Advantages of an Erasmus+ Internship
The programme comes with various advantages, the most important being:
- Several periods of funding (12 months per study stage [BA/MA/PHD], 24 months for Staatsexamen (State Examination) or Diplom)
- Monthly grant (640 to 750 EUR)
- Administrative support from the home university
- Recognition of internship periods regulated by learning agreements
- Funding also for optional internships for which no recognition is desired
- Financial support for internships after graduation (application before exmatriculation!)
- Possible additional financial support for students with accompanying children, students with disabilities (degree of disability 20 and above) or chronic illnesses, employed students, first-time graduates (financial support is depending on the budget situation in the Erasmus+ programme).
- Financial support for sustainable travel
- rights and duties as stipulated in the Erasmus+ Student Charter
The countries taking part in the Erasmus programme are the member states of the EU, plus Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Turkey, and North Macedonia.
Further information regarding stays in Switzerland or Great Britain can be found here under “Notes”.