Traineeships in TermCoord and European Institutions

1. Traineeship at Terminology Coordination Unit

   1. TermCoord welcomes students, graduates and postgraduates from a wide array of fields such as terminology management, translation, linguistics and lingistic engineering, but also law, informatics or european studies. To apply, interested candidates have to submit an online application for the traineeships offered by the European Parliament; the five month Schuman scholarship and the three month (extendable once) Linguistic Training.

      1. In order to have the candidacy considered by Terminology Coordination, the specific interest of the candidate must be stated in the application.

   2. A traineeship in our Unit offers the possibility to deal with a series of aspects related to Terminology, such as the administration of the European terminology Database IATE, term extraction software, specific terminology domains as the Human Rights, organisation of seminars, external contact organisation, etc. Interested candidates can click for information on the content of traineeship at the Terminology Coordination Unit, or e-mail us.

      C. Study visits: Anybody interested in terminology, translation or localisation may apply for a study visit in the EP and pass a period of maximum 1 month in TermCoord to see what we do. Clich here to find out more about the conditions for applying.

2.  European Parliament Traineeships

   1. Translation Traineeships

      1. Traineeship at the European Parliament’s Directorate-General for Translation as a translator for 3 months with a possible 3 months extension.

   2. Robert Schuman scholarships
      1. General option

         1. A 5 months long administrative traineeship at one of the units of the European Parliament.

      2. Journalism option

         1. A 5 months long, mainly administrative, traineeship for at one of the units of the European Parliament for applicants with experience in journalism.

3. European Commission Traineeships

   1. Translation Traineeships

      1. Traineeship at the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Translation as a translator, lasting 5 months.

   2. Administrative Traineeship

      1. Official in-service training with the Commission of the European Union, lasting for 5 months.

4. Council of the European Union

   1. Paid traineeships at the Council of the European Union

      1. 5 months long traineeships where trainees are attached to a department and work as part of the team to which they are assigned. Trainees may be required, for instance, to attend meetings of working parties (and possibly Coreper and Council meetings), draft minutes or carry out preparatory work or research on a particular subject.

   2. Compulsory training period as a part of student’s studies

      1. The Council General Secretariat also offers unpaid traineeships to young third, fourth or fifth year students of a higher‑education establishment or university whose programme of studies requires such a period of training to be undertaken.

   3. Traineeships reserved for National Officers

      1. This programme is intended for officials from ministries, government or regional agencies and the diplomatic corps of the Member States of the European Union or of a State that is a candidate for accession.

5. European Court of Auditors

   1. General traineeship at the ECA

      1. A 5 months long traineeships for those interested in obtaining practical training related to the activities of the European Court of Auditors.

6. The Court of Justice of the European Union

   1. Traineeships in Interpreting

      1. Interpreting traineeships, last from 10 to 12 weeks and are primarily aimed at newly qualified conference interpreters whose language combination is of interest to the Interpretation Directorate.

   2. Traineeships at the Court of Justice of the European Union

      1. Up to 5 months long traineeships are generally undertaken in the Research and Documentation Directorate, the Press and Information Service, the Directorate-General for Translation. Applicants, who must hold a degree in law or in political sciences.