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Outgoing Erasmus students - traineeship

Erasmus+ traineeship – outgoing students

Deadlines for applications:
  • 19 September 2024 for the year 2024/2025, the next deadlines depend on the Erasmus grant
  • The selection procedure - conditions here

The European Union’s Erasmus+ programme enables university students to undertake an internship in their field in a European country of a duration between 2 and 12 months (in 2024/2025 the maximum is 3 months). Within the Erasmus+ programme, graduates are also eligible for such an internship. 

PhD students can also use a short-term internship between 5-30 days. There is no possibility to use the internship between 31 - 59 days in the framework of Erasmus program.

  • internships are sought and arranged by the students themselves; the internship must be arranged on a full-time basis (40 hours per week)
  • at the time of departure, the student must be duly enrolled in any year of their studies and must not have interrupted or terminated his/her studies
  • if the mobility is a repeated mobility, the student can use a maximum of 12 months under the same studies; previous mobilities are added together under the same studies
  • graduate internships – the Learning Agreement of the student must be approved before the student graduates; the work placement must start and end within exactly one year starting from this day (it is also vital to respect the academic calendar and not exceed one academic year)

University of South Bohemia provides students on internships with a grant of 690 to 810 euros per month depending on which country the internship is to be spent in. For a short-term internship between 5 - 30 days the grant is approx. 65 Euros per day.

An Erasmus work placement may take place only in the countries involved in the Erasmus+ programme:

  • EU member states: Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Ireland, Italy, Cyprus, Lithuania, Latvia, Luxembourg, Hungary, Malta, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Austria, Romania, Greece, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden.
  • countries of the European Economic Area (Norway, Iceland, and Lichtenstein)
  • also Turkey and Macedonia

 It is not possible to undertake an internship in Switzerland and United Kingdom.

The ERASMUS ID code of University of South Bohemia is CZ CESKE01.

Participation conditions
  • the student must be enrolled in an accredited Bachelor’s, Master’s, or Doctoral study programme at University of South Bohemia – full-time, combined, or even distance form of study
  • the student must be duly registered in a study programme at the sending institution during the work placement; the student can neither interrupt nor terminate their studies at the sending institution before completion of the work placement
  • the work placement is to take place in any public organisation or private enterprise active in the labour market or in the sphere of education (private or public enterprise at local, regional, or national level; professional association; trade union; research institutes; non-financial organisations; educational centres, etc.)
  • the student is to find their own mentor/supervisor at the host institution
  • unauthorised organisations where a work placement cannot be entered into:
  • the student is to work full-time in the foreign enterprise (40 hours per week)
  • if the duration of way is till 500 km (by calculator in forms), students have to use the "green" transport

PROCEDURE

Requirements for the selection procedure

o   Completed application form (max. 30 points): duly completed application form

o   Study stay (max. 30 points): selected courses at a school abroad for at least 20 ECTS/Internship (max. 30 points) – confirmation of the date and content of the internship from the hosting supervisor

o   Studies (max. 30 points):

·        PhD students 30 points

·        Bc and Mgr students according to the study average determined by the faculty Erasmus coordinator (0–20 points)

                        Study average:        1 – 1.5 = 20 points

                                                            1.6 – 2 = 10 points

                                                            2.1 or more = 0 points 

o   The applicant's level of linguistic proficiency in the relevant foreign language (max 30 points) (i.e. the language of study at the foreign institution): can be documented by an attachment to the application in one of the following ways:

·        proof of having passed an examination in the relevant language at a level of at least B1 (if the receiving institution requires a higher level, proof of this must be provided) as part of the studies at FSC USB (enrolment sheet A – overview of the examinations taken);

·        confirmation of successful completion of internationally recognised language exams or presentation of language certificates;

·        confirmation from the foreign language teacher

·        high school-leaving certificate = level B1

level C2 = 30 points, C1 = 25 points, B2 = 20 points, B1 = 10 points, A2 and A1 = 0 points, native speaker = 15 points

o   Mobility ranking (maximum 30 points): priority is given to students who are participating in mobility for the first time (1st trip=30 points, 2nd trip=15 points, 3rd trip and more=0 points)

A candidate may obtain a maximum of 150 points. The criteria are considered met if at least 100 points are achieved. In the event that the number of candidates achieving more than 100 points is higher than the Erasmus grant allocated to the Faculty of Science for 2024/2025, the ranking from the results of the selection procedure will determine the ranking.

