I think you have the Master's thesis in your thoughts when you take an internship. Part of the idea of an internship is, of course, to get an insight into how a company works and to get a practical supplement for the theory. That’s where you find the intersection from which the Master’s thesis emerges. 

It would not necessarily be a problem that it affects the "pure" internship during the third semester as long as the Master’s thesis is realistic and in line with what you're doing. Maybe the internship would be more focused in some ways.

But in fact I think that five or six months to develop a strategy for a company is realistic. You also have to move on and it is very good to have a deadline hanging over your head.

Otherwise maybe it should be in relation to the implementation of the strategy, with some follow-up in the next six months, so you end up being part of the company more. It could be a fun idea to turn things around so that you wrote the Master’s thesis first and then had the internship and were allowed to put things into practice.

Jonas Køllner, business administration. Writing his master's thesis on the agricultural sector's role in the society of tomorrow. Spent the third semester of his Master’s degree programme in an internship in the Danish Agriculture and Food Council.

Translated by Peter Lambourne.