Format of Summer Internship Report:
The report shall comply with the summer internship program principles. Main headings are to be
centered and written in capital boldface letters. Sub-titles shall be written in small letters and boldface.
The typeface shall be Times New Roman font with 12pt. All the margins shall be 2.5cm. The report
shall be submitted in printed form and filed. An electronic copy of the report shall be recorded in a
CD and enclosed in the report. Each report shall be bound in a simple wire vinyl file and contain the
following sections: 1. Cover Page 2. Page of Approval and Grading 3. Abstract page: An abstract
gives the essence of the report (usually less than one page). Abstract is written after the report is
completed. It must contain the purpose and scope of internship, the actual work done in the plant, and
conclusions arrived at.
1. Cover Page
2. Page of Approval and Grading
3. Abstract page: An abstract gives the essence of the report (usually less than one page). Abstract is
written after the report is completed. It must contain the purpose and scope of internship, the actual
work done in the plant, and conclusions arrived at.
4. TABLE OF CONTENTS (with the corresponding page numbers)
5. LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES (with the corresponding page numbers)
6. DESCRIPTION OF THE COMPANY: Summarize the work type, administrative structure, number
of employees (how many engineers, under which division, etc.), etc. Provide information regarding I.
Location and spread of the company II. Number of employees, engineers, technicians, administrators
in the company III. Divisions of the company IV. Your group and division V. Administrative tree (if
available) VI. Main functions of the company VII. Customer profile and market share
7. INTRODUCTION: In this section, give the purpose of the summer internship, reasons for choosing
the location and company, and general information regarding the nature of work you carried out.
8. PROBLEM STATEMENT: What is the problem you are solving, and what are the reasons and
causes of this problem.
9. SOLUTION: In this section, describe what you did and what you observed during the summer
internship. It is very important that majority of what you write should be based on what you did and
observed that truly belongs to the company/industry/organization.
10. CONCLUSIONS: In the last section, summarize the summer internship activities. Present your
observations, contributions and intellectual benefits. If this is your second summer internship,
compare the first and second summer internships and your preferences.
11. REFERENCES: List any source you have used in the document including books, articles and web
sites in a consistent format.
12. APPENDICES: If you have supplementary material (not appropriate for the main body of the
report), you can place them here. These could be schematics, algorithms, drawings, etc. If the
document is a datasheet and it can be easily accessed from the internet, then you can refer to it with
the appropriate internet link and document number. In this manner you don’t have to print it and waste
tons of paper.
Word count: 15,000
Total Pages: 25-50