AM I
ELIGIBLE?
You can apply
for an IAESTE placement provided you are:
currently enrolled at a CYPRUS academic institution as a full-time
student of engineering, science, architecture or other fields as listed in the Disciplines list ) .
Please note we can not take applications from foreign students who
are completing only one year of their studies at a CYPRUS
institution (e.g. ERASMUS).
an
undergraduate student over the age of 19. Students in their first
year cannot apply. This is because IAESTE placements normally
require students who have completed at least 2 years of their
course.
WHAT CAN IAESTE OFFER ME?
IAESTE training
placements are available ABROAD in industrial and commercial
organisations, research institutes, local government bodies, state
enterprises, consultancies, laboratories and academic institutions,
covering a wide range of disciplines. Normally the placements are
for 6-10 weeks in the summer months, although longer term placements
of up to a year are sometimes available.
There are four broad categories of work offered through IAESTE:
Research & Development offers: Offers in this category are often
laboratory based, dealing with specialised work. They entail some
element of diagnostic analysis, testing and evaluation with some
theoretical content. Such offers will normally be filled by advanced
level students.
Professional Offers: These offers entail specialised
professional work and the level of skill normally found in more
advanced students. They often deal with special project work,
possibly in a design office, in technical management or in testing
services.
Working Environment Offers: These offers cover operational
activity and usually involve on-site or assembly work related to the
production process. Through these placements students gain
experience in a hands-on working environment. Such offers are
suitable to students at the beginning or middle of their studies.
Non
specific offers: These offers are not confined to students from
a particular subject field. They cover activities such as general
administrative and office work experience, outdoor work, or language
offers.
WHERE CAN IAESTE TAKE ME?
There are
currently member IAESTE organisations in over 80 countries. IAESTE
CYPRUS exchanged at least one trainee with over 30 countries up to
now.To learn more about IAESTE in other countries and which
countries are members go to the members section of the international
IAESTE website
www.iaeste.org .
WILL I NEED A FOREIGN
LANGUAGE?
English is
usually the working language, and the majority of placements
available require you to speak English, although it is advisable to
learn at least some basic expressions before departure. The language
required for each placement is stated on the Offer Form.
WHAT WILL I BE PAID?
Participating employers pay trainees enough to cover the local cost
of living, which includes food, accommodation and travel to and from
work.
Rates of
pay vary from country to country and often from company to company.
WHAT WILL IT COST ME?
You have
to cover all your expenses for food, accommodation and travel to and
from work.
You will
have to pay your own travel expenses including personal insurance
and make your own travel arrangements. Consider costs carefully,
especially for long distance flights, before applying. A return
ticket must be purchased before departure but do not make firm
bookings or payments until you have been accepted by the foreign
employer.
The
Placement fee is 100 Euros. This is payable to IAESTE Cyprus Secretariat
from which:
50 Euros will be refunded to students after the successful completion of training
No money
will be refunded to the students that will have ensured placement
but at the end, due to their own responsibility, do not perform
the training
100 Euros will
be refunded to students that will have ensured placement but at the end , not due to their own responsibility, do not perform the
training.
WILL I BE MET AND WHERE WILL I
STAY?
Accommodation will be arranged
by the host IAESTE organisation or by your foreign employer. Details
of this and any reception arrangements will be sent to you after you
have been accepted for training. In several countries IAESTE
National offices are student run, and in the majority of countries
local students volunteer to organise social activities for foreign
IAESTE trainees.
DO I NEED A VISA OR WORK
PERMIT?
A work permit or trainee's visa
is generally required outside the European Union. The IAESTE office
in the receiving country will forward information on conditions of
employment relating to foreign nationals and issue specific IAESTE
documents for securing a visa/permit once you have been accepted for
training by your foreign employer. It is then up to individual
trainees to apply to embassies or consulates for work permits or
visas.
WILL I NEED INSURANCE?
All trainees
must arrange personal travel insurance (depending on the country to
be visited) which covers accident, death and loss of property for the duration of the training.
Optionally a student may also decide to take added health, accident and life
insurance. Usually students in Cyprus are also covered by
a group insurance scheme agreed by their student union (Ask your
Student Union) and/or may be holders of EU Health insurance card.
Further details of requirements will be provided when you
are accepted for training.
HOW DOES IAESTE WORK?
Each member
country is committed to raising offers of training nationally for
foreign IAESTE students. The majority of these placements are for
6-10 weeks in the summer months. These training offers are exchanged
on a reciprocal basis with delegations from other member countries
at the IAESTE General Conference in mid-January. The foreign offers
received are then matched with student applications; IAESTE
regulations require that only one student is nominated for any
placement abroad, an indication of how high chances are of being
accepted by the foreign employer. Selection of students for
placements abroad is the responsibility of your national IAESTE
office and procedures will vary from country to country.
Please read the
HOW TO APPLY section carefully to understand how to
apply to the IAESTE programme.
