Foreign traineeships

Gain valuable work experience by doing your internship abroad. During your international internship, you will have the chance to make connections, improve your language skills, get to know a foreign culture and environment, while also adding merits to your CV.

As a student, you don’t only have the opportunity to study abroad, you can also do your traineeship in another European country.

You apply for your traineeship independently, and it must be relevant to your education at Södertörn University. Once you have found somewhere that will host your traineeship, you may apply for an Erasmus grant. After your traineeship you can apply to have it transferred as credits or recognised as a footnote in your degree certificate.

Who can apply for an Erasmus traineeship and receive a grant?

You can apply for traineeships at Bachelor’s and Master’s levels. Doctoral students may also apply for traineeships.

To apply for and be awarded an Erasmus+ grant for a traineeship, you must:

Be registered and studying at Södertörn University when you apply.
Be studying with the intention of being awarded a degree from Södertörn University.
Find a traineeship within the EU that is valid under the Erasmus+ guidelines.
Do your traineeship full time for two to twelve months.
·Have your traineeship approved by your programme or subject coordinator in a Learning Agreement (LA).
Be prepared to draw up a contract for the Erasmus grant.
Have adequate language skills to satisfactorily complete the tasks/supervision on the traineeship.
Complete an online language test before the exchange.
You can also do a non-credit-bearing internship after completing your studies. You apply for the Erasmus internship during your final semester at Södertörn University. The entire internship period must be within 12 months after completing your studies. If you have completed your studies and received your diploma, you can no longer apply for an Erasmus internship, so it’s important to wait with requesting your diploma if you want to apply for the Erasmus internship.

Where can you do a traineeship?

You can do a traineeship in the 28 EU member states and Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Turkey and Macedonia.

You cannot get an Erasmus+ grant if you want to do a traineeship at a European institution or an organisation that manages EU programmes.

Erasmusintern.org External link, opens in new window. has adverts for traineeships at companies and organisations in Europe. It is run by the Erasmus Student Network (ESN) organisation.

Grants

If your application is approved, you will receive an Erasmus grant. The size of the grant is calculated based on the exact number of days for your placement abroad and from the general cost of living in the country where you do your traineeship. The grant is a contribution for travel, accommodation and other costs that arise in association with your traineeship. It is not intended to cover all your costs.

Grants
host Country	Eur/day	eur/month
Group 1, countries with high living costs: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Ireland, Liechtenstein, Luxemburg, Norway, (UK)	17	510
Group 2, countries with medium living costs: Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Malta, the Netherlands, Portugal, SpainGroup 3, countries with low living costs: Bulgaria, Estonia, Croatia, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Poland, Rumania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Czech Republic, Turkey, Hungary	13	400

The grant is paid in two parts, with 70% paid at the start of the traineeship and remaining 30% once the traineeship is completed.

Insurance

During your entire internship period, you will be insured through Kammarkollegiet. The insurance is free of charge, and you will receive an insurance certificate.

Read more about the insurance on Kammarkollegiet's website External link, opens in new window..

How to apply for an Erasmus+ internship scholarship

The application for an international internship is divided into two steps.

Step 1:
After you have found an internship and no later than eight weeks before the internship starts, you should submit the following documents:

Also attach:

Motivation letter
Registration certificate from Ladok for the current semester
Recently graduated students should also attach a transcript from Ladok.

Send these documents to: exchange@sh.se
Once your application is complete, an Erasmus coordinator will contact you within four weeks with a decision.

When your application is complete, an Erasmus officer will contact you within three weeks with a decision.

Step 2:
Once your internship application has been approved, the International Office at Södertörn University will contact you with further information on how to apply for a scholarship for your internship.

Please note that the application must be submitted no later than eight weeks before the start of the internship. Grants are not granted for internships that have already begun.

Applications are accepted between August 1 – May 31. Due to summer holidays, we do not accept any applications during the summer. Therefore, make sure to apply well in advance if you plan to apply for an Erasmus scholarship for an internship starting in July/August/September.