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InternationalThe Erasmus for traineeship mobility allows to spend 2-6 months in Europe in an enterprise or organisation in another country, with a view to acquire specific competences that are required by the labour market, carry out work experience and improve the understanding of the economic and social culture of that country.
The mobility must end no later than September 30th of the notice of selection academic year.
ATTENTION. Thesis work development and research work are not eligible activities.
"Traineeship (workplacement). Spending a period of time in an enterprise or organisation in another country, with a view to acquire specific competences that are required by the labour market, carry out work experience and improve the understanding of the economic and social culture of that country."
Students enrolled at the Università di Siena in the following programs may apply:
- Undergraduate program: students must complete at least 30 CFU by or before consideration for candidacy
- Graduate programs (master)
- Graduate programs of the old system
- Third level courses
The period of Traineeship may be done:
- Within its own cycle of study
- Within the 12 months following the acquisition of a degree (bachelor or master)
Students cannot carry out the period abroad in parts before and after graduation, nor overlapping the period of Erasmus for Studies and the period of Erasmus for Traineeship.
- ON-LINE LANGUAGE SUPPORT
Erasmus+ is the new EU programme for education, training, youth and sport for the period 2014-2020. Erasmus+ offers opportunities to study, train, gain work experience or volunteer abroad and one of its strategic objectives is to strengthen linguistic skills and support language learning.
The Online Linguistic Support (OLS) supports language learning for Erasmus+ mobility participants. The OLS offers participants in Erasmus+ long-term mobility activities (Key Action 1) the opportunity to assess their skills in the foreign language(s) they will use to study, work or volunteer abroad. In addition, selected participants may follow an online language course to improve their competence.
The tests at the beginning and end of the mobility are mandatory.
UPDATING of the grant per month according to the host countries:
Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Ireland, Luxembourg, Sweden, United Kingdom, Lichtenstein, Norway and Colonies of European countries: Euro 400,00
Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Macedonia, Netherlands, Portugal, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain: Euro 350,00
The International Affairs Coordinator must sign the acceptance letter before the application submission.
The amount of the funding will be based on the effective costs related to the mobility period and will be considered as an extra funding due to special needs. The mentioned costs will have to be motivated and properly illustrated by the participant in the application form.
Directions to request these funds will be announced following the assignment of the grant.