Erasmus Internship with Grant in Europe
There are those of you who have heard of Erasmus Internship Mobility. You know, this mysterious mobility of Erasmus that allows you to do an internship at an institution or university in Europe, which is not as unheard of as Erasmus Exchange, but at least as fun, and moreover, you will not be financially burdened because you will receive a grant from your university!
We thought we’d talk about it a little bit(!) and we made an interview with our friend Melike, who completed her Erasmus Internship in Slovenia/Lubliana last summer, on Erasmus Internship Mobility.
One or two pills about Erasmus Internship Mobility. We write information and leave you alone with Melike, here you go, sir!
When Erasmus in Turkey is mentioned, ‘Erasmus Student Exchange Mobility’ usually comes to mind, you know, parties hop-hop, ah-o-youth days or something! But there is also the Erasmus program ‘Erasmus Internship Mobility’ and unfortunately it is not very well known.
Who Benefits?
Those who are studying at one of the private or state universities in Turkey ( Every student can benefit from it.
How long is it?
The internship lasts from 3 months to 12 months.
How to get a grant?
You can get a grant (non-refundable) from the Ministry of European Union through your university.. In addition, since this internship program is not well known, the Erasmus Internship quota of most universities does not fill.. In other words, almost every student who applies to this program is accepted.
Why is Erasmus Plus Internship Not So Known?
The reason is simple! You have to arrange the place where you will do your internship and you do the boring work such as official correspondence and visa procedures by yourself.. This being the case, most young people prefer to go to the ‘Erasmus Exchange’, where the school they will go to is ready.
If you ask us, not being lazy, not procrastinating and going to the Erasmus Internship undoubtedly gives you great benefits and most importantly, ‘abroad experience’. ‘ you win. When you graduate, ‘finding a job abroad’ and ‘living abroad’ no longer seem like a ‘dream’ but an ‘opportunity’.
We leave the relevant link of the National Agency here.
If we have given enough gas, let’s go to the interview, who will hire you!
Y: Hello Melike, can you tell us a little about yourself first?
M: Hello, I am a senior student at Kırıkkale University Faculty of Law.. If we don’t get a surprise from our teachers, I’m graduating this year.. I have not been a very social student throughout my college life.. Legal seminars and certificates were always far from me, I was not lazy.. But the best thing I have done for myself in my life, I think this is my Erasmus Internship. It means that you are not lazy when you have dreams.
Y: Can you tell us a little about Erasmus Internship?
M: There are general things known about Erasmus Internship, but the system of each university is different.. The thing that doesn’t change is that you generally set everything up first.. You find your internship place yourself and the difficulty of it changes according to the department you are studying.. If I need to talk in the field of law, it is said that you do not exist, especially after Edirne and Ardahan, you do not have the education you have received, your attorneyship is not valid abroad!
Actually, they are right, but it is not impossible! After you find the internship place, you set the internship to a minimum of 2 months.. This period may be extended depending on the school’s ability to grant you a grant. Normally, each student has a 12-month Erasmus grant with a grant.. For our university, it was very important for the internship to be at least 64 days, but as I have seen from the internship students from other universities abroad, not every university is this strict and they did not worry about these periods, it could be 1-2 days missing.
Even though I mentioned the grant, we couldn’t do it for 3 months because our school said we can’t afford the grant.. However, there were students who received 12-month grants from other universities.. Therefore, you can get the most accurate information by talking to the Erasmus Internship Coordinators at your university’s EU Offices.
Y: How much is the grant amount?
M: Grant amounts vary from country to country.. You can see the grant amounts for the country you will go to on the website of the National Agency.. For example, for England, France and Italy it was 600 Euros per month, and for Slovenia it was 500 Euros.
Y: Where and how long did you do your Erasmus Internship? Are you satisfied? And of course can you give the material details?
M: I did it in Ljubljana, Slovenia. I was there in July, August and September 2016. I don’t know if there are any students who do Erasmus and are not satisfied!
Slovenia is a wonderful country. The people are just as helpful, smiling and happy.. I feel very lucky to have been to Slovenia.. I even adopted Lubliana as my home and I missed my city when I went to another country or city for a weekend.. I felt like I belonged there!
Mesesa, over time you start to act like the people of that place.. Of course, there are voices inside you, you have lived in Turkey for years, he says, ‘What does it mean to feel like your home in 3 months?’. But I hope there are people who understand what I mean.
It is not a very expensive country financially, it did not seem very expensive to me.. But one day I met someone from Prague on the way and he said that Slovenia is an expensive country.. I thought Slovenia was too expensive for him since they don’t use Euros in the Czech Republic.. Otherwise, you can do a grocery shopping for 30 euros and manage for 3 weeks.. Also a full student city, everything is for students. For example, there are cafes where every student can eat for free with their ‘bon card’ or you can eat at a discount in expensive restaurants.. Your usage rights are updated every 3 hours.. Since I did my internship at a private law firm, I couldn’t benefit from this card because I think only students who do internship at the university can benefit from it.
You also get a 2-month ‘Urban Card’ and because you are a student, you can use transportation (bicycle and bus) unlimited and free of charge.. All you have to do is to pay a fee of around 20 Euros when buying the ticket.
Y: How and from which sites do you apply for Erasmus Internship?
M: The most known The way is to start by looking for an internship position on the ‘erasmusintern.com’ site, but this site did not help me, of course it will be useful for other departments, but I will do the rest of my speech for ‘law internship’.
