Internships – Court of Auditors traineeships

The European Court of Auditors organises three traineeship sessions per year in areas of interest to its work.

Traineeships are granted for 3 to 5 months maximum. They may be remunerated (1600 €/month) or non-remunerated depending on the budgetary appropriations available.

The 3 sessions will cover the following periods:

– from 1 March to 31 July of the same calendar year;

– from 1 May to 30 September of the same calendar year;

– from 1 October of one calendar year until 28 (29) February of the next.

They offer different traineeship programmes. The eligibility criteria and the allowance may differ from one to the other.

• Standard traineeships: traineeships to university students and graduates in fields of study relevant to our work. Successful applicants will have the opportunity to spend 6 months in Luxembourg making a real contribution to our work and helping the EU to operate more effectively. (During your traineeship, you will receive an allowance of €1 600 per month.)
• Traineeships in artificial intelligence (AI): traineeships in AI to recent university graduates and doctoral students in the fields of AI, computer science, data science, information technology, or similar disciplines. Successful candidates will gain valuable first-hand work experience at an EU institution by contributing to projects in AI and similar areas. (During your traineeship, you will receive an allowance of €2 500 per month)
• Positive Action Programme for trainees with a disability: additional pathway for those with long-term physical, mental, intellectual, or sensory impairments. (During your traineeship, you will receive an allowance of €2 000 per month.)
• Traineeships – SAI in EU candidate countries: traineeships to auditors from candidate countries’ supreme audit institutions (SAIs). These traineeships provide hands-on experience of European integration and of how an EU institution works in practice on a day-to-day basis. This experience should help these SAIs in their preparations for EU accession. (During your traineeship, you will receive an allowance of €1 800 per month.)

Eligible applicants must:

• be a national of one of the Member States of the European Union;
• have completed at least four semesters of university study in an area of interest to the Court;
•  have not already benefited from a traineeship at any EU institution or body;
• have a thorough knowledge of one official language of the European Union and a satisfactory knowledge of at least a second one.

Selected candidates must provide a declaration from their national authorities stating they have a clean criminal record and a medical certificate certifying that they are physically fit to perform their tasks.

Deadline: 30 November 2025

More information: Eurodesk