Deadline:
September 30, 2024
Program Starts: February 16, 2025
Program Ends: July 15, 2025
Location(s)
Belgium Luxembourg Spain
Alicante, Brussels & Luxembourg
Overview
The European Union Intellectual property Office (EUIPO) is committed to the future and offers valuable learning opportunities for young people at the start of their careers. This scheme gives young professionals first-hand experience of the work of the European Union (EU) and the opportunity to participate in intellectual property administration.
Details
Our traineeships give young graduates and professionals a chance to sample work at EUIPO and be part of a multicultural team.
Traineeships for young professionals
This traineeship programme is intended to provide young professionals with practical experience of the European Union in general and the EUIPO in particular as well as to enable them to put into practice knowledge acquired during their studies and first professional experiences, and in particular in their specific areas of competence.
Applying for a traineeship
Candidates have to apply for the traineeship position through the e-recruitment tool published on the EUIPO official website within the open application period. Applicants must provide all of the supporting documents required, electronically scanned and attached to the online application.
Decision N° ADM 18-12 rev contains the rules governing the Young Professionals traineeships Programme.
Online application
The online application form will ask you to attach the following:
- Curriculum Vitae (Europass CV template available here)
- Letter of motivation in any of the five working languages of the EUIPO.
- University diploma (for applicants who have not yet received their official degree certificate, a statement from their university confirming their degree result is sufficient)
- Certificate of completion of EUIPO's online course ‘EUTM in a Nutshell'.
When you have completed your online application, an application number will appear on your screen, confirming that we have received your application. Take a note of this number and quote it in all future communications with us.
Online application process open from 1st to 31st September 2024.
Who we are
Whether you are in trade, manufacturing or services, registering your trade mark or design makes business sense. The European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), which was known as OHIM until 23 March 2016, can provide you with exclusive rights for trade mark and design protection throughout the European Union (EU) with just a single application.
But we offer much more than just registration: we are a European Union agency with a global focus. The EUIPO works in partnership with national and regional EU intellectual property offices, user groups, the European Commission, the European Parliament and other international organisations.
Opportunity is About
Eligibility
Candidates should be from:
Description of Ideal Candidate
It is open to young professionals from both EU Member States and non EU countries:
- Who have completed successfully at least the first cycle of a higher education course certified by an official document from the University before the selection procedure starts.;
- with a working knowledge of one of EUIPO's five working languages (English, French, German, Italian and Spanish), equivalent to level B1 in the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages;
- and who preferably have a good knowledge of another official EU language.
Selection criteria
Successful candidates will be selected on the basis of their CV and motivation letter, qualifications, language skills, any previous experience, professional or such as extra-academic roles, involvements of social responsibility nature or interventions within the scope of a professional, and certificate of completion of at least one of the online free courses of the EUIPO Academy Learning Portal.
We will draw up a reserve list, and candidates on the list will be contacted if places become available. All applicants will be informed of the outcome of the selection process.
Dates
Deadline: September 30, 2024
Program starts:
February 16, 2025
Program ends:
July 15, 2025
Program Starts: February 16, 2025
Program Ends: July 15, 2025
Cost/funding for participants
Monthly grant for 2024-2025: €1 200 in Alicante and €1 400 in Brussels or Luxembourg.
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