within 15 days of the start of the 2026-2027 Fall semester.
Students cannot change their internship location after starting their internship. In the event of death, natural disasters, or extraordinary circumstances that make it difficult for the pharmacist/student to continue, the internship location may be changed with the recommendation of the commission and the approval of the Dean’s Office.
Students are required to comply with the provisions of the Higher Education Institutions Student Disciplinary Regulations, the working principles of the institution where they are interning, and the rules regarding working conditions, discipline, and occupational safety during their internship.
If a student is found to be absent from their internship location without a valid excuse during inspections conducted by the Internship Commission, their semester internship will be canceled, and the student will fail this internship.
Internship I will be conducted over 10 working days, with a minimum of 6 hours per working day, totaling at least 60 hours. In pharmacies open on Saturdays, the internship should be calculated as a working day. In pharmacies closed on Saturdays, the working day should be calculated accordingly.
The student will complete this internship in a publicly accessible pharmacy within the borders of Turkey. The pharmacist in charge of this independent pharmacy must have at least 5 years of experience as an independent pharmacy manager. Accordingly, the student will choose the pharmacy where they will do their internship.
In the evaluation of Internship I, the internship logbook and internship evaluation form are taken into consideration, and the internship exam will be announced and conducted in the Fall semester. The average of the report and the exam score will be taken, with a minimum score of 70 points, to determine whether Internship I is Passed/Failed.
The internship dates are specified below as 10 working days; internship arrangements should be made according to one of these dates:
- July 6-20, 2026 – Group 1 Internship I
- July 20-31, 2026 – Group 2 Internship I
- August 3-14, 2026 – Group 3 Internship I
- August 17-28, 2026 – Group 4 Group Internship I
ATTENTION: For all details regarding the internship, please carefully review the Faculty of Pharmacy Internship Guidelines found on the regulations and guidelines page of our university’s website.