Traineeships at the EU Council

Each year the General Secretariat of the Council offers paid traineeships, traineeships for students of national administration schools, and paid places reserved for trainees with a disability.

Trainees will be attached to a department that suits them based on their profiles. The tasks of the trainees include attending meetings, drafting minutes, and carrying out preparatory work or research on a particular subject.

Each year the General Secretariat of the Council offers some 100 paid traineeships lasting 5 months.

There are two five-month traineeship periods, as follows:

- 16 February to 15 July

- 1 September to 31 January

Who can apply

- citizens of one of the Member States of the European Union or from candidate countries that have concluded EU accession negotiations;

- candidates must have a good knowledge of at least English or French (C1 level) and they need to have very good knowledge of two EU official languages, including those mentioned above;

- candidates have completed by the deadline for the lodging of the applications at least the first cycle of a course of university studies validated by a certificate or equivalent. The General Secretariat of the Council is looking for trainees with qualifications in different fields: policy, administration, communication, IT and more.

Who can't apply

- applicants who have not already who have already benefited from any kind of training (paid or unpaid) or employment for more than 6 weeks within an EU institution, body, agency or office.

Paid trainees receive a monthly traineeship grant of €1340,47 net, travel allowance, €60 euros monthly allowance to be used in the Council’s restaurants, accident insurance, 2 days of leave per month worked, and more.

The grant awarded is decided every year.