Financial Support for Internships Abroad

The program offers financial support for internships abroad in order to compensate for low amounts or lack of payment.

The minimum duration of an internship to be funded is two months, the maximum funding period is 12 months per phase of study (bachelor’s/master’s/doctorate). If you have already received Erasmus funding for studying abroad during the same phase of study, this will be counted towards the maximum funding period.

Please submit your application for funding to the liaison office as soon as possible, no later than one month before the beginning of your internship.

Please note: The application requires a number of documents and signatures, including the signature of the company offering the internship! If your application is not complete by the application deadline, funding will not be granted. Unfortunately, it is not possible to submit missing documents later. Further below you will find your contact persons for signatures at the University of Mannheim.

Internships at institutions of the European Union (such as a political party or a member of the European Parliament) as well as at institutions governing EU programs are excluded from funding. For these internships, funding is available through the Carlo Schmid Program.

Financial support for Erasmus placements is not awarded by the University of Mannheim itself, but by KOOR – Erasmus Services BW, the liaison office for Erasmus internships for Baden-Württemberg situated at the Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences. The entire application process is therefore handled by the liaison office. Please find here further information and the access to the online application: „KOOR – Erasmus Services BW“.

The Erasmus mobility grant does not include insurance coverage. Read more about what kind of insurance coverage you need. You'll need to provide proof of these for your Erasmus grant application.

Students with fewer opportunities can find more information on special funding options on the website of the liaison office.

It is possible to receive funding more than once if the total funding period (including Erasmus funding for studying abroad) does not exceed twelve months per phase of study (bachelor’s/master’s/doctorate). The maximum funding period for programs without bachelor’s and master’s phases (for example state examination programs) is 24 months.

If the application is submitted correctly and in due time, you are very likely to receive funding.

For an ERASMUS internship, you will need three signatures from the University of Mannheim: the application form needs to be signed by the International Office (usually by Ms. Ossandon, see below), the other two forms by your department. Your departmental contact persons are either the persons named here for outgoing students, or in the Faculty of Social Sciences and the Faculty of Humanities the respective internship managers. Please enter the correct contact persons, i.e. if a contact person in the department is required, please do NOT enter the International Office!

If you are planning on studying abroad at an Erasmus partner university and want to combine this stay with an internship of up to two months, your Erasmus funding for studying abroad can be extended for the respective period.

Requirements:
– internship in the same country as the semester abroad
– immediately before or after the ERAMSUS semester abroad
– duration of two months or less
– supervised by the host institution, i.e. the internship has to be included in the Learning Agreement.
The total ERASMUS funding period (i.e. for both studying abroad and the internship) must not exceed twelve months.
If the internship lasts more than two months, please apply for the Erasmus funding described above.

Internships at institutions of the European Union (such as a political party or a member of the European Parliament) as well as at institutions governing EU programs cannot be funded.

Please contact Ms Wittenberg at the International Office for information on combining an ERASMUS stay abroad with an internship.

The DAAD provides funding for internships abroad at specific organizations and institutions, such as institutions of the EU or UN, German representations abroad, international German schools or Goethe institutes, that are organized by the interns themselves and independently of any internship programs. The maximum funding period is three months. Funding includes a grant for travel expenses. More information can be found on the website of the DAAD (only available in German).

The DAAD offers grants for travel expenses for subject specific AIESEC  internships outside of Europe. More information can be found on the website of the DAAD  (only available in German).

The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) has set up a tailor-made, two-line scholarship program in teaching education for individual funding of internships at schools abroad. The program focuses on students who are pursuing a degree to become primary school teachers.

• Program line 1 supports short-term internships abroad (1 to 6 months) for students in teacher education programs of all subjects and types of school for self-organized internships at schools abroad. Please find the complete scholarship advertisement, application requirements and further information on the website of the DAAD
• Program line 2 is designed for graduates of teacher educationprograms and aims at closing the gap between the first education period (studying) and training during the preparatory service with a stay abroad. The program supports internships (travel expenses and costs of living) of 6 to 12 months between the first and the second state examination or after obtaining a master’s degree. Please find the complete scholarship advertisement, application requirements and further information on the website of the DAAD.

You can find further information, tips and experiences from students in teacher education programs studying abroad on this website of the campaign “Studieren weltweit – Erlebe Es!”of the DAAD.

Please note, all information on this program provided by the DAAD is currently only available in German.

For more information about funding for internships in France please visit the website of Campus France (only available in German).

The GIZ German-American internship program affords young graduates and professionals the opportunity to gain professional experience in the USA by funding internships with a duration of two to twelve months that are organized by the interns themselves. Interns receive a scholarship of EUR 600 per month if the internship is unpaid as well as grants for travel expenses and language courses.

• What is funded?

If you aim to work in your career as a civil servant on Europe-wide partnerships that deal with topics wich are of relevance for the future, the Walter-Hallstein-Programme as part of the Baden-Württemberg-STIPENDIUM (available in German only) is the right scholarship for you.

The Walter-Hallstein-Programme as part of the Baden-Württemberg-STIPENDIUM provides students at the final stages of their Bachelor‘s or during their Master’s study with scholarships for international working stays in public services. As part of the working experience, the scholarship holders work on specific topics  that are of particular relevance for the future. By contributing to international networking, the programme aims at strengthening the European idea and European-wide cooperation.  

• Who is funded?

Students from Baden-Württemberg, who plan to do internships in civil service organizations in European countries towards the end of their Bachelor‘s or during their Master’s study.

• Application

For the specifications of terms, application requirements, and further information on the program please see the Website of the Walter-Hallstein-Programme (available in German only).

Further information is available on the BAföG for stays abroad page.

Find out more on the student loans page.

If you have any questions regarding your stay abroad, here you can find the respective competent contact person at your school. They will advise you on any study-related aspects of your stay abroad, including the question of when a stay abroad can be best integrated in your degree program.