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 120 days, regardless of how long the internship lasts.

If your stay is shorter, 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:

• Group 1– monthly scholarship of 670 EUR: Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Island, Lichtenstein, Luxemburg, Norway, Sweden, 
• Group 2- monthly scholarship of 650 EUR: Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, France, Greece, Spain, the Netherlands, Malta, Germany, Portugal, Italy,
• Group 3- monthly scholarship of 600 EUR: Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Estonia, North Macedonia, Lithuania, Latvia, 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 caregiver who supports the mobility participant during their stay at the receiving institution,
• cost of stay (cost of living, accommodation) of the caregiver who 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 materials for the mobility participant, e.g. Braille materials, enlarged copies,
• specialised healthcare for mobility participant in the country of destination, e.g. doctor’s supervision, physical therapy, medical procedures, etc.
• special insurance for the mobility participant,
• other costs applied for by the mobility participant if they are recommended in the certificate of disability or by their doctor.

Also applicants who go as graduates may apply for additional financing if they provide a statement of entitlement to financial aid or a certificate of disability during the enrolment.

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 right after your graduation or later, but keep in mind that it needs to be completed within 12 months from the date of graduation, 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 is completed before the start of the next academic year. For graduate internship, the recommended time 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, institution, or organisation 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.

ENROLMENT

Enrolment for the internship programme takes place at times defined by the SCC and is based on score for your academic achievements and your knowledge of a foreign language. Additional points may be granted for finding an employer at the enrolment stage or documented forms of student activity for promotion of CUE or volunteering. You may apply for one internship stay only within one enrolment.

Participant's Profile

In order to be enrolled in the programme, you need:

• to be of age;
• to hold a CUE student status(at any cycle of studies: first, second or third, full time or part time);
• to have completed no less than the first year of first cycle studies;
• if you go as a second cycle student, you need to have completed the first semester of your master’s studies;
• before you leave,  your status at the University must be clear and you need to have completed the last semester of studies preceding to your stay;
• during your stay, you cannot take a year off or any form of a student leave.
• during the internship, you cannot participate in another international programme executed by CUE nor in any other programme financed from European Funds;
• you may hold any citizenship. If you hold citizenship other than any of the EU or EEA member states, make sure you know the terms and conditions regarding entering the territory of the country of destination for your planned stay within the Erasmus+ programme.

In order to apply for internship you need to do the following within the enrolment deadline:

• fill in an online application form available on your profile upon logging in under the tab "Surveys and forms"; www.kariery.uek.krakow.pl
• send the following documents to Student Career Centre’s e-mail address: praktykierasmus@uek.krakow.pl

Required documents:

• CV in English;
• statement of total average grade for the entire portion of studies completed so far (that is, in the case of second degree studies – the statement must cover both the first and the second degree studies);
• confirmation of foreign language proficiency (for example, a language certificate or grade in your language course);
• agreement for personal data processing.

A complete set of documents must be e-mailed in a ZIP format at praktykierasmus@uek.krakow.pl within the enrolment deadline. Please, send the unzip password in a separate e-mail.

During the recruitment, we check whether you meet the formal requirements for participation in the programme. Whether the internship becomes reality is up to you – you need to find an employer. If you have been qualified for the programme and you have found an employer, you will surely receive a grant for your internship.

LEARNING AGREEMENT

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

Learning Agreement for Traineeships comprises of 3 parts:

1. Before going away for your internship, complete the obligatory section BEFORE THE MOBILITY.
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 Traineeships must be filled in by typing on computer. Handwritten-completed applications cannot be accepted.