Erasmus+ Traineeship Competition
Competition is open for Erasmus+ students or recent graduate traineeship grants for traineeships in any EU/EEE country. The application deadline is the 30th of April, 2024.
The placement period is from 2 to 6 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
For student traineeship (traineeship during student’s year of studies):
Documents must be submitted online.
For recent graduate traineeship (application must be submitted during the last year of studies):
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:
| Country group |
Country |
Monthly scholarship size |
| Group I |
Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Ireland, Luxembourg, Sweden, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland |
824,00 Eur |
| Group II |
Austria, Belgium, Germany, France, Italy, Greece, Spain, Cyprus, Netherlands, Malta, Portugal |
824,00 Eur |
| Group III |
Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, North Macedonia, Turkey |
756,00 Eur |
For Non-EU/EEA countries:
The scholarship is 700,00 Eur/month.
Travel grant (depends on the distance between sending and receiving institutions):
- 100-499 km – 180,00 Eur
- 500-1999 km – 275,00 Eur
- 2000-2999 km – 360,00 Eur
- 3000-3999 km – 530,00 Eur
- 4000-7999 km – 820,00 Eur
- More than 8000 km – 1500,00 Eur
Additional travel grants for green traveling options.
The competition results will be sent to every participant via e-mail.
Note: Application results are published next month (10th of the upcoming month), therefore traineeship start date should be at least two weeks after that day. The competition results will be published via e-mail.
More information:
Happy Easter!
Easter afternoon with international SSF students
Before Easter holidays international students of the Faculty of Social Sciences were invited to a creative afternoon. Students had a chance to express their creativity in the old Lithuanian tradition of painting eggs and to taste delicious Lithuanian food. International relations coordinator Dovilė Daugėlienė took care of creating a cozy atmosphere to talk about experiences (successes and challenges) of international students as well. Ready for Easter!
Lectures with Professor Lisa Di Blas of the University of Trieste (Italy).
LISA DI BLAS is an associate professor in the Department of Life Sciences at the University of Trieste (Italy). She has authored and co-authored textbooks, book chapters, and peer-reviewed articles also appeared in top ranked journals. She has chaired the 16th European Conference on Personality in 2012, and currently is associate editor of Current Research in Behavioural Sciences. Her main interests include personality assessment from different methodological and analytical approaches.
We invite you to two lectures with the assoc. prof. Lisa Di Blas:
MULTILEVEL MODELLING IN ORGANIZATIONAL AND WORK PSYCHOLOGY, ASSOC. PROF. LISA DI BLAS
19-03-2024; 13.30-16.00 JONAVOS G. 66 – 209-210 AUD.
Individuals mostly live in organized social settings, which may exert an influence on individuals who experience them. In organizational psychology, workers are part of multilevel and hierarchical systems. Multilevel modelling techniques allow to examine hierarchical data structures where individuals are nested in teams, teams in departments, and so forth, with each position in these systems denoting a specific level to be taken into account. My aim is introducing this analytical approach and discuss how organizational and work psychology research may take advantages from adopting it.
LISA DI BLAS is an associate professor in the Department of Life Sciences at the University of Trieste (Italy). She has authored and co-authored textbooks, book chapters, and peer-reviewed articles also appeared in top ranked journals. She has chaired the 16th European Conference on Personality in 2012, and currently is associate editor of Current Research in Behavioural Sciences. Her main interests include personality assessment from different methodological and analytical approaches.
THE STUDY OF PERSONALITY DYNAMICS, ASSOC. PROF. LISA DI BLAS
21-03-2024; 11.15-13.45 V. PUTVINSKIO G. 23 – 103 AUD.
In these last decades, research has more and more focused on personality dynamics and better distinguished between relatively stable personality structures and more temporary appraisals of person-in-the-context. Accordingly, I present two main theoretical and methodological frameworks, the state-trait theory, and the Knowledge-and-Appraisal-Personality-Architecture model. They help consider personality dynamics from the perspective of dispositional and social-cognitive theories of personality. Results and potentials from these two approaches are discussed.
LISA DI BLAS is an associate professor in the Department of Life Sciences at the University of Trieste (Italy). She has authored and co-authored textbooks, book chapters, and peer-reviewed articles also appeared in top ranked journals. She has chaired the 16th European Conference on Personality in 2012, and currently is associate editor of Current Research in Behavioural Sciences. Her main interests include personality assessment from different methodological and analytical approaches.
Erasmus+ Traineeship Competition
A competition is open for Erasmus+ student or recent graduate traineeship grants for traineeships in any country of the world. Application deadline is the 29th of February, 2024.
