Internships with Erasmus+

Please use the application form Application for Erasmus+ SMP ("internship").

To register:
-for internships please apply here (please use your TUM e-mail address)

The following documents must be uploaded to MoveON for your application:

• Letter of motivation
• Curriculum Vitae
• Signed Learning Agreement for Traineeships*
• Current academic performance records
• Enrolment certificate 

Please note:

• The Learning Agreement must be signed by the responsible person in your TUM department, not by the TUM Global & Alumni Office.
• Please select Erasmus+ Internship under Mobility Program under desired mobility.
• Make a note of your access data. You will need it again at a later point in time.

*You will find the template under the menu item Downloads.

Please submit the following documents to receive the scholarship payment:

Before your stay

• Submit application documents as described in Application
• Grant Agreement The document will be sent to students via e-mail. The original must be signed and submitted to the TUM Global & Alumni Office.
• OLS language test The invitation to the language test will be sent automatically via e-mail from the OLS system. The EU also offers free, tutored online language courses via the OLS platform. Note: Native speakers do not have to take this test.
• Graduate internships: submit a de-registration certificate

During the stay

• Exceptional Changes* If the planned internship period is to be extended by more than five days, an application for extension must be made using the Exceptional Changes* form and submitted to the TUM Global & Alumni Office via e-mail as a scan at least one month in advance of the planned end of the internship.
• Traineeship Certificate* Complete it, but do not have the internship organization sign it at this point, as no predated documents will be accepted!

After the stay

• Traineeship Certificate* with signature of the internship organization. Attention: No predated documents will be accepted!
• Student Report*
• EU survey Access data will automatically be sent to students from the EU database.
• Recommendation: Request an official job reference from the visited internship organization.

All final documents after the stay must be uploaded via the online form Outgoing - After mobility Documents - internship (Erasmus SMP und SEMP) within one month after the end of the internship. You can only submit the form if it is complete. 

As soon as all of the above documents have been submitted and checked, the scholarship will be paid out in full and your stay will be entered in the diploma supplement of your diploma. These data are entered in the TUMonline database four times a year: in March, June, September, and December.

More detailed information on the above documents and on the Erasmus+ Internships Program can be found in the checklist in the downloads.

*The template can be found under the menu item Downloads.

• Special needs grant "Top up" for students with fewer opportunities: 250 € per month additionally to the grant amount, for the funded duration of stay. You can apply for the top up upon submitting the application. According to the criteria defined by DAAD, the following students are eligible to receive the top up:
  • working students, who earned between 450-850€ per month before the internship abroad starts
  • students whose parents do not have any academic background
  • students who go abroad with their child(ren)
  • students who have a chronic disease which causes additional cost abroad
  • students who have a physical or psychological impairment 
• Special needs grant based on real cost: for students with disability, with chronic disease, and students who go abroad with their child(ren). To apply, please contact tumerasmus-praktikum@zv.tum.de at least three months before the start of your mobility. Please find details in the criteria defined by DAAD.
• Opportunity to participate in a training course on intercultural communication, offered by the Language Center.
• Support for subletting accommodation from TUM students to international exchange students coming to Munich.
• Erasmus+ Green Travel Grant: Environmentally friendly travel with sustainable, low-emission means of transport is supported in the Erasmus+ program in the form of a green travel grant. The green travel grant includes a one-time payment of 50 €. If applicable, a maximum of four additional travel days will be taken into account for calculating your funded duration of stay. Furthermore, students with a degree of disability of 20 or more, with chronic disease and students with a child are eligible for reimbursement of 80% of the real cost of sustainable travel. For more information on the funding opportunities for "green travel", please visit the website of DAAD.

• Each student can use a maximum of 12 months of Erasmus per period of study (B.A., M.A., PhD). These can be divided into several study and internship periods.
• Exception for education / medical / law students: 24 months. Since the graduate internship is formally part of the previous study cycle, applicants must have at least two Erasmus months left in order to be eligible for funding.

From 1.10.2022, internships outside Europe can also be funded through the Erasmus+ program.

The scholarships for internships outside Europe are limited, the number of places is fixed for each School and the allocation will be made according to the "first come, first serve" principle. 

For internships outside the EU starting in the winter semester 2024/25, no more funding scholarships are available! Applications for the summer semester 2024/25 (beginning on 1st of April 2025) are possible now!