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Who can participate?

A student going on an internship must be enrolled at the Ä¢¹½Ö±²¥ as a degree or post-graduate student for the whole duration of the exchange. All international students completing a university degree in Finland can go on an Erasmus internship. Students completing a bachelor's degree can start an internship after one academic year of studies. Those enrolled in a separate master's programme or master studies, can go on an internship after the first study period.

You can participate in an Erasmus period (study exchange or internship) for a duration of 12 months maximum at each degree level (bachelor's/master's/doctor's). The maximum duration of an Erasmus+ internship at one degree level is 6 months, which can be divided into different periods taking into account the minimum and maximum duration of the internship.

For example:

• max. 12 months of student or intern exchange during the bachelor studies (taking into account the above-mentioned limit on the duration of the internship) and
• max. 12 months of student or intern exchange during the master studies (taking into account the above-mentioned limit on the duration of the internship) and
• max. 12 months of student or intern exchange during the postgraduate studies (taking into account the above-mentioned limit on the duration of the internship).

If the internship is planned  for the master’s degree level, the bachelor's degree must be completed before the internship begins.

Duration and content

The minimum duration of a long-term Erasmus+ internship is 2 months (60 days) and maximum duration 6 months. The internship must be included as part of the studies (either as a compulsory or voluntary studies), and it must be full-time, i.e. at least 30 working hours per week. In teacher training, the time spent preparing for the lessons is also counted as working time.

Short-term mobility (blended short-term mobility). During the current Erasmus+ programme period, you can also receive a grant for short-term mobility periods lasting 5-30 days, which must include a mandatory virtual part (teamwork in an online environment before, during or after the physical training period). The virtual part is not counted in the duration of the exchange. However, one travel day before the exchange and one after the exchange (=2 days) can be added to the duration of the exchange. The minimum credit requirement for short-term mobility is 3 credits, including the virtual and physical part. The virtual period of the internship refers to a remote work period during which you are remotely connected to your actual internship location. There are no specific requirements for the duration of the virtual period.

Internship positions

Companies, universities and private and public organizations in the following countries are suitable for internship positions

• EU countries: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Slovakia, Slovenia and Sweden.
• ETA/EFTA countries: Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway
• North-Macedonia, Serbia and Turkey

NOTE! JYU does not send students for traineeships with Erasmus+ funding to destinations outside the above mentioned countries. If you are interested in a traineeship outside Europe, please see information on the JYU Travel Grant.

The Ministry for Foreign Affairs has announced that it currently accepts university interns for embassies or representative offices, also through the Erasmus+ program. The diplomatic offices (e.g., embassies, consulates) of your home country or country of departure, which are located abroad, are permitted internship places in the Erasmus+ program.

However, the following are not suitable as internships:

• Organizations managing EU programs (e.g. national offices)

Organizations that represent your country of origin abroad, such as cultural and scientific institutes, regional representations, schools and export centres, are acceptable internship places if the multicultural dimension of the Erasmus internship is ensured. The multicultural added value brought by the internship is recorded in the Erasmus internship agreement.

Teacher students' teaching assistant training is part of the Erasmus internship, and it follows the Erasmus rules.

You can find potential internship positions e.g. from the following websites:

• Find internships from 
• is a job search portal among EU countries 
• You can search for teaching internships in Europe on portal or  portal 
• is a job search and networking service aimed at researchers and entrepreneurs  
• In  you can apply for an internship with a grant from the Finnish National Agency for Education 
• A list of international organisations' recruitment pages (In Finnish, but most of the organisations' names are in English) 
• International Employment Possibilities 

Grant

Each student going on Erasmus exchange gets an Erasmus grant.

The amount of the Erasmus grant depends on the duration of the exchange and the destination country. Starting from 1 August 2022 the amount of the grant is as follows:

• Those going to the more expensive countries: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden are granted a monthly grant of 690 €/month.
• Those going to other countries are granted a slightly lower monthly grant, which is 640 €/month.

If your stay exceeds full months, the daily grant is calculated by dividing the monthly grant by 30.

The grant will not be awarded if the salary paid by your internship exceeds the minimum salary that meets Kela's employment condition (1430 €/month in 2024).

