Student Outgoings - Mobility for Placements

Mobility for Placements (Praktika)

Students and graduates (up to 12 months after graduation) of the University of Education Salzburg Stefan Zweig (PH Salzburg) can complete one or more funded internships abroad with ERASMUS+. This can be completed in institutions such as schools, kindergartens, associations and also companies, both in programme countries and in partner countries.

Duration: ERASMUS+ supports internships of between two and a total of twelve months per study cycle (Bachelor, Master, PhD). Participants can complete several internships as long as the total duration does not exceed one year.
Location: schools, kindergartens, educational institutions, associations, public institutions, NGOs, training and research institutions, companies.
Grant (Zuschuss): 570 – 670 euros per month, depending on the host country. Subsidies are also available for students with fewer opportunities and for using environmentally friendly means of transport.
Language Courses: The European Commission offers online language courses free of charge.

What are the advantages of an ERASMUS+ internship?

• Professional orientation as preparation for the teaching profession
• International work experience
• Acquisition of additional qualifications
• Improving foreign language and communication skills
• Getting to know new countries, cultures and ways of working
• Personality development and expansion of social skills
• Building contacts and networks

Student placement

• During studies, e.g. in the summer months July – September
• Contents relevant to studies, supplement to school practice
• At least two months
• Recognition in consultation with the Internaitonal Office resp. with the Centre for Practical Pedagogical Studies (ZPPS)

Graduate placement

• Recent graduates (Bachelor and Master)
• Within 12 months of graduation
• Two to 12 months
• Also possible in combination with language assistance programme (Sprachassistenzprogramm) and other employment relationships (Dienstverhältnisse)

Language assistance programme (Sprachassistenzprogramm)

• Graduates of the University of Education Salzburg Stefan Zweig
• Different grants and merits depending on the destination country
• Starting in October each year
• 7 – 10 month
• Assistance at schools in German lessons

Language assistance programme (Sprachassistenzprogramm)

Digital Opportunities Traineeships

• „Digital Opportunity Traineeships“ training initiative
• Students and recent graduates
• To expand digital skills