Please submit the completed and signed application forms with the required attachments or send them by email to the Erasmus+ programme coordinator Mgr. Barbora Okosy (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)

Applications for study stays and internships in the academic year 2024/2025 should be submitted by the following deadline:

19.9.2024 by 15:00

The results of the selection procedure, which is within the competence of FSC USB—i.e. the ranking of applicants—are governed by the resulting scores, see the individual items listed above. The results of the selection procedure will be sent to you by email.

If you have any questions, please contact the Erasmus+ coordinator Mgr. Barbora Okosy – in person at Building B, 1st floor, office 15 (entrance as for the Motýl children's group), by phone: 387 776 212 or by e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Before Departure

1. A document detailing the Learning Agreement for Traineeship is to be jointly submitted by all three parties – the student, Erasmus coordinator (Barbora Okosy), and host institution (the student’s supervisor at the host institution).The student is to contact their supervisor at their chosen university/institution/company and fill in the Learning Agreement for Traineeship in consultation with them. This document may, preferably, be submitted to the Erasmus coordinator along with the application documents or separately at a later date, but no later than three weeks before the commencement of the mobility.

2. OLA - Online Language TEST of your mobility language 

  • the test is mandatory (not for native speakers)
  • the results are to be made available to the student only, who will receive recommendation, if necessary, on how to improve their level
  • students are to take and submit the test before signing their Grant Agreement
  • the student attaining a result of between CEFR levels A1 and B1 in their OLS test will be automatically allocated a language course licence
  • in other cases, students may assign themselves a voluntary language course in their OLS profile

3. Grant agreement signature

  • the grant agreement is to be signed no later than 14 days before the student’s departure – without this agreement, the Erasmus traineeship cannot begin and the scholarship cannot be paid out
  • the grant agreement is to be submitted for signature to the International Office, Rectorate Building, 4rd floor, door No. 04045

The student is to contact Ms. Vašková via e-mail at - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - when they have collected all the documents needed to sign the Grant Agreement - at least 5 working days before the expected date of the meeting 

The following documents are to be attached to the e-mail in the following formats:

  • the completed Grant Agreement form (yellow marked fields) in Word
  • a scan of the Learning Agreement for Traineeship signed by the student, the faculty coordinator (Barbora Okosy) and the supervisor at the receiving organisation
  • a copy of the health insurance and a liability insurance
  • online language test - confirmation

First, however, the student is to contact the Erasmus faculty coordinator (Barbora Okosy) who is to help them complete their Learning Agreement and check the other documents.

The student is obliged to have valid health insurance and insurance of liability for the duration of his/her mobility for the final destintion. The faculty offers for you the insurance of liability, it is valid for one year in the whole EU. It costs 480 CZK. You can pay it online. The bank account number is 104725778/0300. And you have to send the bank statement to Ms. Okosy (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) till 20th of previous month with your name, address, date of birth and phone.

The insurance company who deals especialy with Erasmus+ mobility: https://www.erapo.cz/, you can check it.

 

After the mobility
Students are to:
  • submit the original Traineeship certificate with the dates of departure and arrival (in Learning Agreement for traineeship, 3rd part – After mobility) to Barbora Okosy, this document must be the ORIGINAL !!!
  • complete and submit the Final report (students will receive the login code via email (check the spam) - EU Survey)
  • take the online language test again on return from their mobility

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