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If you would like to do an internship in another European country, you can apply for an Erasmus+ scholarship in International Affairs. This program partially covers internship costs incurred by companies. However, the International Affairs Department will not look for an internship for you.

The Erasmus Charter for Students informs you about your rights and obligations, as well as what you can expect from your home university and the host university or company at each stage of the program.

What can be supported?

• an internship with a minimum duration of 60 calendar days up to a maximum of 12 months per training cycle
• voluntary and compulsory internships
• the practical part of a final thesis
• internships in almost any company or organization in countries of the EU
• Internships of 2 months or more can be funded not only during but also after the Degree (graduate internships), if the application is made within the last year of the respective study phase.

What is not eligible for funding?

• Internships in EU institutions
• Internships in projects that are supported with EU funds
• Internships in foreign representations of the own nationality

Eligibility requirements

• in addition to an internship
• successful completion of the first half of your Bachelor's degree
• good knowledge of the national language or the company language
• during the internship the intern must live locally (no cross-border commuters)

The program offers the following benefits

• EU internship contract between university, company and student
• Support during the internship by a contact person at the home university (compulsory internship) and at the company
• recognition of  work done abroad in prior consultation with the degree programs
• a monthly mobility grant

TOP-UPS/Special subsidies

• 150 €  additional support for an internship abroad
• Green Erasmus+
  In line with the European Green Deal, the program will lead by example by encouraging participants to use lower carbon transport as an alternative to flying. Erasmus funding will also go towards building knowledge and understanding of sustainability and climate action so that Europeans acquire the world-leading skills needed to create sustainable societies, lifestyles and economies.

Erasmus+ aims to promote equal opportunities and inclusion, for this reason learners from disadvantaged backgrounds (this applies in Germany in the Erasmus+ program to single parents while studying abroad) and with special needs will have easier access to the program.

• Inclusion and diversity
  The new program aims to increase the qualitative impact of its measures and ensure equal opportunities. To this end, the program targets people of different ages and cultural, social and economic backgrounds. The focus will be on disadvantaged people, including those with disabilities, educational difficulties or migrant backgrounds, as well as those living in rural and remote areas.
  Useful information on disability-friendly universities from the European Agency for Development in Special Needs Education: www.european-agency.org
• Special funding for students with a child as a lump sum (SMS only)
  Students who take their child/children with them to study in an Erasmus+ Programme Country can apply for special funding. 

Scholarship applications can be submitted at any time, butmust bereceived by the International Office at least 2 months before the plannedstart of the internship. The internship position does not have to be available at the time of application.

Application on the online platform

Please read through the application procedure at your leisure before you start and then send all your documents to me by email; originals in paper form are no longer required.

General technical requirements

1. the system only accepts email addresses that contain only lowercase letters and are not Microsoft addresses, e.g. outlook, hotmail, live
2. the online application has been optimized for Microsoft Internet Explorer version 8 or higher and Firefox 5 or higher. We cannot guarantee that the application will work properly with other browsers. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to print the application form. Adobe Acrobat Reader should be installed before starting the application process and can be downloaded here(Download Adobe Acrobat Reader).

Please apply on ourapplication form - the login is done with your campus account (like olat, your PC login etc).

Application form

• printed and signed online application form
• current transcript of grades
• letter of motivation (personal and professional reasons for stays abroad and a brief description of funding)
• proof of language skills in the working language
• internship contract/internship confirmation - if already available

Obligation to report

All grantees who have participated in an Erasmus+ mobility measure are required to prepare a Mobility Tool Plus report after the Degree and submit it together with relevant evidence (e.g. on the duration of the stay).

Switzerland has unfortunately excluded itself from the Erasmus+ program for the academic year 2014/15 due to the outcome of the referendum on the free movement of persons.
However, internships from countries in the Erasmus+ area will continue to be supported. For this purpose, please contact directly the Swiss Competence Center for Exchange and Mobility of the ch Foundation for Swiss Federal Cooperation: www.ch-go.ch

furtherinformation
International Affairs, Ernst-Boehe-Str. 4, main building room A 202 or write an email to Darijo Zivkovic

Erasmus learning agreement for traineeship, before the mobility

Erasmus learning agreement for traineeship, during the mobilityErasmus learning agreement for traineeship, after the mobility

Erasmus learning agreement for traineeship, german

Checklist for the path through Erasmus SMP

Erasmus Charter for students

Promos provides support in the form of partial funding (residence scholarships and travel allowances): Semester stays at a foreign university
Short-term study stays for the preparation of a thesis
Internship abroad

outside the Erasmus program

Funding rates: the minimum funding perioddepends on the duration of the stay

you can find the current funding rates here       

Funding requirements:
minimum average grade of 2.5
minimum duration of stay: 6 weeks

