Erasmus+ Internship
Students wishing to apply for an Erasmus+ internship can submit their application form until 31 May. Erasmus+ traineeships are available:
- after the 1st year (July-August);
- after the 2nd year (July-August);
- after the 3rd year (July-August).
Information about the internship abroad is entered in the additional information section of the Diploma Supplement.
The study programme committee can decide that an Erasmus+ internship carried out after the 3rd year at the earliest may be credited instead of the professional internship indicated in the study programme. In this case, the Erasmus+ placement will not be entered in the additional information section of the Diploma Supplement.
Erasmus+ Internship for Graduates
Graduate internships are carried out during the first year after graduation. Students wishing to undertake an Erasmus+ Graduate internship can submit their application form by 31 May of the last semester of their studies.
How should you apply for Erasmus+ Internship or Erasmus+ Internship for Graduates?
- Find your internship abroad.
- Get an official letter of confirmation from your host organisation confirming your acceptance for an Erasmus+ internship.
- Fill in the Student Application Form.
- Submit the application form and the letter of confirmation from the host organisation to Viktorija Zujūtė, International Studies Coordinator at the Faculty of Philology.
- Wait for the decision on the Erasmus+ mobility scholarship award. Students will be informed of the selection results by email.
- Sign the internship contract (CR Student Services and Careers).
Erasmus+ and graduate internship schemes
Students of the Faculty of Philology should follow the Internship at the Faculty of Philology Regulations approved by the Faculty's board on 27 October 2023.
Erasmus+ Internship
An Erasmus+ internship is a placement abroad for two months in the summer (July-August).
Internships completed after 1 or 2 study years can only be voluntary, an internship completed after the 3rd study year can be either voluntary or counted instead of the compulsory 4th year professional internship at the University.
Erasmus+ Voluntary internship
If a student wants to complete a voluntary Erasmus+ internship, before going on an internship, the student must submit an Erasmus+ placement application form to the International studies coordinator. The form is signed by the student and the internship supervisor in their study programme. Along with the application, the student must send a signed company's Letter of Acceptance.
The Internship contract is prepared by the institutional Erasmus+ placement coordinator and it is signed by the student, the internship supervisor at the study programme, the institutional internship coordinator at the VU and the student's internship supervisor in the foreign company appointed by the foreign company.
The placement is not credited but its' information is entered in the Diploma Supplement as a placement abroad.
The student completes the Erasmus+ placement report online.
Erasmus+ Internship instead of professional internship at the study programme
The Erasmus+ internship after the 3rd year for two months in the summer (July-August) can be voluntary but can be counted as a compulsory 4th year professional internship at the University. The student first gets to know the requirements of the relevant professional internship in their study programme at the Faculty of Philology, and then agrees with the internship supervisor at the faculty on the activities, nature and tasks of the Erasmus+ internship as well as the reporting requirements and deadlines. Once this has been done, the student submits to the International Studies Coordinator at the Faculty of Philology a Letter of Acceptance signed by the company and the Erasmus+ placement application form. The application form is signed by the student, the internship supervisor at VU and the head of the study programme committee.
The Letter of Acceptance from the company and the Erasmus+ Traineeship application signed by the above-mentioned persons are submitted by the student to the International Studies Coordinator of the Faculty, who, after evaluating the documents, takes a decision on the award of the Erasmus+ grant, and forwards the documents to the institutional Erasmus+ Coordinator, who prepares the traineeship in a foreign company and the grant agreements.
The internship contract is signed by the student, the internship supervisor at the Faculty, the VU institutional internship coordinator and the student's internship supervisor in the foreign company appointed by the foreign company.
In the internship agreement, the student indicates that the internship will be credited.
After completing the internship, the company completes a Feedback on the Trainee's Performance form for the trainee and evaluates their performance with a grade (1-10). The student submits the feedback to the internship supervisor at the faculty, and in the 8th semester of year 4 attends the internship seminars at the Faculty. The evaluation for the seminars and the practical internship are included in the internship's cumulative grade.
The supervisor of the internship in the 8th semester enters the final assessment of the internship in VUSIS with a grade.
The student completes the Erasmus+ placement report online.
Erasmus+ Internship for graduates
- The Erasmus+ Internship you complete after your studies is called a graduate traineeship.
- The duration of a graduate Internship is between 2 and 6 months, depending on how many unused months of Erasmus+ mobility the student has (out of the 12 months available for Erasmus+ studies and internships combined).
- The documents submitted to the Faculty Erasmus+ International studies coordinator are the same as for the Erasmus+ internship (Letter of acceptance and the application form) but they can only be submitted in the last semester of your studies, before 31 May.
- The application for the internship does not require the signature of the placement supervisor at the VU and the chair of the study programme committee.
- The graduate internship can only be completed if the applicant successfully graduates from the Faculty and it must be completed within one year after graduation.
- After the Erasmus+ graduate internship, the graduate completes the Erasmus+ graduate internship report online.
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