Erasmus+ grant for practical training

You can apply for Erasmus funding for traineeships of 60-360 days or alternatively Short-term blended traineeships for 5 to 30 days, with an additional virtual component included.

• You can apply for the Erasmus internship grant through the Mobility Team after you have found an internship placement (see available countries and requirements below). Please read the information on this page carefully!
• The internship is supervised and administered in the same way as internships in Finland. In other words, you must follow the internship guidelines that apply to your degree program.  

Where can I do Erasmus+ funded traineeships? 

• Available countries
  • EU countries (Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden),
  • Iceland, Norway, Liechtenstein, Turkey, North Macedonia, Serbia
  • United Kingdom (however more limitations in available funding than for other countries as UK is not an Erasmus+ program country anymore)
• Host organisations for practical training may be enterprises, research centres and other organisations. EU organisations External link are however not accepted.
• You can contact companies and organizations directly or find suitable internships through networks and organizations that arrange internships. However, if the practical training in your degree program is strictly regulated, please discuss your plans with the teacher responsible for internships before you start your search.

Who can apply for the Erasmus+ grant?

• A student can participate in Erasmus+ student exchange and/or work placement up to a maximum of 12 months in each study level (bachelor/master).
• Minimum duration
  • The minimum duration for Erasmus funded long-term practical placement is 2 full months (60 days, e.g. 10 March - 9 May). A virtual period may also be combined with it, the minimum length for the physical mobility is however still 2 months.
  • Erasmus+ funding for short-term mobility for traineeship may be implemented as blended mobility, which includes a physical period lasting 5–30 days and a compulsory virtual component completed as remote work.
• Minimum number of working hours/week: 30 (according to Erasmus rules)
• You must be registered as present as a degree student at Arcada
• The practical placement needs to be fully recognized by your degree programme.

How much is the grant and travel support worth?

Grant amount for practical training 2-12 months

Erasmus+ grants for practical training are based on the duration of the practical training in days and on the host country.

• Grant amounts below are valid 1.1.2025 - at least 31.7.2026
• Countries with higher living costs:
  Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden,
  • 690€/month (23€/day)
• Countries with lower living costs:
  Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Cyprus, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Turkey, North Macedonia
  • 640€/month (21,33€/day)
• For practical training in the United Kingdom 690€/month as long as we have available funding (more limited than for other countries as UK is not an Erasmus+ program country anymore).

Additionally, an extra travel support will be provided based on the distance between Helsinki and your internship location.  See "Travel support" below.

Grant amount for short term blended practical training 2-12 months

Valid at least until 31.7.2026

Erasmus+ funding for short-term mobility for traineeship may be implemented as blended mobility, which includes a physical period lasting 5–30 days and a compulsory virtual component completed as remote work.

• Erasmus grant for short-term mobility is paid for the physical mobility period only
• The grant amount for placements during 1 June 2023 - 31 July 2025 is 79€/day for days 1-14 and 56€/day for days 15-30.
• For students with fewer opportunities, an additional grant is paid. Different amounts compared to the ones for students going on long-term mobility.
• Green travel top-up grant: Starting from 2022, it is possible to get extra travel grant if a student chooses an environmental/low-emission mode of travel (for example bicycle, train, bus, carpooling, not however ferry) and the majority of traveled distance of the round trip or at least one direction of the trip is 100% green travel. As green mobility grant, the student receives 50 € top-up to their grant. In addition, max 4 travels days can be added to the duration of the mobility. - This rule applies to short blended-mode internships until June 30, 2025. Starting from autumn 2025, travel allowances will also be paid to students in short blended-mode internships according to the table below, with increased support for green travel options.
• Read about a greener mobility (before, during, after) on the Green Erasmus portal External link External link.

Travel support

An additional travel support will be awarded based on the distance between Helsinki and your internship location starting from January 1, 2025, and for short blended internships starting from August 1, 2025.

The amount of the travel grant depends on the distance to the destination and whether it qualifies as green mobility. Only one distance is covered, not a round trip. The distance is calculated using a distance calculator from Helsinki directly to the internship destination External link .  

In a green mobility, the majority of travelled kilometres via the most direct route or at least one way of the trip must be completed using environmentally friendly means of transportation, such as biking, train, bus, or carpooling. Please note that traveling by ferry is not considered green mobility. On greenerasmus.org, you can find tips on green travel and information on sustainability before, during and after an exchange External link. 

In addition to the travel grant, you may also receive a daily grant for a maximum of 2 travel days. When traveling green, you can receive a grant for a maximum of 3 travel days per direction. 

Additional Grant and Support for Students with Fewer Opportunities or Special Needs

Erasmus+ additional top-up grant for students with fewer opportunities

The Erasmus+ programme supports also students with fewer opportunities to participate in a mobility period. Participants with fewer opportunities are entitled to a fixed-fee additional grant of 250€/month on top of the ordinary Erasmus+ mobility grant. 

