Erasmus-Internship (SMP)
- EU internship contract between university, company and student
- Academic recognition of the internship
- Supervision during the internship by a contact person at the home university and at the company
- Support with preparation
- Special grants for various status groups and sustainable travelling
The ERASMUS internship must be a full-time internship lasting at least 2 months (60 days*). Make sure that the duration of your stay is not too short and plan a certain buffer for unforeseen events, such as strikes or public holidays. Please also enquire at the International Students Office after your internship confirmation whether your planned internship duration fulfils the minimum duration criteria.
Internships in German missions abroad, EU institutions and organisations that administer EU funds are excluded from ERASMUS+ funding. For such cases, however, there is the DAAD short-term scholarship programme - more information can be found atwww.daad.de.
Please submit the complete application documents to the International Students Office no later than two months before the start of the internship. Please enquire at the International Students Office whether funds can still be allocated if you submit your application late.
The International Office aims to enable all interested students to spend time abroad. Accordingly, the aim in the area of Erasmus+ internships is to meet all applications that fulfil the conditions for funding. However, funding is also dependent on the funds made available to us by the Erasmus+ programme. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.
* According to the definition of the EU COM, 1 month of funding corresponds to exactly 30 days. To determine the length of a stay, it is advisable to calculate the dates of the stay in the Mobility Tool.’ (Erasmus+ Guidelines of the NA DAAD for projects). Therefore, for internships lasting two months, please ALWAYS enquire at the International Office whether the planned duration corresponds to the required minimum duration of 60 days.
The monthly funding is based on the cost of living in the host country and the EU funds made available to the university. For financial support, the amounts specified in advance for the respective country groups apply.
Funding rates for Erasmus internships:
We are currently funding Erasmus internships from the KA 131 2023 project, where the following funding rates apply:
- Country group 1 (DK, FI, IE, IS, LI, LU, NO, SE): min. 750.00 € per month
- Country group 2 (AT, BE, CY, ES, FR, GR, IT, MT, NL, PT): at least €690.00 per month
- Country group 3 (BG, CZ, EE, HR, HU, LT, LV, MK, PL, RO, RS, SI, SK, TR): at least € 640.00 per month
The following funding rates will apply in the KA 131 2024 project:
- Country group 1 (AT, BE, DK, FI, FR, IE, IS, IT, LI, LU, NL, NO, SE): at least € 750.00 per month
- Country groups 2 and 3 (BG, CY, CZ, EE, ES, GR; HR, HU, LT, MT, PL, PT, RO, RS, SI, SK, TR ): at least € 690.00 per month
The Erasmus programme also offers the following additional funding opportunities:
Special funding for students with fewer opportunities in the amount of €250.00/month:
- First generation students (so-called ‘first degree students’),
- Students in employment
- Students with children
- Students with chron. illness/disability from GdB 20
Additional information can be found here.
For students with children and students with chronic illness/disability from GdB 20. For students with a child and students with a chronic illness/disability from GdB 20, there is also the possibility of applying for a real cost application in the event of additional costs incurred abroad. In this case, please contact us in good time for further information.
Special funding for travelling to and from the event by sustainable means of transport:
If you use sustainable means of transport (bus, train, bicycle, carpooling with at least 2 Erasmus students from JMU) for at least 5ß% of your journey to and from the destination, you can apply for additional funding for this. The following funding options apply in both projects:
- Project 2023: €50 lump sum + additional funding for up to 4 days of travel
- Project 2024: up to 2 days when travelling by non-sustainable means of transport (car, motorbike, plane, ship), up to 6 days when travelling by sustainable means of transport and prior application (‘Green Travel’, bus, train, bicycle, carpooling with at least 2 Erasmus students from JMU)
Further information can be found here.
Internships in Switzerland and the United Kingdom are currently eligible for funding under the KA 131 International funding line, subject to certain conditions. However, in accordance with an internal university regulation, we may allocate no more than three percent of our budget to mobility activities under this funding line.
Accordingly, we appreciate your interest in internships in these two countries. However, we ask for your understanding that we must always verify whether funding is still possible within the set budget. Decisions in this regard are made on a first-come, first-served basis.
Starting with Project 2027 (beginning in June 2027, with funding available from late summer onward), funding for internships in the United Kingdom will once again be available on a regular basis. We will provide updates here as soon as the exact details are known.
Please note that you may need a visa for internships in the United Kingdom. We ask that you contact the British Council well in advance to obtain the necessary information.
You have found an internship and the internship provider requires an agreement that must be co-signed by the University of Würzburg? In this case, we will be happy to support you. To sign the agreement, please complete it and send it to us by email at erasmus-praktikum@uni-wuerzburg.de together with your current certificate of enrolment.
The university cannot countersign agreements/forms that deviate from this and do not conform to the exchange programme. Please take this into account early on in your planning. In some countries, such as France, Spain or Belgium, an internship agreement may be required prior to an internship. Please note this at an early stage and, if necessary, clarify it with your internship centre, as we cannot sign foreign agreements and no exceptions are possible here.
The recognition of the optional or compulsory internship must be guaranteed by university lecturers as part of the degree programme. Optional recognition means that a lecturer considers your internship to be useful, but the internship does not necessarily have to be credited with ECTS points.
Please send your complete application documents (MoveOnline entry, Learning Agreement for traineeships Part I, declaration of acceptance, certificate(s) of enrolment, safety instructions, insurance declaration) by e-mail to the International Students Office no later than two months before the start of your traineeship!
You can find the application documents and instructions at Bewerbung, Formulare & Downloads.
If you are planning an internship that will initially start virtually but may be converted into a face-to-face internship, we strongly recommend that you apply for Erasmus internship funding, as this would enable you to receive financial Erasmus funding for at least the period spent in the host country. Please note that even in this case you must adhere to the application deadline of two months before the virtual internship begins.
The following documents and steps must always be submitted/carried out as part of Erasmus funding.
Before the stay:
- Declaration of acceptance
- Learning Agreement for Traineeships - Before the Mobility with all three signatures
- Certificate of enrolment from the University of Würzburg for the semester(s) of stay
- Signed safety instruction
- Signed insurance declaration
- MoveOn entry (see information at the Bewerbungsunterlagen)
=> Please submit these application documents to us by e-mail.
As soon as all documents are complete, you will receive these documents from us, which must also be submitted before the start of the internship:
- Where applicable, declarations of honour for special funding (Green Travel and & or Fewer Opportunities. You will receive the declarations of honour as a form with the Grant Agreement according to the information you provided in the Erasmus Declaration of Acceptance. You must sign these - sometimes with supporting documents - and send them back to us scanned.
- Grant Agreement in the original in duplicate. This document must be submitted by post with a wet signature in the original before the start of the internship.
During the stay:
- Learning Agreement for Traineeships - During the Mobility (in case of changes)
After the stay:
- self-written experience report (approx. 1-4 pages) incl. cover sheet OR alternatively short video about the Erasmus stay, which the Service Centre InterNational Transfer may use for advertising purposes (social media/internet page).
- Cover sheet for the experience report
- Learning Agreement for Traineeships - After the Mobility and/or internship certificate (if available)
- Proof of recognition (WueStudy printout / medicine, law, pharmacy: confirmation from the state examination office)
- EU Participant Report (online survey)
- Confirmation of actual green travel, if applicable
To submit your documents for Erasmus funding (incl. experience report) by e-mail, please use the following address: erasmus-praktikum@uni-wuerzburg.de
