1. Export and Technology Manager
Export & Technology Management
Get an unpaid, well-trained intern who is studying Export & Technology Management at UCN Business –
University College of Northern Denmark.
INTERNSHIP
Jobs that students will be able to
perform after their study
The purpose of the combination of technical
and commercial skills is for the students
to be able to manage jobs as for example:
• Technical salesperson
• Product manager
• Marketing coordinator
• Project manager
• Logistics coordinator
• Purchasing coordinator
• Quality coordinator
Examples of tasks that the stu-
dents will be able to undertake
during their internship:
• Marketing plans
• Market analyses
• Design optimisation
• Participation in product development
• Quality management
• Logistics and supply chain optimisation
• Technical documentation
About the programme
Export & Technology Management is an
international professional bachelor’s de-
gree programme in which the students are
taught technical as well as commercial
subjects.
The main goal is the link between the
company and its clients, where the study
programme will qualify the students to un-
derstand technical issues, challenges and
possible solutions at a general level. At the
same time they will have a general under-
standing of the company’s financial situa-
tion and supply chain, and they will be able
to find and develop new clients and mar-
kets. During their study the students work
on issues in the industries: iron and metal,
plastics, IT and electronics as well as wood
and furniture.
What’s quite unique about the programme
is the combination between the technical
and the commercial fields, where the stu-
dents are given an understanding which
form s the basis for them to act as the link
between the client/market and the com-
pany. Learn more about the programme:
www.ucnorth.dk/export_technology_man-
agement.aspx.
Five good reasons to get an intern
• New ideas, perspectives and knowledge
• Additional resources to solve tasks in
daily operations and development
• The opportunity to work with a potential,
future employee in a practical setting
• The student will gain valuable, practical
experience
• Most students will write a final degree
project about their internship host. This
may be a good opportunity for you to
have a relevant subject matter studied
more in depth
Internship at Mekoprint
”I did an internship at Mekoprint Chemi-
graphics A/S at Støvring. They are sub-
suppliers to the electronics industry. I
am very interested in the production of
goods and global commerce, and I am
very fascinated by production and sale of
highly technical products. It was therefore
perfect for me to get to do an internship at
Mekoprint!”
Sanna Møller Olsen
NTF about internship
”It is interesting that the study program-
me includes six months of internship
in a company so that the students get a
chance to get out in real life before they
complete their study. In that way they
might find out that it is not always possible
to realise everything in the way that they
have read or imagined.”
Jørgen Ravn Sales director
and co-owner of NTF
NTF-Aalborg A/S
Examples of internship hosts
• AB Achema, LT
• Mekoprint, DK
• AlfaLaval, DK
• Schmitz Cargobull Baltic, LT
• ’’Do It’’ (JYSK), LV
• Orana Vietnam Ltd., VN
• Kühne & Nagel, DE
• BJ Gear, DK
• Kroma, DK
• Ultra Aqua, DK
• LBN Medical, DK
• Metallon UAB, LT
• Visit Technology Group, SE
• Villeroy & Boch, GB
• Dantherm Airhandling A/S, DK

2. About the internship
• The internship period is five months
and can take place from 2 January. The
students work on equal terms with other
full-time employees in the company.
• The interns work for free. Danish stu-
dents and a few of the international stu-
dents receive SU during the entire
CONTAKT
UCN
University College of Northern Denmark
Student Advisor Signe Marie Hansen
Tel.: +45 72 69 14 49
E-mail: smha@ucn.dk
COMMUNICATION AND
CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING
PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT,
PRODUCTION AND INNOVATION
TRADE AND MARKETING
The students have
KNOWLEDGE of:
• Negotiation techniques
• Business culture and commu-
nication, including within other
language areas
• Applied practice in export
companies within the techni-
cal subject areas
• Applied theories and methods
within production processes,
product development and
innovation
• Central industries such as
the iron and metal industry,
the plastics industry, the IT
and electronics industry as
well as the wood and furnture
industry from a technical
perspective
• Applied practice in export
companies within the com-
mercial subject areas
• Applied theories and meth-
ods within export-related
parts of economy, marketing,
supply chain management,
law and foreign trade, primar-
ily within business to business
• Project management
• Central industries such as
the iron and metal industry,
the plastics industry, the IT
and electronics industry as
well as the furniture industry
from a commercial perspec-
tive
The students have the
SKILLS to:
• Use methods and tools to
collect and analyse information
on the client base of companies
in the export market
• Develop the service organisation
of export companies for com-
municative purposes
• Communicate in English in
export contexts
• Document, formulate and com-
municate technical issues and
solutions to peers and clients
• Assess theoretical and prac-
tical export-related issues
as well as select solutions and
actions
• Document, formulate and
communicate technical issues
and solutions to peers and
clients
• Develop solutions in coop-
eration with the client and the
company’s technical depart-
ment
• Use analytical findings to de-
velop the export markets of
companies through customi-
sation
• Develop the service organi-
sation of the export company
• Assess theoretical and prac-
tical export-related issues
as well as select solutions
and actions
The students have the
COMPETENCES to:
• Independently handle the com-
munication tasks of industrial
companies internally in the
company as well as abroad
• Display cultural understanding
in connection with the export
assignment
• Identify own learning needs
and develop own knowledge
and skills in relation to the
export market
• Independently handle the
tasks of the industrial com-
pany in respect of export, in-
ternally in the company as
well as abroad
• Handle complex and devel-
opment-oriented issues within
production in relation to inter-
national clients
• Independently cooperate
with technical staff internally
in the company and in the
client’s company
• Identify own learning needs
and develop own knowledge
and skills in relation to the
export market
• Independently handle the
tasks of the industrial company
in respect of export, internally
in the company as well as in
relation to the client
• Handle complex and devel-
opment-oriented issues within
sale in relation to international
clients
• Independently cooperate with
commercial staff internally in
the company and internationally
• Enter into managerial func-
tions in relation to the compa-
ny’s export
• Identify own learning needs
and develop own knowledge
and skills in relation to the ex-
port market
internship period. However, there is noth-
ing to prevent the company from paying for
their efforts.
• Together with the student, the host will
prepare an action plan for the internship to
ensure that the student will gain an insight
into the various work functions that are
relevant to the student’s study programme.
OVERVIEW OF LEARNING OUTCOMES FOR THE MAIN AREAS OF THE STUDY PROGRAMME