Scientific Trainees

Please note, we will only be able to process applications submitted through our career page here.

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) is looking for motivated, qualified recent graduates or students on an Erasmus+ or other programme, or PhD or Masters students, who are interested in gaining experience and contribute to the Agency’s work for every patient in Europe.

The purpose of a traineeship at the Agency is to perform tasks that are predominantly in the interest of the trainee’s training and principally serve to increase the trainee’s knowledge and to gain relevant experience.

We have 28 great traineeship opportunities for recent graduates in life sciences, veterinary, medicine, pharmacy, biology, biotechnology, biostatistics. You can find some of these traineeship titles below, for the full list visit EMA careers website.

• Trainee in Pharmaceutical Quality office (WOM Quality domain)

• Trainee in Inspections Office (Knowledge management and process improvement)

• Trainee in Regulatory Science and Academia office (not-for-profit developer organisations)

• Trainee in Medicines Data Analytics (Replacement of Medicinal Product Dictionary)

• Trainee in Innovative veterinary medicinal products

• Trainee in Veterinary Pharmacovigilance

• Trainee (Analysing clinical trials data: From application to results)

What does a traineeship at EMA we offer:

• A ten-month traineeship at the Agency’s premises in Amsterdam (1 October 24 - 31 July 25)
• Stipend: €1,858.31 net per month (tax free)
• Mentorship
• Career guidance and development
• Social activities
• Office and home working

To be eligible to apply for the Agency’s traineeship programme, you must:

1. Be an EU or EEA national.
2. Be: a recent university graduate,  or a university student on an Erasmus + or a similar programme, or a Masters university student, provided you have fully finalised a previous degree,  or a PhD student.
3. Have a thorough knowledge of English (at least level C1) and a good knowledge of another official EU language (at least B2), as per the Common European Framework for Languages.