Doing an Erasmus+ internship or traineeship abroad - rules of mobility

1. Students and Graduates (Recent Graduate) may receive a grant within the framework of the Erasmus+ programme. 

A person intending to apply for the grant needs to meet the following criteria:

• officially be a KU student (active student status) or graduate, 
• have an invitation from the company/organisation accepting interns or an e-mail confirmation of being accepted for the internship in a given period,
• have parts A and C of the Learning Agreement filled in,
• the internship programme needs to be at least 2 months long, 
• the profile of the internship programme needs to be correlated with one’s field of study pursued at KU,
• have the approval of the Proxy for Internships.

 

2. Mobility capital

Each KU student has a so-called mobility capital – a specific number of months which they can spend abroad as an Erasmus+ grant holder within the framework of a given level of studies:

12 months – bachelor’s studies, second-cycle master’s studies, doctoral studies

24 months – single-cycle master’s studies (law)

The available mobility capital can be used by studying abroad, taking part in an internship programme abroad, or by combining the two options. 

 

KU awards Erasmus+ grants to its students and graduates for a period of at least 2 months to serve an internship abroad/take part in a graduate traineeship programme abroad in the countries of the EU and EEA as well as in Serbia, Turkey, and North Macedonia. 

 

3. Where to do the internship/traineeship
 

Internship needs to be done at a company based in an EU country. The list of KU’s partner companies is available at the link here; it is also possible for students/graduates to suggest a different company, one not included in the list.

The amounts of grants depend on the country the student/graduate chooses to go to.

 

Countries from a given group	Monthly amount of the grant in EUR
Group I - Denmark, Finland, Great Britain, Ireland, Iceland, Lichtenstein, Luxembourg, Norway, Sweden	620
Group II - Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, France, Greece, Spain, Netherlands, Malta, Germany, Portugal, Italy	600
Group III - Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, FYROM, Lithuania, Latvia, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Hungary, Turkey	550

In case of additional questions, please contact International Internship Coordinator: [email protected]