Work placements and international experience

Combine exchange studies with internships

Unitech International

Unitech includes an exchange at a university and a work placement at a leading company and personal development in managerial skills. This programme is open to students enrolled in year 3 of an MSc in Engineering programme. Participation in the programme takes place during year 4. The programme provides a management dimension and a unique opportunity to learn how to work in a borderless Europe. The network includes nine prominent European universities and a number of European companies with offices around the world.

Within UNITECH International, universities collaborate with companies to create an exchange with internships adapted to the programme. An internship must last at least twelve weeks and can be done basically anywhere in the world.

List of collaborating companies

A total of 90 credits are to have been awarded on completion of the programme.

Traineeships

Erasmus+ Grant for traineeship

Note: in this text we use the terms traineeship and internship interchangeably.

Application for traineeship grants through Erasmus+ is open twice a year:

• 15 February to 1 April. Applications for traineeship grants for traineeships starting between June and December.
• 15 August to 1 October. Applications for traineeship grants for traineeships starting between January and May the following year.

You can apply for an Erasmus+ traineeship grant as an active student at Chalmers when you intend to do an internship at a company, organisation or research centre in Europe. It is also possible to do an internship to collect data for your thesis at a partner university if this is allowed by your supervisor/examiner at Chalmers. To be eligible for an Erasmus+ traineeship grant, the traineeship period must be at least 60 days and a maximum of 12 months.

The grant is not meant to cover all cost. It is an additional support to cover expenses during your internship period.

You are responsible to collect the information prior to the application and you are expected to handle many steps on your own. Remember to prepare your application as early as possible before the start of the internship.

IAESTE 

Seize the opportunity to gain international experience and personal development by working within your study field! IAESTE offers paid internships for engineers and architects in 80 different countries around the world. You have the opportunity to do a summer work placement of 2–3 months, or a longer internship of six months up to year.

Link to IAESTEs website, for more information (opens in new window)

If you have any questions, feel free to send an email to: iaestesweden@chalmers.se 

IDEA League Student Grant 

The grant allows students to do a research exchange in the course of an internship or parts of the master thesis project (e.g. collecting data for your thesis) at one of the IDEA League partner universities. The IDEA League Student Grant is not intended to do your thesis work. An internship is not mandatory in your study plan for obtaining a degree at Chalmers. Therefore, you will not receive any ECTS/hp for it.

As an applicant, you must organize your planned stay at the partner university independently before applying for the grant.

Application periods:

• 1 March–1 April (for project during autumn term)
• 1 September–1 October (for project during spring term)

Note: The IDEA League Student Grant cannot be used in combination with an Erasmus+ Traineeship Grant.

About IDEA League

The IDEA League is a network comprising five leading European universities of science and technology. The members of the network are TU Delft, RWTH Aachen, ETH Zürich, Politecnico di Milano and Chalmers. 
Read more about the network at the IDEA League website.

Summer schools

Enhance summer school

Summer and winter schools through Enhance offer an opportunity to participate in various activities developed to address current technological, social, and environmental issues from a sustainable and inclusive perspective.

More information about summer and winter schools

IDEA League Summer Schools 2025 – open for application

IDEA League summer schools offer you a unique opportunity to discover new paths in your ongoing studies or research. You will also be able to improve your skills and academic competence.

Are you a master or doctoral student who wants to work on exciting projects about sustainability, AI, and mobility this summer while getting connected to other students from IDEA League universities? Then you should apply!

Application deadline

11 April, 2025 at 14.00 CET (Chalmers Summer School)
25 April, 2025 at 14.00 CET (all other Summer Schools)

Costs

There are no registration and accommodation fees. Students from IDEA League member universities selected to participate in a summer school only have to pay for their own travel costs where applicable.

Double Degree

Cooperation with universities in Germany and France

Through cooperation with univiersities in Germany and France students are offered the opportunity to study for a double Master’s degree. After one year of studies at Chalmers and one year at a partner university, you will receive two Master’s degrees. An additional Master’s degree provides great benefits, for example if you want to continue working in the country where you studied.

University of Stuttgart (Tyskland)

• Infrastructure and environmental engineering
• Materials engineering
• Mobility engineering
• Sustainable energy systems
• Systems control and mechatronics

EURECOM (Frankrike)

• Information and communication technology

Nordic Five Tech

You can obtain double Master’s degrees due to a well-established Nordic collaboration between Chalmers, KTH, NTNU in Norway, Aalto in Finland and DTU in Denmark – the University of Iceland is involved in a track within a programme as well. Nordic Five Tech involves one year of study at Chalmers and one year at one of the partner universities, but not at both Chalmers and KTH.
Nordic Five Tech site