Paid traineeships at the European Court of Auditors in Luxembourg (up to €2,500/month) Verified listing

The European Court of Auditors (ECA) has opened applications for its April 2027 traineeship session. The traineeships last 6 months, take place in Luxembourg, and each session selects around 30–35 trainees. There are three types:

1. Standard traineeships: trainees work in one of the Court’s areas: audit, translation, communication, institutional relations, legal service, administration, library or IT. Audit trainees support a team that analyses EU policies and checks how EU funds are spent, and may join the team on missions to other EU countries. In the other areas, trainees join an ongoing project with a supervisor. Allowance: €2,000 per month.
2. Artificial intelligence traineeship: trainees work with the DATA team and the IT Directorate on AI projects for audit. Examples include summarising and extracting information from documents, a chatbot based on the Court’s audit methodology, AI agents, collecting and cleaning datasets, testing and benchmarking models, and anomaly detection. Allowance: €2,500 per month. It can be renewed for up to 6 more months.
3. Positive Action Programme for people with disabilities: 2 places per year, with the same areas and requirements as the standard traineeships. Allowance: €2,300 per month, with full health insurance coverage.

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About the organisation
The European Court of Auditors is the external auditor of the European Union and one of its seven institutions. It was set up in 1975 and is based in Luxembourg. It has 27 Members, one from each member state, and around 1,000 auditors and administrative staff. It checks that the EU’s accounts are in order, that financial rules are respected, and that EU policies reach their goals while making good use of public money. It reports to the European Parliament, the Council, national governments and parliaments, and the public.