Erasmus+ student internships

Application requirements

Students should be at least in their third semester and prove that a company or some other institution has agreed to take them on as interns within one of the countries listed above.

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Eligibility of funding within the Erasmus+ Student Internship programme is given with a minimum stay of 2 months. Funding can be granted for a maximum of 6 months.

Important notes:

• The possibility of funding be evaluated according to the available budget (a confirmation of an Erasmus+ grant is not automatically possible).
• In case of high-salary internships, a cost estimate has to be provided in the framework of the application.
• According to the Erasmus+ programme guidelines, mobilities to the country of origin are permitted but are not to be funded as a priority.

In principle, internships in the country of origin and internships with a high salary are given lower priority when allocating funds.

Top-up of 250 Euro per month for persons with fewer opportunities:

• Students with disabilities
• Students with chronic illness*
• Students with child(ren) who take the child(ren) with them during their Erasmus+ mobility

* Students with chronic illness, if it leads to additional expenses during the mobility (compared to their stay in the sending country).

Students who use environmentally friendly means of transport for their travel are entitled to a one-time top-up for “green travel” amounting to 50 Euro.

Short-term mobility: The duration of stay for short-term mobilities is 5 to 30 days, supplemented by a virtual component. Doctoral students also have the possibility of carrying out a short-term mobility without a virtual component. All mobility types can be completed in “blended” form – as physical stays combined with virtual components.

Application process

• Applicants have to be submitted on ZEUS/MOBIS (campus.aau.at).
  ‘My applications/Meine Anträge’ > ‘File a new application’ > Applications related to mobility programmes > Erasmus+ for Traineeships

• Enter the relevant information: duration of the mobility, information on the hosting organisation, bank account details etc.
• Upload the following documents:
  • Internship Contract or Confirmation
  • Transcript of Records
  • Curriculum Vitae
  • Erasmus+ Learning Agreement for Traineeships (the Learning Agreement has to be formally checked by the International Office before submission)
  • In case of mobility to the country of origin: letter of recommendation or letter of motivation

Applications and all necessary documents must be submitted at least 6 weeks prior to the start of the internship.

Further Process

Once all application documents have been submitted and the formal criteria have been fulfilled, the International Office approves the mobility application on ZEUS/MOBIS (campus.aau.at). Applicants will be informed about the outcome of their application by e-mail.

Before the Erasmus+ Student internship

The following steps must be completed before the start of the mobility:

• Submission the Learning Agreement for Traineeships, including all signatures.
• Signing of the Erasmus+ Grant Agreement by the student and the International Office
• Compulsory consultation with the Erasmus+ Programme Manager of the International Office

Exemption from tuition fees

Students who participate in the Erasmus+ Student Internship programme, can be exempted from paying tuition fees for the duration of their internship. However, the ÖH fee is mandatory for all students and must be paid in full.

Extending an internship

Extensions of Erasmus+ Student Internships are, in principle, possible. The possibility of funding will be evaluated according to the available budget (a confirmation of an Erasmus+ grant is not automatically possible). If financial support is not possible, “zero-gran” mobilities can be an alternative (= mobility without financial support, Applications for extensions must be submitted to the International office at the latest 1 month prior to the end of the original mobility.

After the Erasmus+ student internship

A confirmation of stay (directly sent by the host organisation) and the Learning Agreement for Traineeships “After the Mobility” must be submitted to the International Office within 4 weeks from the end of the internship.

Recognition

If your internship requires the recognition of ECTS credit points, please contact your department and apply for recognition.

In case an internship is embedded in the curriculum, students must obtain 3 ECTS points per month for the duration of their internship within the programme.

Upon your return, the formal recognition process must be initiated.