Formalisation

 

FORMALISING THE INTERNSHIPS

Contracts / collaboration agreements for formalising internships:

Undergraduate and Master´s Degree:

The internships are regulated according to royal decree 592/2014 of 11 July for external academic internships, where it specifies that internships are formalised through an educational cooperation agreement, which is provided by the university department.

 

Advanced training cycles: dual intensive vocational internship modality

In the Basque Country there is a specific contract that regulates this type of internship: Training Contract for Training in Alternation.

Additionally, it can be formalized through a grant, provided by the Basque Government and managed by the faculty.

 

Insurance

Obligatory insurance coverage for accidents is guaranteed in Spanish territory.

 

Total cost of the internship:

  • Social security registration
  • There is funding provided directly to the student by the company that is, usually, subject to 2% income tax withholdings.

Undergraduate and Master´s Degree Social Security

  • Curricular and extracurricular internships: RLCE 9939 | cost € 10,51/month

Student Funding

  • Recommended: minimum wage (€8.63 gross/hour)
  • Minimum: €6.8 gross/hour
  • The legal minimum for the dual vocational internship is the minimum wage.