Especially in the context of a compulsory internship you often have to write an internship
report. But you can also write a report for yourself if you have done a voluntary internship. The
report serves as a reflection on your internship. Visualize your internship in your mind's eye
and get clarity about new insights. Maybe you feel strengthened in your choice of studies and
your career aspirations or you realize that you would rather change your subject or focus your
studies differently in order to pursue another profession or activity.

Your responsible supervisor at your university will tell you how your internship report should
be structured. If you want to write an internship report for yourself or if you do not receive any
instructions from your lecturer, you can use this structure as a guide:

• Introduction: What is the purpose of the report? How is it structured?
  Presentation of the company and your area of work: This is about presenting the key
  points of the company and naming the area of work and its focus. The corporate
  philosophy, the working methods, the personnel structure can be interesting here. It is
  rather advisable not to write too long historical treatises.
• Presentation of your fields of activity: Which tasks have you taken on? What was your
  main focus? Did you take on a project of your own? (Especially the latter can be
  explained in more detail in a separate point).
• Linking with scientific expertise: It can make sense to use scientific literature and refer to
  theories in the internship report, for example, in order to classify the field in which you
  worked (e.g. gender equality work, solar technology, counseling) in terms of content
  and link it with your experiences. The same applies to the application of specific
  methods (e.g. for plant identification or data collection), which can be explained in
  more detail and linked to your knowledge increase through active application.
• Reflection: Here it can be useful to distinguish between personal reflection (what has the
  internship brought you personally? Were your expectations fulfilled? How did you feel
  involved?) and a professional reflection (Were you able to apply your knowledge?
  Where was your expertise used? What did you learn from your professional
  experience? Is scientific work being done or are methodical procedures being carried
  out in a different way than described in the literature? Where would there be room for
  improvement through the use of scientific knowledge?) to distinguish between the
  two.
• Conclusion: What insights do you draw from your internship for your professional future?

However, this order is not fixed. You can deviate from it if it makes sense to you.