SMT 2023-24 Erasmus Traineeship Mobility to Programme Countries | International Office

ERASMUS+ Call for application KA131 for student mobility for traineeships in programme countries

Academic year 2023/2024 (February 2023 - 31 July 2024)

The University of Debrecen invites applications for traineeship mobility within the Erasmus+ programme for the academic year 2023/2024.

About the ERASMUS+ programme

Erasmus+ is a European Union programme covering education, training, youth and sport.

More information:

https://erasmus-plus.ec.europa.eu/hu/az-erasmus-programrol/mi-az-erasmus

1.Aim of the application

Traineeship in a company or organisation in another programme or partner country. The aim is to help you acquire the skills needed in the Community labour market and to understand the economic and social culture of the host country.

The host institution may be a private or public institution in the labour market, education, training or youth field. It cannot be a National Agency in another Programme Country or an organisation funded by EU funds.

2.Eligible applicants

Students enrolled at the University of Debrecen (bachelor, master, master's, doctoral and higher vocational education, full-time and correspondence courses) who are students. Individuals with doctoral candidate status are not eligible to apply. Students who are in receipt of a Stipendium Hungaricum scholarship may not be mobile during their studies.

Important! In view of the limited funding possibilities, the Erasmus Committee has decided that for the academic year 2023/2024, students who are on a Stipendium Hungaricum scholarship at the University of Debrecen will not be able to apply for a post-graduate traineeship.

3.Eligible activities

Traineeship mobility of higher education students (duration 2-12 months).

Combination of studies and placements (duration 2-12 months).

Important! In view of the limited funding possibilities, the Erasmus Committee has decided that for the academic year 2023/2024 the maximum period of support for student placements will be 4 months (120 days). Exceptions to this rule may be made only in particularly duly justified cases and with the permission of the faculty. The limitation only concerns the funded period, and the mobility may also include a "zero-grant" period for which the participant does not receive a grant but is granted Erasmus status.

Last date for end of mobility: 31 July 2024.

4.Countries participating in the programme

Programme countries: 

Member States of the European Union (Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden) 

As a non-EU Member State, it also participates in the programme: Republic of Northern Macedonia, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Turkey and Serbia

From the 2021 application year onwards, mobility to partner countries will also be possible under the conditions set out in a specific call for proposals.

Partner countries: https://erasmus-plus.ec.europa.eu/hu/programme-guide/part-a/eligible-countries

5.Eligibility criteria

General conditions for participation

• Recent graduates may also participate in a traineeship within 12 months of graduation (in this case, they must apply before obtaining their diploma and, if successful, they must have a grant contract while still an active student.
• Teaching assistantship mobility is also considered as an internship.
• Participation is possible during the first year of higher education.
• The student must have the necessary language skills (work language of the host institution) and provide credible proof of this at the time of the assessment of the application. Language support: OLS.
• The period of study may be combined with an internship, whereby the internship as part of the learning mobility takes place under the supervision of the same host higher education institution as the one where the student is studying. The grant amounts for such a "combined period" are the same as the rates for the study period.
• The maximum cumulative duration of mobility in a training cycle is 12 months (even if zero grant mobility). The length of mobility in previous programme periods should also be added (even if zero grant mobility). The split training covers two cycles, so the maximum cumulative duration of mobility in a split training cycle is 24 months.
• A written Learning Agreement for Traineeship, agreed in terms of content, must be concluded before the start of mobility abroad. The activity during the mobility must fit in with the student's study plan.
• At the end of the professional mobility period, the host institution/company abroad must issue a certificate of the training programme completed and the results obtained.
• The sending institution is obliged to seek full acceptance of the placement.
• Students are enrolled as full students at their home institution during the period abroad and are entitled to study grants or other loans, but must also pay tuition fees and other fees at the home institution (exception: mobility within 12 months of graduation).
• The student must be an active student at the sending institution until the end of the mobility (exception: mobility within 12 months after graduation).
• Students who undertake a placement in a higher education institution at the host institution are exempt from tuition fees and enjoy the same rights as all students enrolled at the host institution.
• In the case of placement mobility, faculties may impose additional specific restrictions, taking into account the specificities of each faculty.

6. Documents required to submit an ERASMUS+ student mobility for work placements application

• Attention! Documents must be submitted online in electronic format only (scanned original documents in pdf format). Access to the online application portal: portal link
• Credit certificate for the semesters completed during the course (at least 1 semester). In the case of Master's and doctoral programmes, if the applicant has not yet completed a semester, a certificate for the last semester of the previous Bachelor's or Master's programme may be submitted. The certificate must include the subjects completed and the scholarship index. Certificates must be certified by the Educational Office;
• Proof of language proficiency of at least level B2 (language examination certificate of knowledge of the language of study or certificate of language proficiency from the language tutor);
• A copy of your CV in English in Europass format;
• A letter of motivation stating the candidate's objectives, the studies to be undertaken and the university, semester and period for which the candidate is applying.
• Faculties and departments directly coordinating ERASMUS contacts may impose additional restrictions on applicants;
• Proof of academic/DD work (optional);
• Letter of recommendation (optional).

7.Conditions for mobility for ERASMUS+ student placements:

• A positive decision on the application by the relevant faculty committee and a positive assessment at institutional level.
• A document proving active student status for the semester of the trip. (except post-graduate traineeships)
• The host institution's willingness to accept the applicant abroad.
• A Learning Agreement for Traineeship must be signed before the start of the study abroad. The Learning Agreement, signed by all three parties (student, sending university, host university), contains the list of courses to be taken at the partner university and the courses to be accepted as equivalent at the University of Debrecen, and the credit values assigned to them. Downloadable Learning Agreement samples
• Permission of the Faculty Studies Subcommittee (depending on the faculty).
• European Union health insurance card or health and accident insurance valid in the host country.
• If required by the country, a valid study visa for ERASMUS students.
• Professional liability insurance for the duration of the placement.

8. Grants