Objectives of the Erasmus+ mobility for Traineeship:

• to stimulate and intensively support the education and training of university students and fresh graduates through practical traineeships abroad
• to apply the theoretical knowledge and practical skills acquired in the student’s study field in a specific work environment
• to acquire new knowledge and skills and strengthen key competencies such as effective communication and communication in a foreign language, intercultural competence, teamwork, organizational skills, problem solving, information literacy, creativity, etc.
• to expand the qualification profile of students and fresh graduates, contribute to their professional and personal growth and increase their attractiveness in terms of employability

Types of the Trainneships:

• Traineeship in field of study
• Digital opportunity traineeship – Developing digital skills abroad, for all study fields, for students and recent graduates, more information here.

Conditions for applying for an Erasmus+ mobility for Traineeship: 

• all duly registered students and recent graduates can participate in an Erasmus+ mobility for traineeship
• students can benefit of an exchange abroad with Erasmus+ multiple times, either as a student or as a trainee, but their total time abroad may not exceed 12 months within one cycle of study (in case of one-cycle study fields, e.g. medicine of dentistry the total time is 24 months)
• In case the student is interested in an Erasmus+ mobility multiple times the minimum duration of each mobility must be maintained
• the receiving organisation can be:
  • o any public or private organisation active in the labour market or in the fields of education, training and youth:
    • a public or private, a small, medium or large enterprise (including social enterprises);
    • a public body at local, regional or national level;
    • a social partner or other representative of working life, including chambers of commerce, craft/professional associations and trade unions;
    • a research institute;
    • a foundation;
    • a school/institute/educational centre (at any level, from pre-school to upper secondary education, and including vocational education and adult education);
  • a non-profit organisation, association, NGO;
  • a body providing career guidance, professional counselling and information services;
  • a Programme Country HEI awarded with an ECHE.
• the following types of organisations are not eligible as receiving organisations for student traineeships:
  • EU institutions and other EU bodies including specialised agencies (their exhaustive list is available on the website.
  • organisations managing EU programmes such as Erasmus+ National Agencies (in order to avoid a possible conflict of interests and/or double funding).

Application Process:

• Contact the Erasmus coordinator of your faculty/department/institute. The list of Erasmus coordinators is available on the following website.
• Find out the terms and conditions of the selection procedure. The criteria and deadlines are set by the faculties/departments/institutes.
• The receiving organisation should be contacted by the student or by the faculty/department/institute. The receiving organisation should be able to secure a traineeship for the minimal duration and in the study field of the student or in the digital skills.
• The student needs to verify whether the receiving organisation (or the program of the traineeship, which is ensured by this organisation) is suitable for the given study field.
• Find out the conditions of a traineeship abroad taking into consideration your studies at UPJŠ (recognition of a traineeship completed abroad, study plan at UPJŠ during your mobility, individual study plan).
• As soon as the results of the selection procedure are published, follow the instructions for the selected students  (see: “Information for the selected students”)
• The results of the selection procedure are available in the AIS2 system: Content Management System/Administration and Publication of Documents/Notice/ Erasmus+ – informácie pre študentov UPJŠ
   

General Rules:

• A mobility is considered as successfully finished, only if the student achieves the results that are in accordance with his/her Learning Agreement for Traineeships. The student’s obligation is not only to stay abroad for the period of his/her mobility, which is specified in his/her Grant Agreement, but also to fulfil the goals that were set in the approved Learning Agreement for Traineeships. In case the student fails to fulfil the goals that were set in the approved Learning Agreement for Traineeships, the university may ask the student for a full or partial refund of the financial support awarded.
• If the student does not meet the minimum requirements due to force majeure, i.e. any unforeseeable exceptional situation or event beyond the student’s control, which prevents him/her from fulfilling any of his/her obligations under the Learning Agreement, he is required to report the situation immediately to the International Relations Office of the UPJŠ. Subsequently, the IRO evaluates the reported situation and determines whether it may be considered a force majeure or not.