Paid Traineeships – Council of the European Union

The General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union offers around 100 paid traineeships a year to EU nationals who have completed at least the first part of their university studies, and have obtained a degree certificate.

Traineeships are split into two different periods, each lasting five months:

• 1 February to 30 June
• 1 September to 31 January

The traineeships are open to:

• EU citizens, or
• citizens from candidate countries that have concluded EU accession negotiations, and
• who have recently graduated from a university or equivalent higher-education establishment

Citizens from countries currently in accession negotiations may only take part in the  traineeships for national officials programme.

Languages

A thorough knowledge of French or English is required.

Location: Brussels, Belgium

Applications for the paid traineeships must be submitted using the online system between 1 June and 31 August of the year preceding the traineeship.

Read more and apply here.