Internship abroad

Having signed an agreement with the Erasmus+ National Agency the Silesian College of Medicine in Katowice is conducting a recruitment process for internship programs up to 3 months.

As part of the recruitment process, the candidate applying for the program must submit the following documents to the Dean’s Office:

Application form
Grade point average for the entire course of studies certified by the Dean,
Language certificates obtained (if any),
In addition, documents that confirm active engagement in scientific or social activities or additional qualifications obtained until the moment of application are also appreciated,
Opinion of the academic teaching staff in major courses about the candidate.

Terms and conditions for recruitment and study/internship exchange programs abroad for Erasmus+ 2018-2019

General information for students interested in the ERASMUS+ internship programs abroad:

In order to be qualified for the Erasmus+ program it is required to:

be enrolled in B.A., B.Sc., M.A., M.Sc. PhD (or equal) study programs or be a graduate of the above (the internship must take place within 12 months after graduation).
be a student of an institution that participates in the program, i.e. has the Erasmus Charter for Higher Education issued by the European Commission and is conducting student exchange in a given academic year.

Duration of internship: from 2 to 12 months

A student may receive a grant for the duration of the program up to 12 months for each level of study regardless of the number and types of activities undertaken as part of the program. However, previous Erasmus Lifelong Learning programs that the student participated in (for each level of study) are also counted into the total.

Students must conduct their mobility activities in a country participating in the program other than the country of the home institution and their country of residence.

Students will receive EU subsidies to partially cover their travel and subsistence costs incurred during the course of study or internship abroad. The EU grant amount depends on the country where the program is implemented.

Countries that participate in the program were divided into 3 groups:

Group 1

Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Iceland, Lichtenstein, Luxembourg, Norway, Sweden, United Kingdom

Group 2

Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, France, Greece, Spain, the Netherlands, Malta, Germany, Portugal, Italy

Group 3

Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, FYROM (Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia), Lithuania, Latvia, Romania,
Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey, Hungary

Grant amounts for Erasmus+

We would like to remind that the internship program must be carried out in accordance with the student’s field of study.. For students who wish to have their internship approved as an integral part of their study program (mandatory internship), their Erasmus+ internship must be consistent with the internship program required for a given faculty.

Detailed information about the Programu Erasmus+ internship programs abroad are available at the Dean’s Office or by email at: erasmus@swsm.pl