No work experience is required to be eligible for a traineeship at EUSPA. However, should you have any work experience prior to submitting your application – you are welcome to mention it.

The traineeship is offered at our headquarters in Prague (Czech Republic) or at one of our centres in Saint-Germain-en-Laye and Toulouse (France), Noordwijk (the Netherlands), and Torrejon de Ardoz and San Martin de la Vega (Spain).

The successful trainees will have to relocate to the place of employment as indicated in the respective vacancy notice.

Yes. Candidates may update their already submitted application until the deadline of the respective vacancy notice. Only the latest version will be considered.

Yes. Vacancies published on the EUSPA traineeships page are independent of one another. Unless specified otherwise, candidates are welcome to apply for more than one open traineeship.

Each application will be treated separately.

The Agency does not consider spontaneous applications or applications that are not submitted using our e-recruitment tool.

Only applications for open traineeship calls can be taken into consideration. The only exception is the expressed interest in an ad-hoc free traineeship.

Yes, as long as candidates have not already completed a paid traineeship at EUSPA, they are eligible to apply even if they have already started/completed a traineeship at another EU institution/body.

The traineeship is open to applicants who have not previously undertaken a regular traineeship at EUSPA and who meet the eligibility criteria on the closing date for applications.

To be eligible for a traineeship, candidates must be nationals of the EU, Iceland or Norway.

The Agency is an equal opportunities employer and strongly encourages applications from all candidates who fulfil the eligibility and selection criteria without any distinction whatsoever on grounds of nationality, age, race, political, philosophical or religious conviction, gender or sexual orientation and regardless of disabilities, marital status or other family situation.

To apply for a short-term unpaid traineeship please send us the following documents in English:

• Your CV.
• A motivation letter, indicating your preferred time-frame and area/s of interest within the scope of the Agency (or a specific Department) and justifying the need (if any) of the traineeship for educational purposes.

Please note that an ad-hoc traineeship should be offered as a priority to university students who have to accomplish a compulsory training period as part of their ongoing university education.

All available traineeship positions are published here. By clicking on the vacancy, you will be taken to the EUSPA e-recruitment portal (it is recommended to use Google Chrome).

Applications received after the deadline indicated in the vacancy notice will not be considered.

We advise you to apply as early as possible, as positions may arise at any point in time as long as the call remains open. You are welcome to indicate your preferred start date in your motivation letter.

You may find more information in our Rules governing the traineeship.

• Regular traineeships last a minimum of 6 months and a maximum of 12 months.
• Ad-hoc traineeships last a minimum of 1 month and a maximum of 3 months. A 3-month ad-hoc traineeship is ideal for gaining the necessary experience.