Registrations are open until 31 January 2023 for 5-month paid Blue Book traineeships at the European Commission starting in October 2023.

Learn more about the programme on this page.

The European Commission proposes 2 types of traineeship: an Administrative Traineeship or a Translation Traineeship with the Directorate-General for Translation (DGT).

The traineeship programme is open to all eligible candidates whatever their citizenship, regardless of their sex, race, colour, ethnic or social origin, religion or belief, membership of a national minority, disability, age or sexual orientation. You can find more about equal opportunities on this page.

Trainees work all over the European Commission, its services and agencies, mostly in Brussels, but also in Luxembourg and elsewhere across the European Union. Subsequent career opportunities may vary between these different entities.

The nature of your work will depend on the service you are assigned to. You may, for example, work in the field of competition law, human resources, environmental policy, translation, etc.

Registration is open for the October 2023 session

Registration open from 4 January 2023 until 31 January 2023, 12:00pm (midday, CET).

 

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ELS (Electronic student ID) extension

March 5, 2026

Dear Students, Extending the ELS (electronic student ID) validity will take place on: March 16 – 19, 2026 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. In order to conduct the extensions smoothly please (if possible) submit your IDs collectively.

Year 2025/2026

17 marca: Strategie przetrwania w erze dezinformacji. Klub Amerykański #6: Agnieszka Graff i Elżbieta Korolczuk

February 25, 2026

Na śniadanie: dwadzieścia rolek z Instagrama, na obiad: pół godziny TikToka, na podwieczorek: kilka kłótni z Twittera, na kolację: Netflix. I tak w kółko. Współczesna dieta medialna jest nie do opanowania i przetrawienia. Jak sobie radzimy z tym przesytem?

American Studies Colloquium Series

March 12: “Who’s Afraid of the Necro-President? Sovereignty, Spectacle, and Political Authority in Decline”

February 24, 2026

We are pleased to invite you to the first lecture of the American Studies Colloquium Series in the 2025/2026 Spring semester! This time we are pleased to host Dean Caivano with a lecture “Who’s Afraid of the Necro-President? Sovereignty, Spectacle, and Political Authority in Decline”.

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Office hours

January 30, 2026

Dear Students, Next week I am going to hold my office hours on Tuesday, 03 February 2026: 10:00-11:30 in the office and 15:45-16:45 online. On Thursday, 05 February 2026: I will be available online 17:30-18:30. In the following week of winter holidays (09 February 2026 – 13 February 2026) there will be no office hours. I will resume my office hours on 17 February 2026.

Year 2025/2026

29 stycznia: Broń jądrowa – zagrożenie czy gwarancja pokoju? Klub Amerykański #5: Paweł Frelik i Jan Smoleński

January 26, 2026

Wielu z nas wydawało się, że po zakończeniu zimnej wojny temat bomby atomowej i nuklearnego wyścigu zbrojeń zszedł na dalszy plan. W USA zaprzestano prób jądrowych, a międzynarodowe traktaty spowodowały, że w amerykańskich laboratoriach nie tworzono już nowych rodzajów tej broni.