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About Erasmus+ Program
Erasmus + Program is a new program to be practiced instead of Lifelong Learning and Youth Program practices between 2007 and 2013 in the areas of education and youth.
Through the Erasmus + Program which will be implemented between the years 2014-2020 it is aimed to acquire people new skills, to strengthen their personal development and increase employment opportunities regardless of their age and educational background.
Program is open to the countries below:
European Union Member States which can fully participate in all actions Erasmus + Program: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, the Greek Cypriot Administration, Croatia, Holland, England, Ireland, Spain, Sweden, Italy Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Slovakia, Greece.
Non-EU Program Countries: Switzerland, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Macedonia, Norway, Turkey.
What is Erasmus Internship Mobility?
It is the process of receiving professional training and / or acquiring work experience in a business or organization abroad of the student enrolled in higher education institutions. A student will get practical work experience in a European country in the field of vocational training that is studied through Erasmus Internship student mobility.
In order for students to be participated in the activity they should be a student in higher education institution having enlarged Erasmus University Declaration; apply to their higher education institutions and to be selected to make Internship under the scope of Erasmus.
Internship activity is not expected to be compulsory for the student's diploma program. But the internship economic sector should be related with the vocational education program of the student.
Financial support is given to students during their stay abroad for internships. The financial support is not reclaimed, it is not intended to meet all the costs of the students, and it aims financing only for additional costs resulting from mobility. Students can benefit from Erasmus programs by becoming an "Erasmus student without grant" (“0" granted) if they desire.
Who Should Be the (Host) Organizations Available for Internship?
Sending institution / organization in internship mobility must be Higher Education Institution having ECHE.
The host institution / organization must meet one of the following options:
• A higher education Institution having ECHE or
• Any public or private institution / organization operating in the fields of labor market or education and youth. For example, this kind of an organization/institution:
o Small, medium or large-scale public or private bodies or institutions / organizations (including social enterprises)
o A public institution / organization at local, regional or national level
o A social partner or a representative of working life including chambers of commerce, artisans/ professionals and unions
o Research Institution
o Foundation
o School / institute / training center (at any level, institutions/organizations operating in the field of education from pre-school education to high school education and beyond (including adult education and vocational training)
o Nonprofit institutions / organizations, associations, NGOs
o Career guidance, the institutions / organizations that offer professional consultancy and information services
are available.
Where Internship not Available?
• European Union Institutions and EU agents
• Institutions carrying out EU programs and established by taking grants under this
• Diplomatic representatives in the country visited (embassy, consulate etc)
organizations cannot host under the scope of such activities.
Duration of Internship Activity?
Activities are carried out according to the minimum and maximum periods determined by the European Commission.
• Minimum period of time in internship mobility is 2 full months whereas maximum period of time is 12 full months that is valid for each education level separately.
• Total period of time for utilizing both study and internship mobility activities is 12 months for those who will be utilizing for both.
• Students in each classroom in the study period and senior year of their training programs can carry training activities within 12 months after graduation. Student application for the internship activities after graduation should be completed before the student is graduated (currently for associate degree at the second year and for undergraduate degree senior student level) Graduates cannot apply.
• Duration of the activity must be carried out without interruption. In case the enterprise of internship is closed due to holiday interruption of the internship is possible at internship mobility. For the period the enterprise is closed grant payments will be made, but the closed period will not be added to the activity time. To sustain minimum activity time, the dates when the internship enterprise will be closed should be searched before and ensure that the minimum time is satisfied after subtracting the vacation days. Weekend activities are not vacation time to be removed from the holiday period.
• In case of interruption of operations due to reasons of force majeure, provided the force majeure is certified, activities in which the minimum period is considered as uncompleted are accepted and the grant is given for the duration of stay. In the event of a force majeure situation you should contact the Erasmus office of your own institution.
• In case the students return without completing the minimum period activity is not accepted and grant will not be paid unless there is force majeure.
How students can apply?
Student can benefit from the activity of Erasmus Internship Mobility through Higher Education Institutions or consortia. Students who want to make internship under the scope of the Erasmus program must apply to the relevant departments of their own Higher Education Institutions related with Erasmus.
Minimum requirements and selection criteria will be announced during the application process.
Unlike learning mobility, for student placement it is not required to be at least sophomore.
In terms of agreement to be signed; it is not compulsory to have bilateral agreement between the sending higher education institution and the host enterprise for the student placement. An individual student "Learning Mobility for Traineeship" will be binding including all the Parties.
Erasmus Internship Mobility Grant by country?
Click for Erasmus mobility Internship 2014-2015 grant amounts.
Finding a place for Internship?
Learning Agreement for Trainee-ship including individual students will be binding. Students selected according to the selection criteria of the related academic year among the students applying to the internship organizations recommended by the university or preferred by them can benefit from the activity within the quota.
Online Language Support (OLS) ?
Scope of the Online Language Support:
For students who will benefit student mobility activity in higher education are offered online language support by the European Commission.
In 2014 period, this support is offered to students in 6 languages: German, French, Dutch, Italian, English and Spanish. Only students who will perform their activities in these operations are subject to this system. However, online language support is not applied for the students whose mother tongue is also the language of activity.
Online language support includes compulsory exams and elective online language course support.
Compulsory Exams:
Students selected to perform the learning or internship mobility, take a pre-activity and post-activity exam over Online Language Support in the language of the learning/internship activity.
Exams does not affect the status of the student’s selectivity. The pre-activity and post-activity exams are performed to observe the change occurring in the language proficiency of the students during their activity. Both exams are compulsory.
Exam results can be seen only by students and higher education institutions sending the student.
Optional Language courses:
Before starting their activities and after taking the language exam the students may join online language courses voluntarily in case they see themselves insufficient or with the proposal of Higher Education Institutions.
Exam language and course language should be the same.
Language courses are determined by the duration of activity time. Duration of the course for students who will perform activities from 2-6 months is between 2-6 months. Course duration for students who will perform activities over 6 months (up to 12 months) is limited to 6 months.
Online Language Exams and Attending Courses:
Students' participation to exam and language courses is provided by Higher Education Institutions. All Higher Education Institutions who will be performing student mobility at the beginning of the contract period are defined language exam and language course rights (licenses) in accordance with their ratio of mobility capacity. Licenses are given to higher education institutions as the total number without distinction of languages. How many licenses will be used is decided by the higher education institutions according to their own needs.
Higher education institutions identifies the allotted examination rights for each language to the students who will perform the activities in that language through a Mobility Tool. Course license are defined separately for the students who will take courses.
Licensing procedures for the students is possible by entering the system the e-mail addresses of the students. Students take exams and courses through the web page link sent to their e-mail address.
In case the number of language courses of the higher education institution is lower than the number of students who want to take courses, courses licenses are distributed starting from the student having the lowest score in the language exam taken.
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