Student mobility for traineeship - Outgoing

Erasmus+ helps you gain valuable experience in the workplace by supporting traineeships abroad. The cultural understanding and language skills you learn from working in another country can make it easier to find a job after your studies. Furthermore, working in a relevant institution opens up perspectives on your studies that seminars and workshops may not provide.

By doing a traineeship abroad with Erasmus+, you can improve not only your communication, language and inter-cultural skills, but also soft skills highly valued by future employers, as well as become more entrepreneurial.

Erasmus+ supports traineeships abroad in Programme and Partner Countries for the students currently enrolled at University of Nova Gorica (UNG) these opportunities are also open to recent graduates.

Your traineeship must be relevant for your study programme.

To be eligible to go abroad with Erasmus+, you must apply for the UNG call and be selected.

Deadline for application for mobility in academic year 2024/25 is 7.3.2024.

Erasmus+CALL2024_2025_Traineeship_UNG_ANG

Application form

For short term mobility for mobility in study year 2023/24 the application window is open until the funds are depleted.

Participate in Erasmus+ events organized by the International Office of UNG throughout the academic year to learn about the opportunities offered by the Erasmus+ program. You can also request an individual meeting with the Erasmus coordinator.

Develop a strategy for finding an internship: check Erasmusintern, Euractiv Jobsite, UN Funds, Programmes, Specialized Agencies, and Others (FAO, WFP, UN environment, UNESCO, IFAD, etc.), or contact the Career Center at UNG.

In case of student mobility for traineeships the receiving organisation can be any public or private organisation active in the labour market or in the fields of education, training, youth, research and innovation. For example, such organisation can be:

a public or private, a small, medium or large enterprise (including social enterprises)
a public body at local, regional or national level;
embassies or consular offices of the sending EU Member State or third country associated to the Programme;
a social partner or other representative of working life, including chambers of commerce, craft/professional associations and trade unions;
a research institute;
a foundation;
a school/institute/educational centre (at any level, from pre-school to upper secondary education, and including vocational education and adult education);
- a non-profit organisation, association, NGO;
- a body providing career guidance, professional counselling and information services;
- a HEI from an EU Member State or third country associated to the Programme awarded with an ECHE, or a HEI from a third country not associated to the Programme recognised by competent authorities that has signed inter-institutional agreements with their partners from an EU Member State or third country associated to the Programme, before the mobility takes place.

Start by searching for a suitable organization where you could do your internship. Send them your motivational letter and CV via email, explaining that you would like to undertake an internship in their organization as part of the Erasmus+ program.

Prepare your application: to apply for the position, you need to fill out the application form, listing up to three potential institutions where you would like to intern. For the application, you also need to prepare a motivational letter in English, a CV Europass in English, and attach a certificate of completed exams. Send your application to international.office@ung.si.

Selection process: UNG will evaluate your application based on the criteria outlined in the UNG call for student mobility within the Erasmus+ program. You will be notified of the results via email.

Meeting with the Erasmus coordinator: after being informed of the selection results, you will be invited to a meeting with the Erasmus coordinator. During this meeting, you will be briefed on the next steps and have the opportunity to ask any questions you may have.

Before mobility:

Online Language Support (OLS) – Initial language assessment: based on the results of the language test, your proficiency level in the foreign language (English or the language of the host country) will be assessed.
Insurance: you need to arrange appropriate health, liability, and accident insurance and provide the relevant proof to the Erasmus coordinator.
Visa: for more information on the visa, visit the "Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia" website:http://www.mzz.gov.si/en/entry_and_residence/ and check whether a visa is required for the country you are traveling to. Obtaining a visa may take more than 3 months, so please ensure you obtain the visa in a timely manner to proceed with the process.
Grant Agreement: once you receive the signed study agreement, visa (if required), and have arranged health, liability, and accident insurance, you sign the Grant Agreement with UNG.
Accommodation: Find accommodation in the host country or ask the host institution for assistance (they may offer rooms in student dormitories, etc.).
Transportation: Purchase an airline ticket, bus ticket, or train ticket.

During mobility:

Erasmus Certificate – Confirmation of mobility: on the first/initial day, you must obtain the mobility confirmation at the host institution and send it to UNG. During the exchange, use the Online Language Support (OLS). Any changes to the Learning Agreement should be forwarded to UNG, as well as a request for an extension of mobility (if necessary).
On the last day of your mobility, make sure to receive the Erasmus Certificate of Completion.

After mobility:

Upon returning home, you must submit the following to the Erasmus coordinator:

Learning Agreement – after the mobility; completed and signed.
Erasmus Certificate of Attendance.

You will also need to complete the EU Survey. The link will be sent to your email address provided in the application, one day after the completion of your mobility.

We would be delighted if you could share your Erasmus+ experience on the UNG Mobility Blog

Students may receive non-refundable funds for individual support, intended to cover additional travel and living expenses associated with the period of study or internship abroad. The amount of funds is defined according to the country to which the student is going for mobility. For detailed information see Erasmus+CALL2024_2025_Traineeship_UNG_ANG.