Traineeship Abroad within ERASMUS+ programme
General conditions
- The traineeship abroad within ERASMUS+ programme can be used by Bachelor or Master students at VSE according to specific conditions at each faculty.
- The traineeship is realized on the basis of a tripartite agreement between the student, VSE and the receiving organization/enterprise (see Learning Agreement for Traineeship) which must be prepared at least 1 months before the planned stay.
- The traineeship abroad can last from a minimum of 2 months to a maximum of 12 months.
- You can benefit from an exchange abroad with Erasmus+ multiple times, either as a student or as a trainee, but your total time abroad (study abroad periods included) may not exceed 12 months within one cycle of study.
- The financial support can be received for unpaid traineeship up to 4 months only.
Selection of institution
- Students must look for their foreign institution and negotiate the conditions of their stay individually.
- For the selection of a suitable foreign institution, students can use tips for searching the traineeship abroad.
- The traineeship can be carried out in any public or private organization operating in the labour market or in the field of education, training and youth work, non-profit organization, public entity operating on a local, regional or national level, etc., with the exception of EU bodies, institutions and other EU entities, including specialized agencies (https://europa.eu/european-union/about-eu/institutions-bodies_en) and organizations, that lead EU programmes (e.g. national agencies of Erasmus+).
- Traineeships can be completed only in programme countries outside the Czech Republic and the student’s country of origin.
Financial Support
- Scholarships for the traineeships are provided from the Erasmus+ funds.
- The scholarship serves as financial support for increased costs related to the stay abroad.
- The countries are divided into groups, depending on the cost of living, which corresponds to the scholarship amount. The overview of scholarship amounts set by the Czech National Agency:
Group | Country | Scholarship amount/month |
1 | Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden | 810 € |
2 | Cyprus, Estonia, Greece, Latvia, Malta, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain | 750 € |
3 | Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Lithuania, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Turkey | 690 € |
- The scholarship is paid out at the beginning of the stay.
Obligations before the mobility
After setting up the placement in InSIS, an electronic checklist will be available to the students, which serves as a record of administrative requirements (Student’s Portal -> My College -> My College abroad).
Obligations during and after the mobility