You can do your placement abroad too – and just as easily as you would do it in Finland. The only difference between placements done in Finland and abroad is that you might be eligible to apply funding from LAB provided that the criteria is met. Note that grant can be paid only for physical placements meaning that you will travel to the host organisation country to do the placement there. Get more international experience and use the possibility to complete a placement abroad!

How to proceed?

You can do a placement abroad already during the summer after the first year of studies. You can also combine studying and placement abroad so that you look for a placement during your exchange studies from that area. Your tutor teacher is able to help you find the best timing for a placement in your studies. If you already know in the beginning of your studies that you want to complete a placement abroad, it is definitely wise to bring that up with your tutor teacher in an early stage.

Guidance and supervision for the placement abroad is given by the teachers of your degree programme just like for placements done in Finland. In general, the instructions and guidelines given by your degree programme are valid for placements done abroad too. Note to keep in mind the grant terms so that you will agree that kind of a placement abroad where you are able to get the grant.

Please check the placement criteria and practical training coordinators of your faculty from eLAB Practical training -pages.

Further guidance on insurances and how to finance the placement abroad available from Preparations for studies and placement abroad -pages. Also, do note the Brexit impacts on placement done in UK.

Registering the placement abroad in mobility system

All placements done physically outside of Finland need to be registered beforehand in LAB mobility system, Mobility-Online. Remote/teleworking placements done from other country than the destination country cannot be supported with a grant. The registration is made with "International Internship" -registration form. You also need to upload the training agreement / work contract to LAB Mobility-Online after the online form is sent. Further instructions on the process is also sent to you via email after completing the online registration form. When you have completed the registration, International Mobility Services will review the information and in case the placement is grant eligible, further steps and instructions will be available for you. Additional Erasmus+ documents are also downloaded from LAB Mobility-Online.

The online registration link and further info on the process is available from the section Placement abroad arrangements. Placement credits are issued by the degree programme (not by the International Mobility Services).

Check out the info on how to finance your placement abroad, insurances etc.