As of the academic year 2022-2023 in Finland the fewer opportunities category includes:

• Social obstacles
  • students with families (student has an underaged child or children)
  • students who are family carers (student has an agreement of informal care with the municipality)
• Disabilities
  • students with EU’s disability card or who have a right for the card
  • disabled students (at least moderate functional deficiency)
• Health obstacles
  • students having severe and/or chronic health problems (at least moderate functional deficiency)
• Migrant background
  • students who have received international protection (refugees, asylum seekers, students who have been granted international, subsidiary or temporary protection, or the student has a refugee’s passport)

Special Needs and Inclusion support - Erasmus+

You can participate Erasmus+ practical training abroad even if you have special needs. You should contact the international coordinator at Arcada (E-mail: international@arcada.fi) in good time before the application deadline so that we can start the arrangements as early as possible. To ensure that students with special needs can take full advantage of the Erasmus or Nordplus exchange, both programs offers extra funding for students with special needs. You may be entitled to extra funding if you have a disability, illness or other exceptional special needs that will cause extra costs during your exchange and which are not covered by other sources. You can find more information about the support for students with special needs on The Finnish National Board of Education's website External link.

Important dates - Rolling application 

There is a rolling application process with no specific deadlines. Please submit required documents at the latest, two weeks before the start of your practical training, to ensure that we get everything ready before deadline (the start of your internship) (the two week rule is valid until 30 June 2025, from Autumn 2025, 30 days). Applications submitted later will be considered if possible, but cannot be guaranteed, as everything must be finalized before the start of the internship (according to Erasmus+ regulations). Applications are generally not processed during the period July 1 to August 15.

The selection is based on a first come first served basis. Most likely there will be funding available for all interested in going on Erasmus funded practical training abroad.

How do I apply for the grant?

When you have a practical placement confirmed:

• When you have been offered an internship abroad, you should contact your practical training supervisor/teacher in charge of work placement at your degree programme so that you can arrange an internship agreement, if they require such an agreement in addition to the Erasmus+ Learning Agreement below. Many programs have guidelines for internship agreements and a template available in Itslearning.
• Email E-mail: international@arcada.fi and inform us about your plans to apply for an Erasmus grant for practical training abroad. First, please check that the internship meets the requirements for the Erasmus grant (see above). Please, let us know:
  • the planned start- and end date of your practical training (first and last day at work)
  • country and city
  • employer (the name of the company/organization) and contact person (name and email address)
  • confirm that your practical training abroad will meet the criteria listed under "Am I eligible" on this page

Apply for the Erasmus+ grant

• Step 1: Register your practical training abroad in MoveON
  • Login to the form with your Arcada credentials
  • Upload your signed practical training contract, if available.
  • Write the first day at work as start date and last day at work as end date
  • You can fill in the form at your own pace (save progress and return to the form later)
  • Remember to click submit once ready 

In case you have any questions, please contact E-mail: international@arcada.fi

• Step 2: Fill in the Erasmus+ Learning Agreement form for traineeships:

• Instructions
  • Save the Learning Agreement on your computer. When you have filled in all parts that you can fill in, it is time to collect the information that you still need in order to complete the agreement. Contact the employer and the teacher responsible for practical training with your questions. Ask the employer for information regarding the receiving organisation, proposed mobility programme and insurances. It is important that the teacher responsible for the practical training will approve the amount of ECTS you will get when fulfilling the practical training.
  • Make sure that all parts of the agreement (see the model agreement) are filled in before sending the agreement for signature to the employer and the teacher responsible for practical training. Please ask the mobility team (international(a)arcada.fi) to check your agreement before sending it further. Contact us via email also if you have any questions about the form.

Your Erasmus+ Grant Agreement

• After you have registered your planned internship abroad, the grant agreement will be prepared, and at that stage, you will receive a link to a new MoveON form where you, among other things, upload the signed Learning Agreement (LA). Your grant amount is calculated and the information is entered into the agreement before you receive it for completion and signature.

Other useful information

• Read the document Erasmus Student Charter!
• Before going abroad, discuss the requirements for a practical training report for your study programme with the teacher responsible for your practical training.
• The grant will be paid in two separate parts. 80 % of the grant will be paid within 45 days after the agreement has been signed. The remaining 20 % will be paid when you have handed in your Traineeship Certificate, filled in EU Survey and when your credits have been registered and you have informed International Coordinator about it.

• Students participating in Erasmus+ practical training must carry out an Erasmus+ Online Language Support - Voluntary since 1.1.2023

  Students participating in Erasmus+ funded practical training have the possibility to participate in an OLS-online language assessment in the main language of work before the practical training period (with the exception of native speakers). You will receive an email with a link to the OLS platform once you have handed in your signed Learning Agreement. Based on your language proficiency you may have the opportunity to follow an online language course in the OLS platform either in the working language and/or in the local language (if included among the languages ​​that offer courses) before and during your mobility period. 

During your practical training

• If there are any changes during the internship period, remember to get in touch with us.
• Ask your employer to fill in and sign your Traineeship Certificate.

Within a month after the practical training period

• Send a copy of the Traineeship Certificate to international[a]arcada.fi
• Send a copy of the same "Traineeship Certificate" and the practical training report (that the teacher responsible for the training requires) straight to the teacher who then will register your credits.
• Fill in the mandatory EU Survey - participant report form that will be sent to your email (link to the survey).
• Remember to notify the international coordinator when your credits have been registered in ASTA!

All of the above needs to be done ~ 1 month after a finished practical training period.

Contact

If you have questions regarding Erasmus+ funding for traineeships, please contact the mobility team through E-mail: international@arcada.fi or call 0294 282 673. We can also book an appointment and meet either on campus or teams.