Erasmus+ internships

Do an internship in Europe!

Through an Erasmus+ internship, you can do an internship in Europe.

Who can participate?

A student going on an internship must be enrolled at the University of Jyväskylä as a degree or post-graduate student for the whole duration of the exchange. The internship must be approved by the department of faculty as an Erasmus+ funded internship. All international students completing a university degree in Finland can go on an Erasmus internship (make sure to check whether a VISA is required). Students completing a bachelor's degree can start an internship after one academic year of studies. Those enrolled in a separate master's programme or master studies, can go on an internship after the first study period.

You can participate in an Erasmus period (study exchange or internship) for a duration of 12 months maximum at each degree level (bachelor's/master's/doctor's). The maximum duration of an Erasmus+ internship at one degree level is 6 months, which can be divided into different periods taking into account the minimum and maximum duration of the internship.

For example:

  • max. 12 months of student or intern exchange during the bachelor studies (taking into account the above-mentioned limit on the duration of the internship) and
  • max. 12 months of student or intern exchange during the master studies (taking into account the above-mentioned limit on the duration of the internship) and
  • max. 12 months of student or intern exchange during the postgraduate studies (taking into account the above-mentioned limit on the duration of the internship).

If the internship is planned  for the master’s degree level, the bachelor's degree must be completed before the internship begins.

Duration and content

The minimum duration of a long-term Erasmus+ internship is 2 months (60 days) and maximum duration 6 months. The internship must be included as part of the studies (either as a compulsory or voluntary studies), and it must be full-time, i.e. at least 30 working hours per week. In teacher training, the time spent preparing for the lessons is also counted as working time.

Short-term mobility (blended short-term mobility). During the current Erasmus+ programme period, you can also receive a grant for short-term mobility periods lasting 5-30 days, which must include a mandatory virtual part (teamwork in an online environment before, during or after the physical training period). The virtual part is not counted in the duration of the exchange. Short-term traineeships must be full-time, i.e. at least 30 working hours per week. In teacher training, the time spent preparing for the lessons is also counted as working time. The minimum credit requirement for short-term mobility is 3 credits, including the virtual and physical part. The virtual period of the internship refers to a remote work period during which you are remotely connected to your actual internship location. There are no specific requirements for the duration of the virtual period. Students who, according to the Finnish National Agency for Education (EDUFI) definition, have fewer opportunities to participate in mobility, may receive a maximum of two short-term mobility grants per degree level; other students may receive one short-term mobility grant per degree level.

Internship positions

Companies, universities and private and public organizations in the following countries are suitable for internship positions

  • EU countries: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Slovakia, Slovenia and Sweden.
  • ETA/EFTA countries: Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway
  • North-Macedonia, Serbia and Turkey

NOTE! JYU does not send students for traineeships with Erasmus+ funding to destinations outside the above mentioned countries. If you are interested in a traineeship outside Europe, please see information on the JYU Travel Grant.

The Ministry for Foreign Affairs has announced that it currently accepts university interns for embassies or representative offices, also through the Erasmus+ program. The diplomatic offices (e.g., embassies, consulates) of your home country or country of departure, which are located abroad, are permitted internship places in the Erasmus+ program.

However, the following are not suitable as internships:

Organizations that represent your country of origin abroad, such as cultural and scientific institutes, regional representations, schools and export centres, are acceptable internship places if the multicultural dimension of the Erasmus internship is ensured. The multicultural added value brought by the internship is recorded in the Erasmus internship agreement.

Teacher students' teaching assistant training is part of the Erasmus internship, and it follows the Erasmus rules.

You can find potential internship positions e.g. from the following websites:

Grant

Each student going on Erasmus exchange gets an Erasmus grant.

The amount of the Erasmus grant depends on the duration of the exchange and the destination country. Starting from 1.8.2025 the amount of the grant is as follows:

  • Those going to the more expensive countries: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden are granted a monthly grant of 690 €/month.
  • Those going to other countries are granted a slightly lower monthly grant, which is 640 €/month.

If your stay exceeds full months, the daily grant is calculated by dividing the monthly grant by 30.

The grant will not be awarded if the salary paid by your internship exceeds the minimum salary that meets employment condition (1463 €/month in 2026).

Erasmus short-term mobility (blended short-term mobility grants in the academic year 2025-2026 for all Erasmus program countries are 79 €/day for the first 14 days and thereafter 56 €/day (for days 15-30).

Travel support

All students going on Erasmus+ internship will get a separate travel support (1.8.2025 onwards) based on the distance from Jyväskylä. Distance is calculated with European Commission distance calculator : Distance Calculator | Erasmus+ (europa.eu). 

If you travel environmentally friendly way, you may be eligible for additional green travel support. 

Travel distance            Standard travel        Extra grant for green travel 
10-99 km EUR 28  EUR 28  
100-499 km EUR 211  EUR 74  
500-1999 km EUR 309  EUR 108  
2000-2999 EUR 395  EUR 140  
3000-3999 km EUR 580  EUR 205  
4000-7999 EUR 1188   - 
8000 km or more EUR 1735   - 

Additional support for students with fewer opportunities

Additional support (250 €/month) may be granted to students belonging to the following groups. In short-term mobility (Blended Intensive Program/BIP) additional grant is 100 euros (duration 5–14 days) or 150 euros (duration 15–30 days). Eligibility for the additional support can be proven with the declaration on honour signed by the student and the sending organisation.

