ERASMUS+ traineeship

The European Union's Erasmus+ programme enables university students to undertake and traineeship in their field in a European country of a duration between 2 and 12 months. In the Erasmus+ programme graduates can also go on a traineeship.

Traineeships are not dependent on an inter-institutional agreement between Masaryk University and a host institution. Students find a host institution on their own. They can also take inspiration from the students' experience with the Erasmus+ programme. Masaryk University provides students on traineeships with a grant of 690 to 810 euros per month, depending on which country they go to.

An Erasmus+ traineeship may take place only in the countries involved in the Erasmus+ programme:

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lichtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and Türkiye
and other partner countries (region 13 and 14): Andorra, Faroe Islands, Monaco, San Marino, Switzerland, United Kingdom and Vatican

For placements in the United Kingdom: All students going on a traineeship in the UK need to get a visa. They need a Certificate of Sponsorship. If the host institution is unable to provide this certificate, the Erasmus+ programme cannot support the traineeship. The list of institutions providing the certificate can be found here.

ERASMUS ID code of Masaryk University is CZ BRNO05.

The offer of traineeships for all the faculties of Masaryk University.

Detailed information about the ERASMUS+ traineeship programme can be found on the website of the Centre of International Cooperation.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE ERASMUS+ INTERNSHIP MOBILITY PROGRAMME

APPLICATION FOR FINANCIAL SUPPORT AND FURTHER STEPS

1) APPLICATION CALLS IN 2026

1^st call for applications:

Deadline for applications: 31 January 2026 (online application opens on 1 December 2025); applications for the spring semester 2025/2026 and summer traineeships can be submitted by this deadline – the earliest start date for traineeships is 15 March 2026.

2^nd call for application:

Deadline for applications: 30 April 2026 (online application opens on 1 March 2026); applications for summer traineeships 2026 and traineeships for the autumn semester 2026/2027 can be submitted by this deadline – the earliest start date for traineeships is 1 July 2026.

3^rd call for application:

Deadline for applications: 31 July 2026 (online application opens on 1 June 2026); applications for the full academic year 2026/2027 can be submitted by this deadline – the earliest start date for traineeships is 15 September 2026.

4^th call for application:

Deadline for applications: 31 October 2026 (online application opens 1 September 2026); applications for the spring semester 2026/2027 can be submitted by this deadline – the earliest start date for traineeships is 2 January 2027.

2) APPLICATION

Arrange your study or work placement with your destination well in advance of the grant deadline. You must know the following details: the exact dates of the placement, the name and address of the foreign institution, the scope of the work placement/study placement, the contact person, the mentor and the supervisor (these three roles can be represented by one person).
Departmental coordinators at MED MUNI:
General Medicine, Dentistry: doc. MUDr. Lubomír Křivan, Ph.D.
Erasmus+ Traineeship Application (guide)

The application is submitted online in English language and it has 2 compulsory parts:
- A Learning Agreement for Traineeships signed and approved by the three parties: a detailed work plan signed by the student, approved and signed by the department (guarantor of the work placement) at MU and the responsible representative of the host institution abroad. The LA for Traineeships must be completed in English and is now part of the online application (do not fill in and do not upload the separate paper document into the application).
- The Motivation Letter is to be written in Czech, Slovak or English. The maximum length of the motivation letter is one A4 page. It has to be processed on the computer and contain:
  - addressee CZS, signed by the student
  - request for financial support from the Erasmus+ programme
  - the field of study, level and the year in which the applicant is registered
  - the reason for the host institution selection
  - what the content of the traineeship will be and why
  - direct relation to the student's field of study
  - benefits of the traineeship for the student – academic benefits, job opportunity benefits
  - benefits for Masaryk University
  - benefits for the host institution
  - the period of the traineeship for which the student is asking for the financial support

CRITERIA OF THE SELECTION PROCESS

meeting the conditions for a traineeship
a correctly filled out Learning Agreement for Traineeships
a motivation letter meeting the above criteria
the year of study of the student
study records
previous placements abroad in programmes administered by CZS
the formal aspects of the application form

The application is assessed by a three-member committee consisting of international programme coordinators from CIC. During the selection process the year of study, study results of the applicant, and number of previous study or work placements at MU is taken into consideration.

The final results of the selection process will be announced to applicants by email within four weeks after the application submission deadline.

IMPORTANT! - submitting your application does not mean that it will automatically be approved and granted financial support - a proper selection process must take place.

3) BEFORE DEPARTURE

Create a record of your internship in the IS (STUDENT → INTERNSHIPS AND STAYS → CREATE A NEW STAY (contact person: Vice-Dean Křivan / Vice-Dean Pokorna); administrator: your study officer). You can edit this record, add the required documents and finally apply for recognition of your stay abroad via this record.
Upload the fully confirmed LAT to this record.
Once the IS record has been established, you will receive a travel insurance policy from the University via email.
Sign the grant agreement electronically in the Document Office in the IS system no earlier than 3 weeks before the start of the traineeship. Agreement cannot be signed after the traineeship has begun.

Useful links:

4) WHILE ABROAD

Once every two months after the beginning of the traineeship, you have to upload an internim report to the ISOIS. A report has to give information about the traineeship's development during the stated period and its correspondence to the approved study plan of the traineeship (content approx. one A4 page). The form can be found in the ISOIS application.
In the case of some changes (of content or coordinator) in an already approved Learning Agreement for Traineeships, the changes have to be agreed upon by both the sending and receiving institutions. The student has to fill in the section DURING THE MOBILITY in the online application.
It is possible to extent your traineeship upon approval from both the home and host institutions. You may apply for the grant through the Application for Extension Form, which is available for download in the ISOIS application form. The application for extension has to be uploaded into the ISOIS application at the latest 30 days before the termination of the former period of traineeship stated in the Grant Agreement; late applications will not be accepted (more on this subject here).
It is also possible to shorten your traineeship after agreement between a student and the sending institution. If you shorten your traineeship by more than 5 calendar days, you are obliged to submit the document Notification of Reduction of Traineeship, which is available for download in the ISOIS application. If you do not meet the minimum length of the traineeship, i.e., two months, you have to return the whole financial support (more on this subject here).

5) AFTER RETURN
All the necessary documents can be downloaded directly from the application form in ISOIS.

After arrival from traineeship, you are obliged to:

upload Traineeship Certificate (found in the ISOIS application form) to ISOIS application – confirmation of the traineeship length from the host institution and MED MUNI departmental coordinator within 10 days after finishing the traineeship abroad
fill in the EU Survey in the form of an online query; access data will be delivered to your email address after the mobility ends. The student is obliged to fill in the Final Report within 30 days from receiving the access data
recognize the traineeship (does not concert recent graduates); the rules for the recognition of traineeships can be found here)
Traineeship document – Europass Mobility - You can request a mobility certificate within the Europass portal, which can be useful for graduate traineeships where the student will not have mobility recorded in the Diploma Supplement. You can download the required confirmation directly on the Europass portal website and ask the host institution to fill it in.
Erasmus student's report database - After the mobility, the student can share their experience in the Erasmus student's reports database, which brings together the final reports of students from all universities in the Czech Republic. In this case, the student will contact their CIC coordinator for a call to fill in the record.

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