Placement contract and grant application

• From the receiving organization
  • Name, department, address, website
  • Size of enterprise: 1-50 employees, 51-500 employees, more than 500 employees
  • Contact information of the responsible person (supervisor) in the receiving organization > the person who supervises and guides you during the work placement period
  • Contact information of the responsible person (supervisor) at Metropolia > the degree program responsible for work placement abroad
  • Workplace language
  • Title of the trainee > the title used for you during the work placement (eg intern, trainee, designer)
  • Number of working hours per week
  • Tasks / detailed program of the placement
  • Knowledge, skills and competencies to be acquired during placement > the skills and competencies that you develop during the work placement, you can also think of these by yourself
  • Monitoring and evaluation plan > how you will be monitored and evaluated (eg regular feedback discussions, final evaluation at the end of your placement etc.)
  • Placement start date and placement end date > the dates of the start and end of your work placement (not the travel dates!)
• From the degree program
  • Number of expected ECTS credits > how many ECTS credits you will be awarded for the work placement period
• Your language proficiency
  • Level of language competence before placement > Assess your language competence based on the European CEFR language scale (language of the workplace)

• After filling the agreement, the International Relations Adviser will check it and you will get the agreement to your e-mail
• Print out the agreement. Check that all fields are filled in and sign it first yourself
• Have it approved and signed by the degree program and the receiving organization.
• Upload the signed agreement (all pages) to Mobility-Online. If you have difficulties getting all signature before the placement starts, please contact the International Relations Adviser

• Metropolia grants are processed once a month, on the 10th of each month, payment on the last working day of the month.

   

• The grant is a travel grant that requires physical travel to the placement location. The placement cannot take place in the country of your current residence.
• The grant depends on the length of the placement period, credits awarded, and host country. 
• Please note that you cannot receive funding from more than one source for a single work placement (eg. Metropolia grant, EU- or Finnish National for Education (EDUFI) funded programmes).
• You can receive Erasmus+ funding even if you receive salary or other perks during the placement. Metropolia informs Finnish Tax authorities about grantees and sums.

It is your responsibility to cover and check all costs for the placement abroad such as accommodation and living, travel, supervision fees, insurance, visa and vaccinations, all other costs. 

You will apply for the grant at the same time as you prepare the  Learning Agreement for Traineeship/Placement in the Mobility-Online system.

Conditions for the grant

• The placement is part of the curriculum.
• Learning Agreement for Traineeship / Work Placement (LA) signed by the student, degree programme and placement organisation is uploaded to Mobility-Online before the placement begins.
• Long-term placements: Full-time working hours (min. 5 ECTS/month).
• Placement will be completed physically in the host country

The grant or a part of the grant must be returned if the placement is cancelled, the student returns from the placement earlier than agreed or the student has given false information in the Learning Agreement for Traineeship/Placement. Any changes to the placement period must be immediately reported to the International Adviser in your field of study.

• Rights and duties of students going for Erasmus+ student exchange can be found in the Erasmus Student Charter.
• You can participate in Erasmus+ mobilities including student exchange and work placement abroad for a maximum of 12 months in each degree level (Bachelor, Master). In other words, you can participate in Erasmus+ student exchange and Erasmus+ work placement abroad, however their duration can be altogether a maximum of 12 months. For the exceeding part you may receive a Metropolia grant.
• You can participate in Erasmus+ exchange and work placement abroad in their home country and receive Erasmus+ grants, if the host country is not their place of residence during the studies.