Schuman Traineeship

Applicants for a Schuman traineeship must be nationals of a Member State of the European Union or an accession/candidate country The Schuman traineeships are traineeships in the administration of the European Parliament. The Schuman traineeships are paid and can be carried out in one of the European Parliament’s official places of work – Brussels, Luxembourg and Strasbourg – or in its Liaison Offices in the Member States. The Schuman traineeships may be undertaken in a wide variety of fields, including EU internal and external policies, finance, law, multilingualism, administration, infrastructure and logistics, communication and IT. Visit our traineeship application page to find out more about our 514 traineeship offers and apply before 31 October. Applicants for a Schuman traineeship must:
• be aged 18 or over;
• be nationals of a Member State of the European Union or an accession/candidate country;
• hold a university level diploma or – for a limited number of traineeships – a vocational education qualification obtained within the EU (EQF levels 3, 4 or 5);
• have a thorough knowledge of one of the official EU languages and a very good knowledge of a second (citizens of non-Member States must have a very good knowledge of either English, French or German);
• provide an eligible criminal record;
• not have worked, or have benefitted from any other type of traineeship, for more than two consecutive months in an EU institution, body or agency;
• not have carried out a study visit at the Secretariat of the European Parliament six months prior to the beginning of the traineeship.