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Internship Abroad
You have to organise internships abroad on your own. It may be possible to apply for financial support at the International Office. If you will complete your internship in an Erasmus+ programme country, you will find further information on this page about the funding opportunities and application requirements.
If, on the other hand, you will be doing your internship in a country that is not an Erasmus+ programme country, the PROMOS scholarship programme may be right for you and you can find more information here.
Erasmus+ Internship (KA131)
For internships, blocks abroad or PJ tertials that you would like to complete in one of the Erasmus+ programme countries, you can apply for Erasmus+ funding. The prerequisite is that a relation to your study program is recognizable and that the internship comprises at least 60 days. In the Erasmus calculation, one month corresponds exactly to 30 days, even if the month has 31 days. For this reason, you may need to complete more than 60 actual days for the internship to be eligible. In addition, the internship must be completed full-time, whereby "full-time" is to be interpreted according to typical working hours in the country.
The maximum duration of funding per study cycle is 12 months for Bachelor's and Master's programs or 24 months for programs with state exams. Previous Erasmus+ stays in the same study cycle will be counted towards your funding quota.
Please send the following documents to international-office@uni-wh.de.
- Application form - template in the download area
- Certificate of enrollment
- Confirmation of the traineeship employer (e.g. E-mail)
- Erasmus+ additional funding, if applicable - Declaration on Honor
Please submit the documents to us at least 60 days before the start of the internship abroad. Internships in European institutions or organizations, national diplomatic missions, and organizations that administer EU programs are not eligible for funding.
Funding levels vary according to country group and project (see below).
Please note the information on combining grants and tax aspects (in the download area).
Liability clause: This project is funded with support from the European Commission. This publication reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.
Erasmus+ graduate internships
Graduates can also be supported by Erasmus+. The application must be made in the final year of study and the duration of the graduate internship is counted towards the Erasmus+ time quota of the previous study phase. The internship must be carried out and completed within one year of graduation.
Erasmus+ funding rates with additional top-up for internships
The funding rates vary depending on the project.
Project 2023 (internships ending before 31.07.2025)
Group 1 (600 euros per month): Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Norway, Sweden.
Group 2 (540 euros per month): Belgium, France, Greece, Italy, Malta, Netherlands, Austria, Portugal, Spain, Cyprus.
Group 3 (490 euros per month): Bulgaria, Estonia, Croatia, Latvia, Lithuania, FYR Macedonia (FYROM), Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Turkey, Hungary.
In addition, you will receive a top-up of currently 150€/month, independent of the country of destination.
Project 2024 (internships ending before 31.07.2026)
Group 1 (600 euros per month): Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden
Group 2 (540 euros per month): Estonia, Greece, Latvia, Malta, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Czech Republic, Cyprus, Bulgaria, Croatia, Lithuania, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Turkey, Hungary
In addition, you will receive a top-up of currently €150/month, regardless of the country of destination.
Erasmus+ Fewer Opportunities
Participants who belong to the "fewer opportunities" group can apply for special funding.
Top-up: 250€/month for participants with a child, a GdB of 20 or more or a chronic disease, participants with a non-academic family background and working students.
Real costs: up to 15000€/semester for participants with a child, a handicap of 20 or more or a chronic disease.
Erasmus+ travel cost support
In order to reduce the ecological footprint of the Erasmus+ program, green travel is financially rewarded. From the 2024 project, students who do not travel green can also receive travel cost support.
The modalities vary depending on the project.
Erasmus+ project 2023 (internships ending before 31.07.2025)
You can receive a one-off top-up payment of €50 and additional funding of up to 4 travel days for green travel. For detailed information, please refer to the document "Erasmus+ Green Travel - Information Sheet (Project 2023)".
Erasmus+ project 2024 (internships ending before 31.07.2026)
Green travel: You can apply for additional funding of up to 6 travel days for green travel.
Non-green travel: You can apply for additional funding of up to 2 travel days for non-green travel.
For detailed information, please refer to the document "Additional funding for travel in the Erasmus+ programme (project 2024)".
And then?
- In the Outgoing Guide to Internships Abroad, you will find answers to common questions about internships abroad, and the Flowchart Internships Abroad will guide you briefly and concisely through all the relevant steps.
- Please be sure to inform yourself about possible travel warnings before your stay.
- If you would like to rent out your apartment during your stay abroad, please send us an email.
Do you have any questions? Then please contact the International Office.