You have to be enrolled in a regular study program at the University of Graz during the whole internship, you are also not allowed to be on leave of absence during the internship.

Teacher training students as well as NAWI Graz cooperation students can apply for the Erasmus+ internship at their home university.

There are currently no internships offered for graduate students.

Must be a full-time internship of at least 30 hours per week.

Minimum duration of internship: 2 months (= 60 days, 1 month = 30 days) Maximum funding period: 12 months (= 360 days, 1 month = 30 days).

Attention: the maximum funding period for Erasmus+ stays per study level cannot be exceeded. In each study level (Bachelor, Master, PhD) Erasmus+ stays up to a maximum of 12 months are possible, regardless of the type (study stay/internship) and the number of mobilities (e.g. 2 study stays of 5 months each and one internship of 2 months). For diploma students, stays of up to 24 months are possible. Stays already completed (e.g. in the LLP program) are included in the maximum duration of stay!

At the time of the stay, no employment relationship with the University of Graz may exist.

You may also not receive another mobility grant from the Office of International Relations during the same funding period.

It must be a "study-relevant internship", i.e. the internship must be approved in advance by the competent recognition body for your field of study as:

• Compulsory internship
• free elective (with ECTS)
• useful supplement to your studies (without ECTS; only possible if examinations are still open in the degree programme)

recognized. Further information can be found in the application documents under "Application for approval of internship".

Further information:

• Director of Studies Policy

Double funding for one and the same activity from EU funds or grants directly funded by the BMBWF or other Austrian federal agencies is not permitted.

Important: Receiving an Austrian or foreign study grant, foreign grant, or provincial grant does not constitute double funding.

You can also apply for Erasmus+ funding for a paid internship.

You can submit your application documents continuously via Mobility-Online, at the latest 2 months before the start of the intern ship the application must be submitted completely.

If it is a short-term commitment for an internship and you therefore cannot meet the application deadline, please contact auslandspraktikum(at)uni-graz.at to clarify whether an application is still possible.

You have to upload the application form (printout from Mobility-Online) with photo and personal signature in Mobility-Online and submit it personally to the International Relations Office within the application deadline. Please note our opening hours.

Please upload a (tabular) CV of yourself in Mobility-Online.

Please upload a Transcript of Records covering the entire period of study (printout/download from UNIGRAZonline) in Mobility-Online.

A completion guide for the application for approval of practice can be found here.

This application must be signed by the person responsible for recognitions (e.g. chair of the curriculum committee), the application is usually submitted via the dean's office responsible for your field of study.

This approval must be obtained before the start of the internship and is necessary for the application for the Erasmus+ internship. If you have any questions about the procedure, please contact the responsible dean's office for this.

Note: Students of the SOWI faculty and the REWI faculty please use the faculty internal form for the application.

Further information:

Faculty of Humanities

Faculty of Natural Sciences

Faculty of Law

Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences

Faculty of Theology

Faculty of Environmental, Regional and Educational Sciences

As a rule, internships require an application for approval of the internship and must be submitted to us. In certain cases, for example if the internship is to be credited for a course, we also accept an advance notification instead of the application for approval of the internship. Please contact us in advance in such a case.

You need to upload a letter of motivation in Mobility-Online:

• Maximum 1-2 pages long
• Describe your personal and academic motivation for an Erasmus+ internship
• Language: in English Unless you are doing the internship in German, in which case you can write the motivation letter in German

You can download the Learning Agreement (LA) in Mobility-Online. It is already partially filled with your application data. You have to upload the completely filled and from all sides signed LA in Mobility-Online. Without the LA we cannot award you the Erasmus+ grant!

You are responsible for filling out the LA - you can find a completion guide here.

Upload in Mobility-Online an appropriate language certificate for the working language of the internship.

Examples:

• if you are going to an internship in a country where your native language is spoken, please confirm this on an informal letter, sign this personally ("declaration on honour") and upload it, here you will find a template
• evidence of studies completed / courses taken
• matura certificate
• language certificates (e.g. Treffpunkt Sprachen)
• for students of a foreign language: upload a short statement that you are studying the language or e.g. a Transcript of Records

Online Language Support (OLS) offers you the possibility to check your language skills before your stay abroad. OLS is part of the EU Academy platform, where other learning content (e.g. MOOCs) is offered in addition to language tests and language courses.

More information on how to use OLS will be sent to Erasmus+ students via email.

You are responsible for obtaining appropriate insurance coverage abroad. It is best to contact your current insurance company directly if you have any questions.

Through the paid ÖH-fee you are covered by accident and liability insurance during your stay abroad in many countries. Only accidents and damages that occur in the context of your studies are covered, not in your private environment. For more detailed information, please visit https://www.oeh.ac.at/service/versicherung.

Check if you have a valid "European Health Insurance Card" (EHIC) - recognized in EU countries as well as Bosnia-Herzegovina, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Northern Macedonia, Montenegro, Switzerland, Serbia. In order to use the EHIC abroad, the data fields on the back of the e-card must be filled in completely. If the data fields are filled in with asterisks, it is not valid as proof of entitlement.

If you do not have a valid EHIC, apply to your health insurance provider for the issue of a "certificate as a provisional replacement for the EHIC" in good time before you travel.

Do not forget to have the following confirmations issued by the institution where you are doing a traineeship:

• Learning Agreement for Traineeships "after the mobility": last page, available via Mobility-Online.
• if necessary: Confirmation of stay (page 3/4 of the application for approval of the internship) - only necessary if you want the internship to be recognized as a "meaningful supplement to your studies
• recommended: internship certificate (for future applications or your CV, does not need to be submitted to us)

If you wish to change the Learning Agreement for Traineeships (see Guidelines), you must do so within 1 month of arrival at the host institution and have it signed by all parties involved.

Non-EU/EEA citizens may need a (work) visa or residence permit foryour internship. Please check with the embassy of the country where you will be doing the internship well in advance to see if you need a visa or residence permit or any other (work) authorization for your internship.

An extension is possible in principle, provided that the corresponding extension application is submitted and approved at least four weeks before the end of the originally planned stay. The extension period may not be longer than the originally planned stay (and a maximum of 12 months in total). Please contact us early if you want to extend your internship.

In case of an extension, the LA for Traineeships must be reissued and signed!