Erasmus+ Traineeship Mobility Grant Ranking and Allocation for 2025-2026
2025 Erasmus+ Traineeship Information Session
2025 Erasmus+ Traineeship Pre-Departure Orientation
What is an Erasmus+ Traineeship?
An Erasmus + Traineeship is an internship/traineeship (minimum 2 months, maximum 12 months) in a company or organization (public or private) in the Program Countries that may be supported by a mobility grant. We pay the mobility grants for two months only. The mobility grants are never guaranteed or meant to cover the full cost of the stay.
For more information: https://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-plus/opportunities/traineeships-students_en
Students are themselves responsible for finding the traineeship position. Applicants with a TRAINEESHIP LEARNING AGREEMENT SIGNED BY THE RECEIVING ORGANIZATION/ENTERPRISE in the Program Countries will receive +10 points in the ranking.
1 – Who can apply?
Full-time students who have a CGPA at least 2.20 at undergraduate level or 2.50 at graduate level.
Note 1: For the Erasmus+ Traineeship to count towards the mandatory internship, the conditions and procedure of the mandatory internship need to be met separately. Particularly, mandatory internships usually require four semesters to have been completed prior to the internship.
Note 2: According to the MEF University Senate Decision dated 09.03.2023 recent graduate traineeships are excluded. Students need to be continuing students till the end of their traineeship.
2 – Application deadlines
| Start of applications: | 10 February 2025 |
| End of applications: | 25 February 2025 |
| Language testing: | 01-04 March 2025 Time-slots TBA (applicants will receive an email to book their testing sessions) |
| Announcement of results: | 17 March 2025 |
| Latest withdrawal date: | 30 April 2025 |
3 – How to apply?
The applications will be through this link. Attaching a TRAINEESHIP LEARNING AGREEMENT SIGNED BY THE RECEIVING ORGANIZATION/ENTERPRISE (before the mobility part) in the Program Countries to your application will give you +10 points. Here you can find the template for a traineeship learning agreement.
4 – How many students will be included?
Students will be ranked according to the criteria below. Ranking will be done on program-basis, and the programs allocated mobility grants according to their ratio of eligible students. Within the program, the grants are allocated according to the program-specific student ranking. We pay the mobility grants for two months only. The current budget provides 12 mobility grants, zero-grant students have an unlimited quota.
5– Ranking Criteria
| CGPA | 50% |
| Language Proficiency | 50% |
| Children of war casualty and veterans | +15 points |
| Students with disability (with documented evidence of disability) | +10 points |
| Students under protective measures in accordance with Law No 2828 on Social Services and Law no 5395 on Juvenile Protection | +10 points |
| Complete and signed traineeship LA included in the application | +10 points |
| Students who provide documentation confirming that they or their immediate (first-degree) relatives are recipients of financial aid from AFAD | +10 points |
| Traineeship in Digital Skills | +5 points |
| Second time in Erasmus+ (grant or without grant) within the same project category | -10 points |
| Destination is citizenship country | -10 points |
| Cancellation without notification before the deadline | -10 points |
| Applying to study and traineeship mobility at the same time (deducted from one) | -10 points |
| For the students selected, not participating without an excuse to Erasmus+ related meetings/trainings (to be deducted from the next application round) | -5 points |
| Missing scheduled language proficiency examination (to be deducted from the next application round) | -5 points |
Method of determining language proficiency for English: Burlington VTest General English
For other languages than English: official language certificate required.
6 – Amount of Mobility Grant
We pay the mobility grants for two months only. Mobility grants are never guaranteed or meant to cover the full cost of the stay. Mobility grants are allocated in the ranking order according to the criteria above. The amounts of mobility grants for the applicants in this round are as in the grant agreement 2024-1-TR01-KA131-HED-000203787, and the 2024 Sözleşme Dönemi Uygulama El Kitabı rules will be applicable.
Monthly Support
| Program Country categories according to the living expenses | Host Program Countries | Mobility grant per month (Euro) |
| I. and II. Categories | Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Iceland, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Luxemburg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden | 750 |
| III. Category | Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Lithuania, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Serbia | 600 |
Travel Grant
| Travel Distance* | Standard Travel Grant Amount (Euro) | Green Travel Grant Amount (Euro) |
| 10 to 99 KM | 28 | 56 |
| 100 to 499 KM | 211 | 285 |
| 500 to 1999 KM | 309 | 417 |
| 2000 to 2999 KM | 395 | 535 |
| 3000 to 3999 KM | 580 | 785 |
| 4000 to 7999 KM | 1188 | 1188 |
| 8000 KM or more | 1735 | 1735 |
*According to the EU Distance Calculator
Participants are encouraged to use low-emission transportation methods for distances under 500 km. Green travel refers to low carbon emission public transportation like buses, trains, and carpooling. To be eligible for green travel support, participants must use green travel methods both to and from the activity, ensuring that more than half of the total travel is completed using eco-friendly vehicles.
Note: MEF University reserves the right of asking students who fail to complete the traineeship or the required documentation, to return the mobility grant, fully or partially. To verify the length of stay abroad, MEF University reserves the right of inspecting the students' passport exit-entry stamps or e-devlet exit-entry records.
7 – End Provisions
Nominated students may decline the mobility grant if they so wish. Students who are nominated can withdraw until the announced withdrawal date without any further penalty. If a student withdraws after the withdrawal date, he/she will receive a 10-point deduction in his/her next Erasmus+ application.
8 – Useful Documents
Student Erasmus Charter (TR)
Student Erasmus Charter (EN)
Template for a Traineeship Learning Agreement and Certificate
ISCED Fields of Education and Training