Erasmus short-term mobility (blended short-term mobility grants in the academic year 2023-2024 for all Erasmus program countries are 79 €/day for the first 14 days and thereafter 56 €/day (for days 15-30).

Travel support

All students going on Erasmus+ internship will get a separate travel support (1.8.2024 onwards) based on the distance from Jyväskylä. Distance is calculated with European Commission distance calculator : . 

If you travel environmentally friendly way, you may be eligible for additional green travel support. 

Additional support for students with fewer opportunities

Additional support (250 €/month) may be granted to students belonging to the following groups. In short-term mobility (Blended Intensive Program/BIP) additional grant is 100 euros (duration 5–14 days) or 150 euros (duration 15–30 days). Eligibility for the additional support can be proven with the declaration on honour signed by the student and the sending organisation. For more information on the additional support, please contact Career services: rekry(at)jyu.fi

Social obstacles:

• Students with families (student with underage child/children), regardless of whether the children come along to the training country or not.
• Students who are family carers (agreement of informal care with the municipality)

Disabilities:

• Students with EU’s disability card or who have a right for this card
• Disabled students (at least moderate functional deficiency)

Health obstacles:

• Students having severe and/or chronic health problems (at least moderate functional deficiency)

Migrant background:

• Students who have received international protection (refugees, asylum seekers, students who have been granted international, subsidiary or temporary protection, or the student has a refugee’s passport)

You can apply for an Erasmus internship grant all year round.

Erasmus interns may apply for Kela’s financial aid abroad. Those who are doing their internship through the internship programmes of the Finnish National Agency for Education cannot receive an Erasmus internship grant. The Erasmus grant cannot be received at the same time as the department-issued internship grant or the university's travel grant.

Accessibility grant

The purpose of the accessibility grant is to make the exchange possible when a student's special need, e.g. a disability, an illness, or a learning difficulty causes additional costs during the exchange, in cases where it is not possible to get financial aid from another source. The grant can be given to support, for example, accessible living, travel, or study-related special arrangements, such as study materials.

Green travel

The Erasmus+ programme encourage participants to choose low-emissions means of travel and to make environmentally responsible choices in all the activities. Traveling by train, bus or carpooling is considered environmentally friendly. If the majority of your journey or at least the other half of your round trip takes place in a more environmentally friendly way, you may receive Erasmus+ green travel supplement to your travel allowance (described above).

Application forms

Three documents must be filled out for an Erasmus+ internship: Grant Agreement (or short-term mobility agreement), Learning Agreement, and the liability form for internships abroad. Send application documents to Career Services at rekry@jyu.fi.

• Grant agreement
• Grant agreement (short-term mobility 5-30 days)
• Liability form for a training period abroad 
• Learning Agreement for traineeships, which is filled out and signed by the student, the employer and the sending department. In this document the following things are agreed upon: 
  • work tasks
  • internship period
  • the desired learning outcomes (acquisition of knowledge, competence and skills)
  • internship evaluation
  • including the internship in the degree
  • insurances, for which it must be taken into account that the student must have sickness, accident, and liability insurance coverage throughout their internship in order to be eligible for an Erasmus+ grant. If the student's internship place does not offer insurance, the Ä¢¹½Ö±²¥ offers accident and liability insurance for the student. Insurance can also be taken out by the student.
• Declaration on honour. Additional support for students with fewer opportunities
• Erasmus student charter Find out about your rights and obligations as an exchange student with respect to your period of study abroad.
• Green Travel Declaration, when applying for additional support for green mobility

In addition, the student and the employer must make a separate internship or employment contract based on the legislation of the respective country (working conditions, working hours, etc.).

Students employed by the Ä¢¹½Ö±²¥

It is not possible to work for the Ä¢¹½Ö±²¥ during an exchange or internship period abroad and it is therefore not possible to go on student exchange or an internship abroad while being employed by JYU. Working for JYU from abroad is considered as remote work which is not allowed at JYU at the moment or as a posting abroad which creates employer obligations and expenses to JYU. The expenses of a posting abroad must be covered by the sending department of faculty. Grants cannot be paid to those who are employed by JYU.