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EUI Library Traineeships

The EUI Library has openings for a limited number of remunerated traineeships every year.

 

Job details – Library Traineeship

The EUI Library is a small vibrant academic library meeting the research needs of EUI professors, fellows and PhD researchers in the Social Sciences.

Our services include InterLibrary Loan, Circulation, Acquisitions, Institutional Repository and Open Science, Cataloguing, Electronic Resources Management, Integrated Library Systems and Journals.

Our trainees have the opportunity of working in one or more of these services, carrying out both basic day to day library tasks but also being part of special projects.

If you have any questions, please contact [email protected]

 

Qualifications Required

  • Candidates must have obtained a university degree, in Library and Information Studies or similar, by the closing date for applications, and no longer than three years prior to the deadline for applications. The three years rule is not applicable to trainees enrolled in further university studies at the moment of their application for the traineeship at the EUI.
  • Ability to work in an international team. 
  • Excellent knowledge of English and good knowledge of a second EU language.
  • Important Information:  Please see conditions for eligibility on EUI Traineeships page. Note – To be considered for a traineeship, candidates must be nationals of the Member States of the European Union or of candidate countries benefiting from a pre-accession strategy. 

 

How to apply: Spontaneous applications for Traineeships at the EUI Library 

Applications due: 1 December 2025. Download promotional poster: EUI Library Traineeship February 2026.

Applications are now open for the EUI Library Traineeship that will start on 1 February 2026. The Library traineeship will last for one year. 

To apply for a traineeship at the EUI, please fill in our online application form. You MUST select 'Librarianship' as your 'Profile of Interest' in the application form to be considered for a traineeship at the EUI Library.

This is an automatised procedure. Your application will be considered successfully submitted once you receive an automatic email confirmation.

If you have technical difficulties with the online form, contact the EUI Helpdesk. 

Personal data will be processed in accordance with the EUI’s Data Protection Policy (President’s Decision no. 10/2019 regarding Data Protection at the EUI) as well as under the specific modalities outlined in the Privacy Statement for Trainees Selection and Recruitment Procedures.

 If you have any questions, please contact [email protected]

Additional information

Only candidates invited for an interview will receive information on the selection status from the EUI. If you have not heard from us within 3 months after the application deadline, you can assume your application has not been successful on that occasion, but please note you are welcome to apply for any other future vacancy of interest. 

For information on Conditions for Eligibility, Type and Duration, Grant and Benefits visit EUI Traineeships.

 

Page last updated on 10 November 2025