The one who arranged the internship place. There are intermediary companies. When I first thought of Erasmus Internship, I asked these companies and they said that we can’t arrange a law internship because we can’t find it(!)! Well then, it’s a shame I would like to say that you have a city in mind, but since it is more difficult to get accepted in law internship, I think that city restrictions should not be applied.
There is also something like this; If your main desire is to have an experience abroad, Turkish lawyers have small offices for 1-2 people, especially in places where the Turkish population is dense, such as Germany and Belgium, and it is very easy to be accepted into these offices.. But if your main goals are bigger companies and experiences, you need to research one by one.. For example, after searching for ‘Law Firm in Slovenia’ on Google, you usually come across the best law firms.. I suggest you not to send an e-mail to the first ‘contact address’ you come across.. It will be much more effective to examine each site one by one and apply for the positions opened in the ‘career’ sections.. In addition, in order to guarantee your business, you should send an e-mail to the ‘Key Contacts’ you find on the site.. These people are usually the ‘Manager Partners’ in the company.
Let me also talk about the ‘Cover Letter’. You can search this letter of intent on the internet and complete it with our own features.. In your letter of intent, it is useful to specifically state that the position you are applying for is an Erasmus Internship.. You can also write that this internship is unpaid and you do not expect a salary.. Therefore, it is useful to look at large companies that also have companies in Turkey.. In your letter of intent, you can state that you can be useful in communication, translate documents, and be a bridge with Turkey.. Do not forget to include your CV in English when sending your mails.
Finally, if you are making your applications via e-mail, never make the mistake of sending a mass e-mail, that is, do not send a mass e-mail to different companies at the same time.. If you say how many e-mails you sent, I sent 500 – 600 e-mails last year.. I went into this search again this year and I think it exceeded 1500 mails.. As you can see, I am fully motivated!
Y: Can anyone apply for the Erasmus Internship? And how far in advance do you need to apply? Do they help with visa?
M: Anyone with an average of 2.20 can apply for Erasmus Internship. How long before the application should be made varies from company to company.. Very large companies can announce their internship positions in the ‘career’ section of their websites even 1 year in advance.. For medium-sized companies, it is useful to start sending an e-mail 4 months in advance because you do not know when you will receive a positive response! Maybe 1 week, maybe 1 month! Also, those who respond positively to you can ask for various documents and you have a waiting period.
I can’t be of much help with visa because I have a green passport.. For visa applicants, universities provide a document that ‘you will do Erasmus Internship’ and your job becomes a little easier.. If you ask me, I still do not dare to do an internship in England because people who could not get a visa at the last moment and therefore could not go to the internship.. I didn’t want to take this risk.
Y: What did you do in general during your internship?
M: Of course, what you do during your internship depends on the institutional setting of the place you’re going to.. I’m going to talk about the law and the company I went to.
Obviously, they don’t expect much work from you in general, you are an intern after all! But of course, you don’t make tea and bring files.. For example, I had a room like other lawyers and I was not treated as ‘you are an intern’.. Weekly meetings were held with partners from other countries, and at the end of these meetings they gave me some assignments to research.. For example, examining the files on the ‘competition law’ of a transportation company, preparing the relevant report, making a presentation, etc.. I was also going to watch the cases to get an idea about the system.
I was also going to work regularly.. If you say ‘internship is an excuse, if I travel to Europe’, I suggest you to send an e-mail to Turkish lawyers living abroad, you will travel more comfortably!
Y: How did you arrange the accommodation and how were your monthly expenses?
M: After I passed the Erasmus exam, I became a member of Facebook pages about Slovenia and contacted a lot of people.. I think it helps a lot. After all, if you haven’t been to that country before, it’s hard to imagine it and know what to do.. Thanks to the Turkish students doing Erasmus in Lubliana when I contacted, I sent an e-mail to a few university dormitories and got the price information.. Then I sent an e-mail to the Erasmus Coordinators of those universities and explained that I did not come to the university as an “Erasmus Student”, that I needed a place to stay because I would do an internship in a company.. Since the dormitories were empty during the summer, there was a place for me, so I registered.. Our room was for 2 people and we also had our kitchen and bathroom.. If you do not visit different cities, you can live very comfortably in Slovenia for 300-400 Euros per month, including accommodation.
Y: Did you have a bad experience in Slovenia? Did you have trouble with English?
M: Of course, I didn’t have a bad experience if we skip the initial familiarization phases.. However, I had a lot of trouble at work.. Everyone spoke very good English and my legal English unfortunately was not there.. I had a lot of difficulty in understanding the assigned tasks, especially the meanings of the statutes.. I need to make a self-criticism, I think the company did not get the performance it expected from me because everyone was very good
Y: Is there anything else you want to share with us?
M: Actually, the interview was about Erasmus Internship, but I have explained a little in detail for those who will go to Slovenia.. I’m sure there will be Slovenian travelers who will need it.
I think Erasmus Internship is more ‘career-oriented’ compared to regular Erasmus Exchange.. That’s why people with this desire never give up! Here everything is looking at you. It’s no different than looking for a job abroad. Whether you need to find a workplace or get accepted to the workplace, Skypes, what can you add to our company, and so on! But the end is kindness and beauty!
I am sure that this internship will be a wonderful experience for you.
Have dreams that won’t make you fall asleep…
We, too, thank Melike, Thank you very much for the chat!
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