Internship or not will have no effect on graduation. If the school requires students to practice on the condition of withholding their graduation certificates, and fails to go through the graduation formalities according to law, which infringes on the legitimate rights and interests of students, students can file an administrative lawsuit.

In the No.3 document of the Notice of the Ministry of Education and other five departments on Printing and Distributing the Provisions on the Management of Students' Internship in Vocational Schools, it is found that Article 8 of Chapter 2 of the Notice of the Ministry of Education and other five departments on Printing and Distributing the Provisions on the Management of Students' Internship in Vocational Schools stipulates that "cognitive internship and on-the-job internship shall be arranged by vocational schools, and students shall not choose independently" {2065438.