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The duration of your stay is very different from each study programme. Ask your local international coordinator.

Most students travel by an EU-mobility, which means they got most of their costs financed by EU-funds. Most students also save up some pocket money to spend on themselves during their stay.

Each internship has some options of accommodation nearby your coming internship. Some students prefer private accommodation. Other students prefer living in a flat either alone or together with other students. It´s very individual.

IMPORTANT: Wait to search for lodging until you know for sure that the internship has approved to have you as an intern/trainee.

You always contact your contact person at the internship, so the internship knows why you don´t turn up the day you´re sick. if you are sick more than a week, please contact the international coordinator, who is connected to your international internship. If you are in pain and you are frightened – don´t hesitate to contact the local doctor or the local hospital.

IMPORTANT: bring your own European health card

You contact your own national embassy in the foreign country and explain to them what has happened with your passport.

You contact the international coordinator from the VET Schol, who is connected to your international internship. The international coordinator will set up a meeting with you and your internship.

Most students take their exams in their home country after completing their international internship. Some schol partners have a learning agreement saying it´s possible for their students to make an examination in the country they are staying at. You need to know what agreement your schol has made with the country you are going to. You also need to know the objectives that you are going to reach at the international internship.

The VET school you attend has it´s own VET study programmes. Before you take a part of your internship in another country you have to sign and understand a learning agreement which clarifies the professionel content of your stay. The competences and skills you have to work with and the goals or objectives you have to pass. This is a part of the ECVET system and it´s nessecary for the validation and credit of your international experiences and knowledge.

First of all congratulations. Now you need to prepare yourself. You can prepare yourself in many ways:

• Start reading about the country, what is the culture of the land? Do the inhabitants have other values and traditions that you are not familiar with? Study study and study.
• What kind of city are you going to – read about it.
• Contact your local international coordinator – set up a meeting with her/him and talk about the practical issues e.g.: Who is booking the flight ticket? When do I get the EU-money?
• What is my expectation to my local international coordinator? What does he/she expect from me when I´m abroad?

When you arrive in the foreign country some one will pick you up at the airport or at the train station / bus station. There will always be some one to welcome you. It could be a local contact person or the local international coordinator. It differs from place to place, but you will be greeted some how. Most VET schools have their own student boards who will welcoming you. Before your arrival you have received a programme or a meeting plan for your stay by the foreign international coordinator. The meeting plan tells you when you have to be at your internship and if there are any school lessons it will also appears to you from the schedule.
If you have any doubts before leaving – contact your local international coordinator and she/he will explain to you what you have to do.