10 Jan Open call for paid internship at EPO through Pan-European Seal Professional Traineeship program
European Patent Office – EPO once again provides an opportunity for a one-year paid internship for students who have completed their undergraduate studies at the University of Belgrade!
The University of Belgrade is one of the members of the Pan-European Seal Professional Traineeship program, thanks to which excellent graduates of the University of Belgrade get a unique chance to gain work experience in a multicultural environment in important EU institutions whose main focus is intellectual property issues. Each year, 100 selected students from partner universities go through trainings, work on specific tasks in order to apply and prove the acquired knowledge, their work is accompanied by experienced tutors, and the best ones receive diplomas at a ceremony at the end of the internship.
The selected candidates will provide support to one of the organizational units: Science and Engineering, Information Technology, Human Resources and Business Administration, Economics and Finance, Law, and International Relations and Communication.
Candidates who have a degree in one of the following technical areas can apply for the internship:
- Material and Production;
- Digital;
- Physics and Electronics;
- Health;
- Infrastructure and Mechanics;
- Energy;
- Mobility and Space Technologies;
- Agri-Food.
The application procedure consists of two stages:
- The first round of applications refers to internal applications within each University that is a member of the Program. Interested candidates from the University of Belgrade can send their application in the period from January 15 to February 24, 2023, on e-mail ctt@rect.bg.ac.rs. The application should contain a CV and a cover letter (up to 1000 characters) in English. Based on the collected applications, and in accordance with the criteria obtained from the program coordinator, the University of Belgrade will form a list of selected candidates, who will be informed about the results of the selection after closing internal applications.
- Candidates selected by the University of Belgrade are required to submit their online application by March 15, 2023, via a link that will be forwarded to them by the team of the Center for Technology Transfer of the University of Belgrade. When applying online, it is necessary to submit: a cover letter, an updated biography, and a diploma of undergraduate/master studies with a final grade (this can be replaced by a provisional declaration until the final diploma is issued).
Shortlisted candidates will be invited to an online interview. Candidates who are suitable for internship in different organizational units may be interviewed more than once.
Candidates selected for the internship will be notified by the end of June 2023 and are required to complete the following online courses and submit certificates of completion before starting the internship:
- Introduction to the European patent system;
- Using Cooperative Patent Classification;
- The EPO as PCT authority.
The internship will start on September 15, 2023, and this year the program has been improved and gives the possibility of extending the internship for another two years, based on the success achieved and commitment in the first year of the internship!
More information is available here.