Are you planning to go abroad for Erasmus+ internship? Find out how to get a grant and gain experience in the European labour market.

TYPES OF STAYS 

Within the scope of Erasmus+ programme, CUE students may go abroad to study or to do internship. You can do your internship while still being a student, during the summer semester, or as a graduate within 12 months from your graduation. If you go as a student, you need to hold student status before you leave and after you return, while if you apply for a graduate stay, you need to hold a student status at the time of enrolment, but you will go after your graduation. Your status cannot change from student to graduate during your internship.

COMPLIANCE WITH THE FIELD OF STUDY
Erasmus+ internship must be related to your field of study. Generally speaking, it must guarantee you have a Chance to gain competences related to your field of study within economics in the broad meaning of the term. If in doubts whether your internship programme is compliant with your field of study, contact the Student Career Centre. 
Your internship abroad may be either your obligatory or optional internship. Whether it will be credited as the obligatory internship is up to your internship supervisor in your home CUE faculty. The fact that you have completed internship during your studies will be noted in your diploma supplement – remember to inform your dean’s office about it.

MOBILITY CAPITAL
Within the scope of the Erasmus+ programme, you may go abroad to study or to do Erasmus+ internship several times. These stays may total up to 12 months per each cycle of studies: first, second, or third, and up to 24 months for uniform master’s programmes. The so called “mobility capital” is assigned to the cycle of studies in progress at the time of a given enrolment. Graduate stays are assigned to the cycle of studies the completion of which they follow.

LENGTH OF INTERNSHIP
Your internship may last from 2 to 12 months within a single edition of the programme if your  mobility capital is sufficient. You don’t need to plan your stay in terms of full months as it will be squared with 1 day accuracy, a month is squared as 30 days. The minimum duration of your stay is 60 days. The internship should begin and end on a business day, unless the receiving institution operates on other days of the week as well.

FINANCING THE STAY
The University will finance your stay for up to 90 days, regardless of how long the internship lasts. 
If your stay is longer, your grant will be proportionally smaller for the stay’s duration calculated with a 1-day accuracy. The financing granted within the Erasmus+ programme is of supplementary character, so keep in mind that your own budget may be necessary and look for a paid internship. 
The amount of the grant depends on classification of the country of destination. The grant is paid by bank transfer in Euro in two instalments: 85% in advance, after you have signed the agreement, and the remaining 15% upon your return, when your internship has been credited.

Classification of countries into groups:

1. Group 1– monthly scholarship of 600 EUR: Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Island, Lichtenstein, Luxemburg, Norway, Sweden, Great Britain
2. Group 2- monthly scholarship of  550 EUR: Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, France, Greece, Spain, the Netherlands, Malta, Germany, Portugal, Italy
3. Group 3- monthly scholarship of  500 EUR: Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey, Hungary

ADDITIONAL FINANCING FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES OR ENTITLED TO FINANCIAL AID
All CUE students with disabilities and those who receive financial aid, are entitled to apply for additional financing for a student internship stay from the resources of the Operational Programme Knowledge, Education, Development. Students planning to do a graduate internship may also apply for such financing; each application is considered individually by the Foundation for the Development of the Educational System.

Persons applying for such additional financing are requested to provide, during the enrolment, a certificate of disability for the entire period of the planned stay abroad or a statement of entitlement to financial aid. The OPKED financing is paid in PLN.

Persons receiving financial aid receive a larger scholarship, uniform for all participants.

Persons with disabilities may apply for coverage of the following costs:

• their own travel,
• travel of their caregiverwho supports the mobility participant during their stay at the receiving institution,
• cost of stay (cost of living, accommodation) of the caregiverwho supports the mobility participant during their stay at the receiving institution,
• remuneration of a professional caregiver in situ, who supports the mobility participant (only if the mobility participant has no caregiver of their own),
• special teaching materialsfor the mobility participant, e.g. Braille materials, enlarged copies,
• specialised healthcarefor mobility participant in the country of destination, e.g. doctor’s supervision, physical therapy, medical procedures, etc.
• special insurancefor the mobility participant,
• othercosts applied for by the mobility participant if they are recommended in the certificate of disability or by their doctor.

INTERNSHIP FOR GRADUATES
In order to go abroad for your internship as a graduate, you need to be enrolled during your last year of studies and you need to hold a student status.

The graduate internship may begin after your graduation and end within 12 months from that date, within a single edition of the programme. The date of graduation is understood as the date of your final exam if passed. 
If you go for a graduate internship, but you are planning to continue your studies through the next grade, plan your stay in such a way that it does not collide with your classes. Remember, that a graduate internship after your first cycle studies is no excuse for missing classes within the masters programme. 
For graduate internship, the recommended tome from your graduation (final exam) and the date of your leave is minimum 2 weeks.

EMPLOYER
Going abroad for internship may be a lifetime’s adventure, but it is as much of a challenge and a test of your self-sufficiency, because you will be organising the entire stay on your own, including finding the employer or accommodation. Thanks to that, you go there on your own terms and according to your preference. Your employer may be any company operating within one of the 32 countries participating in the programme on the condition that your internship programme complies with your field of study. The choice of the country, city, or employer is totally up to you only!

The only organizations excluded from internship are EU institutions and bodies listed here and institutions managing EU programmes (so hat potential conflict of interest or double financing can be avoided).

If you have completed an Erasmus+ internship, keep in mind that you cannot do another one at the same receiving institution. If you are planning to do your internship at a university or college, make sure that it has a PIC code (Erasmus+ Participant Identification Code).

Going for internship within the Erasmus+ programme requires you to work full time as agreed with the receiving institution, but no less than 30 hours per week.

LEARNING AGREEMENT
The document called Learning Agreement for Internships, is the most important document for the Erasmus+ internship programme.

Learning Agreement for Internships comprises of 3 parts:

1. Before going away for your internship, complete the obligatory section BEFORE THE MOBILITY only.
2. DURING THE MOBILITY – complete this part if any changes occur during your internship. Send the form for SCC’s approval no later than one month prior to the planned end of your internship.
3. AFTER THE MOBILITY, that is your internship certificate – is an obligatory part completed and signed by your employer no earlier than on the last day of your internship.

All parts of the Learning Agreement for Internships must be filled in by typing on computer. Handwritten-completed applications cannot be accepted.