Documents to be submitted:
informative letter of motivation
curriculum vitae
current transcript of grades with average grade
signed application
copy of internship contract ( if already available at the time of application)

For internships in the Erasmus area please apply for an Erasmus scholarship

Application deadlines:
November 15 for the following summer semester
April 15 for the following winter semester

Selection procedure:
the selection of the scholarship holders takes place promptly, i.e. at the beginning of January and at the end of April by a selection committee or according to the 4-eyes principle according to the following criteria: Completeness of documents
meaningful letter of motivation
current average grade

possible income from an internship abroad will be taken into account

Please apply for partial funding by Promos with this form including all required documents and send your application by email to: darijo.zivkovic@hwg-lu.de

Students at universities in Rhineland-Palatinate can apply for partial funding from the scholarship funds of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate for

stays abroad at a university abroad

• internship abroad
• The amount of funding is based on the Promos partial scholarships. Stays  in the Erasmus+ area are not eligible for funding.

Funding requirements

Minimum average grade of 2.0

Documents to be submitted

• Meaningful letter of motivation
• curriculum vitae
• Current grade transcript with average grade
• signed application
• internship contract

Application deadlines: 2 months before the project abroad

Selection procedure
the selection of the scholarship holders takes place promptly, i.e. at the beginning of January and at the end of Aprilby a selection committee and/or after the 4-eyes principle according to the following criteria

• Completeness of the documents
• meaningful letter of motivation
• current average grade
• internship allowances will be taken into account when awarding the partial grant

Please apply for a partial sponsorship through funds of the Scholarship Foundation withthisformincluding all required documents and send your application by email to: darijo.zivkovic@hwg-lu.de

Eligibility requirements worldwide:

• Permanent residence must be in Germany
• Internships abroad can be funded if they are carried out in connection with attendance at a higher technical school, academy or university located in Germany and the special funding requirements for internships abroad are met. These include that the internship must be necessary for the completion of the training and must be regulated in the training regulations. Furthermore, the prescribed duration must be at least twelve weeks and the internship abroad must be conducive to the level of training. In addition, the training institution or the responsible examination body must recognize that the internship meets the requirements of the examination regulations.
• Promotion of voluntary internships abroad is possible
• the training center abroad must be comparable to a German one
• Prior to the stays abroad, the student must have already studied for 1 year in Germany, a country in the EU or in Switzerland in approximately the same subject area; for MA students, BA studies are taken into account, i.e. an internship abroad in the 1st or 2nd semester can also be funded.
• The semester abroad is not counted towards the maximum funding period. If you are not entitled to domestic Bafög, you will not receive any foreign Bafög; in principle, this does not mean mathematically. The stays abroad must begin within the maximum funding period; information on the amount of the country supplement can be found on the Bmbf website. Selected offices are responsible for the Ausland-Bafög for the whole of Germany and for certain groups of countries. For more information on the Bafög abroad and to download application forms, see https://www.bafög.de/de/antragstellung-302.php.

Deutsche Bildung offers study support for a semester abroad. There are 5 entrepreneurial families active in Deutsche Bildung who, as shareholders and investors, offer financial support opportunities for a semester abroad with the help of a study fund.

Requirements

• high motivation to study
• Semester abroad as part of a course of study at a state-recognized higher education institution
• grades (a rather subordinate role)

are irrelevant:

• Field of study
• Semester

Benefits

• 100 - 100 €/month already from 4 months of funding for living and study costs abroad
• additional one-time payment, e.g. for tuition fees and flight ticket
• a total amount between 3.500 and 25.000€ is possible
• repayment is made proportionally from later income

The study grant can be combined with other sources of funding without any problems.

Further information at:
www.deutsche-bildung.de

A student loan is basically the worst way to finance a study program or a semester abroad - but it is often the last resort. Therefore, before taking out a student loan, you should find out exactly what the various offers are. The CHE brochure CHE-Studienkredit-Test 2017 compares 43 student loans and education funds; you can download this brochure free of charge www.che-studienkredit-test.de

A final loan for the last 2 years of study can also be used for stays abroad and can be an alternative to the KfW education loan.

You should definitely pay attention to this when taking out a loan or credit:

• Long-term payment
• Grace period for repayment
• Fixed interest rate, if possible over the entire term
• Deferral of interest during the term, otherwise the amount paid out will be reduced

Repayment due immediately if student drops out.