Before you go. General rules. | Gdańsk University of Technology

Which countries can you travel to?

to the EU countries, Iceland, Norway, Liechtenstein, Serbia, Turkey and North Macedonia.  

Where can I do an internship?

Erasmus+ scholarship may be granted for internships in:
1. public/private organisation active in the fields of: labour market, education, training, youth 
2. public body at local, regional or national level
3. social partner or other representative of the world of work (chambers of commerce/trade/professional chambers and trade unions)
4. research institute
5. foundation
6. school/institute/education centre at any levele
7. non-profit organisation, association, NGO
8. institution providing vocational guidance, career counselling and information services
9. higher education institution from the programme country holding an Erasmus Charter for Higher Education (ECHE)

Where can’t you do an apprenticeship?

1. EU institutions and other EU bodies, including specialised agencies a list of such institutions can be consulted at this link: europa.eu/about-eu/institutions-bodies)
2. organisations managing EU programmes, such as National Agencies
3. universities not holding the so-called Erasmus Charter for Higher Education

How long can you go for?

Minimum of 3 months or full shortest education cycle (for instance trimester) - maximum 12 months, but no longer than for one and the same academic year. 

How many times can you go during your studies?

Every student has been provided with the so-called "Mobility Capital" = 12 months for each degree (that is for a first degree you can go for a total of 12 months and for a second degree you can go for a total of 12 months). Mobility Capital can be used entirely for studies, entirely for placements or can be split between studies and placements

Who can go?

1. a student who has completed at least the first year of the first-cycle studies
2. having a good command of a foreign language of the host country

How much scholarship do you get?

Online Linguistic Support (OLS)

Students doing a placement abroad in English, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Swedish are required to take a language proficiency test before and at the end of their mobility period. Following the test, the student may be  granted a licence for a relevant online language course. Whereas the test is mandatory, the course is voluntary.

Online language courses offered: