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Erasmus+ Traineeship Competition

The competition for Erasmus+ students or recent graduates traineeship in EU/EEA is now open! The application deadline is April 30, 2025.

(Application period for EU/EEA countries is OPEN every month!)

The placement period is from 2 to 4 months. Recent graduate traineeship must end – a year after graduation.

Note! For recent graduate traineeship applications must be submitted and students must be selected while the applicant is still a student at VMU.

You can only apply for one traineeship place – multiple mobilities are not possible.

Selection

All VMU full-time degree students who have not used more than 10 months of their Erasmus+ mobility (study/traineeship) period are eligible for the Erasmus+ grant.

Selection documents (Documents must be submitted online):

For student traineeship (traineeship during student’s year of studies):

• Filled-in application form „Outgoing-Application for Erasmus Student Traineeship“ (must select EN language to find the form).
• Confirmation by the company or organization (obligatory).

For recent graduate traineeship (application must be submitted during the last year of studies):

• Application form „Outgoing-Application for Erasmus Recent Graduate Traineeship “ (must select EN language to find the form).
• Confirmation by the company or organization (obligatory);
• Recommendation by a faculty member (obligatory).

The priority in the selection is given to:

• students whom traineeship is an obligatory part of their study programme;
• students who have never been Erasmus traineeship students before.

Selection criteria:

• student’s motivation;
• good knowledge of the language which will be used during the traineeship;
• student’s work, study, traineeship, participation in international/academic projects, and social activities experience in Lithuania and abroad;
• conformability between the chosen traineeship and the student’s study programme;
• study results (first-year MA students should attach a transcript of records of their BA/MA degree to the application form).

Traineeship grants

For EU and EEA countries:

For Non-EU/EEA countries: Competition is over. Next competition will be held in September.

The scholarship is 700,00 Eur/month + travel scholarship.

13 and 14 region countries scholarship is 824,00 Eur/month + travel scholarship.

Region 13: Andorra, Monaco, San Marino, Vatican City State.
Region 14: Faroe Islands, Switzerland, United Kingdom.

Additional travel scholarship (the size is determined by the distance* from Lithuania (Kaunas city) to the location (city) of the practice organization) can be calculated by Erasmus+ Distance Calculator.

Note: travels up to 500 km. must be ecological travels! It means traveling by bus, train, car, etc. Otherwise, you will need to submit a form with the reason why you chose to travel non-ecological.

The competition results will be sent to every participant via e-mail.

Note: Application results are published next month (10-11th of the upcoming month), therefore, the traineeship start date should be at least two weeks after that day. The competition results will be published via e-mail.

More information:
Traineeships programme coordinator Marius Mikalauskas
Address: V. Putvinskio str. 23, room 207.
Phone: +370 37 788 149
Email: Marius.Mikalauskas@vdu.lt