JYU's travel grant
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A student who has acquired an internship position from abroad can apply for the university's travel grant and, if necessary, the related accessibility grant.
Application period
Application period ends each year on May 2 and November 1 , or on the previous weekdays.
For an internship abroad, you can apply for a travel grant, which may also include disability support. After the internship has been confirmed, you can apply for a grant either before going abroad, or from abroad after the internship period has already started. The internship needs to be in progress on the last day of application (May 2 or November 1). You cannot apply for the travel grant after your internship has ended.
If you are also applying for the disability grant, you must apply for both the travel grant and disability grant before going abroad, once the internship has been confirmed. You can receive both the travel grant and the related disability grant only once during your studies. Note! The travel grant is only granted for international travelling.
Travel grant
Requirements for awarding the travel grant
- The applicant is a JYU degree student (at bachelor or master-level) who has acquired a practical training position abroad. Students who are doing supplementing studies after graduation cannot apply for the travel grant.
- JYU department / faculty will award credits for the practical training.
- The internship must be full-time (at least 30 working hours per week).
- The internship meets the requirements of the student's own department/faculty and lasts for at least two full months (for example 1.5.-30.6. or 15.5.-14.7.)
- The applicant's salary or any other financial support for the training, does not exceed 1000 €/month.
If the travel grant cannot be awarded to all applicants, the faculties shall place their students in order of preference based on the following criteria: language competence in the main language of internship, salary or other financial support, timing of internship into a relevant phase of studies, academic grounds and learning outcomes for the internship, credits per semester and academic success.
Please, note that if your destination is in Europe and if you are eligible to apply for the Erasmus+ scholarship, you cannot apply for the travel grant. You have to apply for Erasmus+ scholarship. Erasmus+ scholarship and the travel grant cannot be received at the same time. More information on Erasmus+ internship.
You cannot apply for the travel grant if you have a EDUFI scholarship.
The size of the travel grant
The size of the travel grant in Europe
Erasmus+ countries 700€
Rest of Europe and Russia west of Ural 900€
The size of the travel grant outside of Europe
The size of the grant will be calculated with the help of European Commission's distance calculator. (There has been problems with it, so if it does not work you can use this distance calculator. )
Destinations with travel distance from Jyväskylä up to 3999 km 1300€
Destinations with travel distance from Jyväskylä 4000-7999 km 1800€
Destinations with travel distance from Jyväskylä 8000 km or more 2000€
Ensure the safety of your destination from the travel information of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland (only in Finnish and in Swedish). Travel grants are not allowed for traveling to risk countries. If after awarding the travel grant the security situation deteriorates in your destination, you may be asked to refund the grant.
Travel grant application and attachments
Add these as attachments to your application
- confirmation of the practical training position from the employer, including information on the length of the internship (start and ends dates), working time (hours/week), salary and other benefits (e.g. free housing) and the destination country and city.
- proof of language skills
- learning objectives, grounds for choosing the internship position and estimated expenditure of the internship period (e.g. travel and accommodation expenses)
- statement from the department / faculty on credits to be awarded for the training
After the training period, the student must provide the University with a certificate signed by the representative of the employer on the actual duration of the practical training.
Please state in your travel grant application other grants you have received and pending grant applications.
Accessibility grant
Accessibility grant applicants must meet all the travel grant requirements specified above. The accessibility grant is intended to enable international practical training when adjustment to an injury, impairment, illness, learning difficulty or other similar reason causes additional training costs.
In total 5 accessibility grants are available in this application round. A maximum accessibility grant is 4000€ (on the basis of the verified additional costs of accessibility).
Criteria for the accessibility grant
- Commitment to studies
- Alignment with the student's personal study plan
- Success in studies
Accessibility grant application and attachments
- The accessibility grant application form for practical training abroad
- A medical certificate or other statement from an expert
- A statement from the department/faculty for the accessibility grant application
Please state in your accessibility grant application other grants you have received and pending grant applications.
Selection process
Please submit your grant application to Career Services by email rekry (a) jyu.fi
Application period ends each year on May 2 and November 1 , or on the previous weekdays. The decisions of the spring application period are announced in May and the autumn application period in November.
Application process
The scholarships will be awarded by the Director of Student and Academic Services of the University, based on the proposal by the Student and Academic Services. The decisions are based on the application documents and the data provided, so compiling the application with care is important. Please note that according to the University Act (558/2009, Section 84 /1) the decisions on grants may not be appealed against.
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.
