Jyväskylä University School of Business and Economics grants internship funding for the internships during the year 2026. The internship funding is always paid to the employer. The amount of internship funding is 1800€ for 3 months. The sum is intended to partially compensate the employer for internship costs (salary & statutory pension contributions [TYEL]).
JSBE internship funding can be granted to an internship located in Finland or abroad in a Finnish organization (e.g. Finnish embassies). Internship funding is not a grant for the student, but the funding is paid to the internship placement after the internship period against an invoice.
- It is possible to receive JSBE internship funding for an internship abroad in a foreign organization when it is not possible for a student to receive an Erasmus+ grant or the university travel grant. Funding for an internship abroad in a foreign organization is granted as a travel grant to the student.
Major students of JSBE can apply for this funding for 1-3 months depending on the length of the internship. If the internship is part-time, its duration will be converted to correspond to full-time, e.g. 2 months at 50% working time equals one month of internship. The application period is ongoing as long as there is funding left.
Application process
You can apply for internship funding when your internship plan has been approved and you have discussed with the employer about the possibility of applying for internship funding and agreed on the related salary payment (see detailed information on paying of internship funding at the bottom of this page). Internship funding cannot be applied for retroactively.
Note. If you are going to apply for an internship placement that requires internship funding, you can apply for a preliminary decision on internship funding. In this case, the funding is granted conditionally and you can use it if you get the internship placement you are applying for. If you don't get the internship placement, the funding will be returned to the faculty. However, you can apply for funding again for another internship placement.
Terms of application
Eligible applicant
- is a JSBE degree student and will be completing their bachelor's/master's degree at the Jyväskylä University School of Business and Economics
- has not previously used an internship funding granted by JSBE
- a student at the bachelor's level must have completed the mandatory basic and intermediate studies in their own field (excluding seminar work in the intermediate studies) before the start of the internship
- a student who entered the master's degree studies directly has completed at least one semester of studies before the internship starts (approx. 30 credits)
Criteria for granting internship funding
- internship can be optional or mandatory
- internship can be full-time or part-time
- your degree programme awards credits for internship, minimum 5 ECTS per month, maximum 15 ECTS (the internship contact person in your degree programme has approved your internship plan)
- Note. if you need to apply for a preliminary decision on internship funding: ensure suitability of the internship placement with the internship contact person before you apply for a preliminary decision
- JSBE's general internship criteria must be met and the internship must meet the internship requirements of each degree programme
- The internship must be in Finland or in a Finnish organization abroad
- The duration of the internship is at least 150 h. In full-time internship, this number of hours corresponds to internship lasting one month.
- Internships must be paid
- funding can be granted for internships where the internship salary is at least as much as Kela’s work requirement minimum wage (in 2025 €1,430/month)
- A JSBE degree student can apply for funding as needed for 1–3 months
- The supported internship must take place during the year 2026
- The student must be registered for attendance during the entire internship period
- The student undertakes to include the internship in their studies and will not graduate during the internship period
- In exceptional cases, internship funding may be granted for unpaid internships, provided that the internship is a compulsory part of the degree studies
- If the internship placement requires a higher internship funding, it may be granted for well-justified reasons. Please note that this requirement must be stated in the internship announcement.
Internship funding is not granted
- for those students who have already received JSBE internship funding (completed internship)
- for those students who apply for internship funding retroactively
- for an internship abroad, except for internships in Finnish organizations abroad
- JSBE internship support cannot be received at the same time as an Erasmus internship grant or the university travel grant
- with Opetushallitus for EDUFI internship, for which Opetushallitus grants its own funding
How to apply?
Fill out the electronic application form carefully. Attach a link to the internship announcement in the application.
If you need help filling out the form, please contact education coordinator Kinna Tasala. After sending the form, you will get a message on the screen when the form has been sent succesfully. In case of errors, try again.
Internship funding application form for 2026
Method of selection
Internship funding is granted for suitable internships in the order applications are received. Internship funding can be granted to students who meet the criteria as long as there is remaining funding. Make sure your personal study plan (HOPS) is up-to-date. In the selection, a student's application for internship funding is also taken into account. Applications are processed in the order they are received.
There is no right of appeal against the decision of the dean for the internship funding, University Law (558/2009) § 84, 5.
Payment of internship funding
JSBE does not pay internship funding for an internship in Finland to the student, but the funding is paid to the internship employer against an invoice at the end of the internship period.
The internship funding is intended to partially compensate the employer for internship costs (salary & statutory pension contributions [TYEL]). At the beginning of the internship, the employer, the faculty and the student sign an internship agreement, in which the faculty undertakes to fund the student's internship and the student undertakes to include the internship in their studies. At the end of the internship, the employer invoices the faculty for the amount agreed in the internship agreement.
NB 1: The internship funding compensates the employer for part of their salary costs incurred by hiring the intern. Organizations that require internship funding have already taken it into account in the salary sum, so the student does not (necessarily) receive the internship funding sum on top of the salary paid by the organization.
