Erasmus+ Internship
Students wishing to apply for an Erasmus+ internship can submit their application form until 31 May. Erasmus+ traineeships are available:
- after the 1st year (July-August);
- after the 2nd year (July-August);
- after the 3rd year (July-August).
Information about the internship abroad is entered in the additional information section of the Diploma Supplement.
The study programme committee can decide that an Erasmus+ internship carried out after the 3rd year at the earliest may be credited instead of the professional internship indicated in the study programme. In this case, the Erasmus+ placement will not be entered in the additional information section of the Diploma Supplement.
Erasmus+ Internship for Graduates
Graduate internships are carried out during the first year after graduation. Students wishing to undertake an Erasmus+ Graduate internship can submit their application form by 31 May of the last semester of their studies.
How should you apply for Erasmus+ Internship or Erasmus+ Internship for Graduates?
- Find your internship abroad.
- Get an official letter of confirmation from your host organisation confirming your acceptance for an Erasmus+ internship.
- Submit application form in the system.
- Fill in the Student Application Form and send it to Viktorija Zujūtė, Studies Coordinator at the Faculty of Philology. At the same time, include a letter of confirmation from the host organization. Note: this step is for those who are doing this internship instead of a professional internship as part of the study program.
- Wait for the decision on the Erasmus+ mobility scholarship award. Students will be informed of the selection results by email.
- Sign the internship contract (CR Student Services and Careers).
Erasmus+ and graduate internship schemes
Students of the Faculty of Philology should follow the Internship at the Faculty of Philology Regulations approved by the Faculty's board on 27 October 2023.
Erasmus+ Internship
An Erasmus+ internship is a placement abroad for two months in the summer (July-August).
Internships completed after 1 or 2 study years can only be voluntary; an internship completed after the 3rd study year can be either voluntary or counted instead of the compulsory 4th year professional internship at the University.
Erasmus+ Voluntary internship
If a student wants to complete a voluntary Erasmus+ internship, before going on an internship, the student must submit an application form in the system. Along with the application, the student must add a signed company's Letter of Acceptance.
Before leaving, you will need to:
Fill in the Learning Agreement for Traineeship form;
Fill in the Erasmus+ traineeship mobility grant form (Note: it will be filled in by the institutional international traineeship coordinator).
The placement is not credited, but the information about it is entered in the Diploma Supplement as a placement abroad.
The student completes the Erasmus+ placement report online.
Erasmus+ Internship instead of professional internship at the study programme
The Erasmus+ internship after the 3rd year for two months in the summer (July-August) can be voluntary, or it can be counted as a compulsory 4th-year professional internship at the University. The student first gets to know the requirements of the relevant professional internship in their study programme at the Faculty of Philology, and then agrees with the internship supervisor at the faculty on the activities, nature and tasks of the Erasmus+ internship as well as the reporting requirements and deadlines.
Once this has been done, the student submits the Letter of Acceptance signed by the company and the Erasmus+ placement application form to the internship supervisor at the faculty. The application form needs to be signed by the student, the internship supervisor at VU and the head of the study programme committee.
The Letter of Acceptance from the company and the Erasmus+ Traineeship application signed by the above-mentioned persons are submitted by the student to the Studies Coordinator of the Faculty Viktorija Zujūtė.
Students also need to submit application in the system.
The faculty coordinator evaluates the documents and makes a decision on the award of the Erasmus+ grant and forwards the documents to the institutional Erasmus+ Coordinator, who prepares the traineeship in a foreign company and the grant agreements.
In the internship agreement, the student indicates that the internship will be credited.
After completing the internship, the company completes a Feedback on the Trainee's Performance form for the trainee and evaluates their performance with a grade (1-10). The student submits the feedback to the internship supervisor at the faculty, and in the 8th semester of year 4 attends the internship seminars at the Faculty. The evaluation for the seminars and the practical internship are included in the internship's cumulative grade.
The supervisor of the internship in the 8th semester enters the final assessment of the internship in VUSIS with a grade.
The student completes the Erasmus+ placement report online.
Erasmus+ Internship for graduates
- The Erasmus+ Internship you complete after your studies is called a graduate traineeship.
- The duration of a graduate Internship is between 2 and 6 months, depending on how many unused months of Erasmus+ mobility the student has (out of the 12 months available for Erasmus+ studies and internships combined).
- In order to do a graduate internship, you need to receive an acceptance letter from the company and fill out an application in the system. The company's acceptance letter will need to be uploaded to the system.
- Student can submit application in the last semester of their studies, before 31 May.
- The application for the internship does not require the signature of the placement supervisor at the VU and the chair of the study programme committee.
- The graduate internship can only be completed if the applicant successfully graduates from the Faculty and it must be completed within one year after graduation.
- After the Erasmus+ graduate internship, the graduate completes the Erasmus+ graduate internship report online.
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