The placement period is from 2 to 6 months. Recent graduate traineeship must end – in a year after graduation.
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
For student traineeship (traineeship during student’s year of studies):
Documents must be submitted online.
For recent graduate traineeship (application must be submitted during the last year of studies):
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 the international/academic projects, social activities experience in Lithuania and abroad;
- conformability between the chosen traineeship and student’s study programme;
- study results (first year MA students should attach transcript of records of their BA/MA degree to the application form).
Traineeship grants:
For EU and EEA countries:
| Country group |
Country |
Monthly scholarship size |
| Group I |
Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Ireland, Luxembourg, Sweden, United Kingdom, Liechtenstein, Norway |
750,00 Eur |
| Group II |
Austria, Belgium, ,Germany, France, Italy, Greece, Spain, Cyprus, Netherlands, Malta, Portugal |
750,00 Eur |
| Group III |
Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, North Macedonia, Turkey |
690,00 Eur |
| Group IV |
Switzerland |
700,00 Eur |
For Non-EU/EEA countries:
Scholarship is 700,00 Eur/month.
Travel grant (depends on the distance between sending and receiving institutions):
- 100-499 km – 180,00 Eur
- 500-1999 km – 275,00 Eur
- 2000-2999 km – 360,00 Eur
- 3000-3999 km – 530,00 Eur
- 4000-7999 km – 820,00 Eur
- More than 8000 km – 1500,00 Eur
Additional travel grants for green travelling options.
The competition results will be sent to every participant via e-mail.
More information:
Study Exchange and Internship Opportunities for Students
International Cooperation Department invites all VMU students to take an opportunity and apply for studies, traineeship or short-term courses abroad.
These are enriching possibilities that strengthen self-improvement while expanding study knowledge and skills of foreign languages, facing the differences in the study systems, improving professional skills, exploring new cultures, finding new interests, making new friends and bringing unforgettable memories that build the foundation for the future career.
We offer four different options for international mobility:
More information
On February 20–22, VMU International Cooperation Department will organise Erasmus Days’24 where all students will be invited to learn more about mobility opportunities and join various interesting and meaningful initiatives.
More information about Erasmus Days
SMF wishes you happy holidays!
Apply now: Erasmus+ Traineeship Competition
A competition is open for Erasmus+ student and recent graduate traineeship grants. The application deadline is the 30th of November, 2023.
The placement period is from 2 to 6 months.
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
For student traineeship (traineeship during student’s year of studies)
For recent graduate traineeship (application must be submitted during the last year of studies)
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 the international / academic projects, social activities experience in Lithuania and abroad;
- conformability between the chosen traineeship and student’s study programme;
- study results (first year MA students should attach transcript of records of their BA/MA degree to the application form).
The competition results will be sent to every participant via e-mail.
Competitions for Erasmus+ traineeships are taking place each month.
More information
Exclusive Opportunity for Exchange Studies in non EU/EEA Countries
VMU students are invited to participate in a competition for exchange studies in spring semester, 2024 in non-EU/EEA countries with Erasmus+ scholarship.
Application deadline – November 3rd, 2023.
VMU offers one semester studies in one of the regions:
For more information please contact VMU ICD coordinators Eglė Daukilaitė (egle.daukilaite@vdu.lt) and Raimundas Rukuiža (raimundas.rukuiža@vdu.lt).
Prof. Adam Kuper to Hold a Public Lecture and Seminar at VMU
On Thursday, 19 October, at 16:00, Adam Kuper, Professor at the Department of Anthropology at the London School of Economics and Political Science will hold a public lecture and seminar “From the Museum of Other People to the Cosmopolitan Museum”. The lecture will take place at Vytautas Magnus University, Faculty of Social Sciences (Jonavos str. 66 Kaunas, room 323).
Museums of Other People put on display an exotic world of ‘primitive’ or ‘tribal’ peoples who lived far away or long ago. Today these museums are charged with propagating colonialist, even racist, attitudes, with cultural appropriation, and even with outright robbery. In their place come Identity Museums, or museums of ‘Tribal Art’. Could we imagine a cosmopolitan museum that transcends local, or ethnic or national identities, tracks exchanges across political frontiers, brings out connections, makes comparisons?
Adam Kuper is the Professor at the Department of Anthropology at the London School of Economics and Political Science, a Visiting Professor at Boston University, and a recipient of the Huxley Medal of the Royal Anthropological Institute. He has authored or edited 19 books and published over 100 journal articles.
Organizer: The Center of Social Anthropology at Vytautas Magnus University.