Social obstacles:

  • Students with families (student with underage child/children), regardless of whether the children come along to the training country or not.
  • Students who are family carers (agreement of informal care with the municipality)

Disabilities:

  • Students with EU’s disability card or who have a right for this card
  • Disabled students (at least moderate functional deficiency)

Health obstacles:

  • Students having severe and/or chronic health problems (at least moderate functional deficiency)

Migrant background:

  • Students who have received international protection (refugees, asylum seekers, students who have been granted international, subsidiary or temporary protection, or the student has a refugee’s passport)

You can apply for an Erasmus internship grant all year round.

Erasmus interns may apply for Kela’s financial aid abroad. Those who are doing their internship through the internship programmes of the Finnish National Agency for Education cannot receive an Erasmus internship grant. The Erasmus grant cannot be received at the same time as the department-issued internship grant or the university's travel grant.

Accessibility grant

The purpose of the accessibility grant is to make the exchange possible when a student's special need, e.g. a disability, an illness, or a learning difficulty causes additional costs during the exchange, in cases where it is not possible to get financial aid from another source. The grant can be given to support, for example, accessible living, travel, or study-related special arrangements, such as study materials. Find out more about the accessibility grant. 

Green travel

The Erasmus+ programme encourage participants to choose low-emissions means of travel and to make environmentally responsible choices in all the activities. Traveling by train, bus or carpooling is considered environmentally friendly. If the majority of your journey or at least the other half of your round trip takes place in a more environmentally friendly way, you may receive Erasmus+ green travel supplement to your travel allowance (described above). More information on green mobility.

How to Apply

Complete the application in Mobility-Online

  • Log in to the application form using HAKA authentication.
  • First, review the questions and draft your answers separately, for example in a Word document. For some questions, you may need assistance from your internship supervisor or the internship coordinator/contact person of your degree programme.
  • Once you have prepared your answers, complete and submit the application form in one session.
  • After submitting the application, your application is not yet complete. You must also complete your personal information in the Mobility-Online workflow under the step “Complete personal data.” Only after this step will your application be processed.
  • No attachments are required for the application.

Application Process

  • Career Services will conduct a preliminary review of your application and may request corrections or additional information.
    • You will receive a notification once the preliminary review has been completed.
  • Your faculty will decide whether to endorse your application.
  • If your faculty endorses your application, you will receive a pre-filled Learning Agreement for Traineeships form. Ask your host organisation to complete and sign the form. You must also sign the form yourself and upload it back to Mobility-Online.
  • Career Services will review the Learning Agreement and may request corrections if necessary.
  • Once the Learning Agreement has been approved, you can proceed with the grant application process. At this stage, any additional grants you indicated on the application form—such as the green travel grant or the additional support for participants with fewer opportunities—will also become relevant.
  • You will then accept the grant agreement, after which the grant will be paid on the next available payment date (see: Grant Payment Dates).

Application Periods

Erasmus+ traineeship grants can be applied for throughout the year.

The application period for the upcoming academic year opens annually on 25 April (or on the preceding working day). The academic year 2026–2027 is an exception, with applications opening on 1 June 2026. At the same time, applications remain open for traineeships taking place during the current academic year.

When completing the application form, select the correct academic year according to the start date of your traineeship.

For example:

  • A traineeship belonging to the academic year 2027–2028 may start no earlier than 1 August 2027 and must start no later than 31 July 2028. The application form is open from 25 April 2027 to 31 July 2028.
  • A traineeship belonging to the academic year 2028–2029 may start no earlier than 1 August 2028 and must start no later than 31 July 2029. The application form is open from 25 April 2028 to 31 July 2029.

After the Traineeship

  • Upload your traineeship certificate to Mobility-Online (Table D of the Learning Agreement).
  • Complete the mobility report in Mobility-Online. The report will be published anonymously. It focuses on practical aspects of the traineeship and is intended to help future students preparing for a traineeship abroad.
  • Complete the EU Survey, for which you will receive an invitation by email.
  • Submit the academic traineeship report required by your degree programme in order to receive credits for the traineeship.

Payment dates of the grant

The payment schedule for the academic year 2026-2027 will be updated as soon as possible.

The Erasmus+ scholarship is paid in one installment.

In order to get the scholarship, you need to accept both the Erasmus+ grant agreement and the "Consent to individual liability during exchange" form on Mobility-Online. 

Below are the dates when the grant will be paid and the dates when the grant agreement needs to be accepted on on Mobility-Online (Erasmus students) in order to get the grant paid by that day. Accept/return the grant agreement when your internship period is roughly known and participating has been confirmed. Please note that you cannot apply for the scholarship anymore once the mobility period has ended.

If you accept the scholarship agreement after the deadline, it will be paid to you on the next possible payment day, which is often the last day of the following month.

Payment schedule for the academic year 2026-2027:

Start of the exchange period Last day for accepting the grant agreement Payment day of the grant
July/August/September 21.6.2026 31.7.2026
October 21.6.2026 31.8.2026
November 31.8.2026 30.9.2026
December 30.9.2026 30.10.2026
January 31.10.2026 30.11.2026
February 30.11.2026 31.12.2026
March 31.12.2026 29.1.2027
April 31.1.2027 26.2.2027


 Students employed by the University of Jyväskylä

It is not possible to work for the University of Jyväskylä during an exchange or internship period abroad and it is therefore not possible to go on student exchange or an internship abroad while being employed by JYU. Working for JYU from abroad is considered as remote work which is not allowed at JYU at the moment or as a posting abroad which creates employer obligations and expenses to JYU. The expenses of a posting abroad must be covered by the sending department of faculty. Grants cannot be paid to those who are employed by JYU. 

Instructions for working from abroad on the intranet Uno 

More information

More information on Erasmus+ internships:

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