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Tips on finding a course and useful sites Courses in Luxembourg
The search for a course may be long, and may require multiple applications.
Consult the company directories, in particular those for French and international A multicultural country where the inhabitants speak Luxembourgish,
companies established in the country: Making direct contact with companies French, German and English, Luxembourg welcomes many foreigners. Ranked
works well in the search for an engineering course or in the scientific field. as head of the richest countries in the world, it is one of the major international
Business languages are Lithuanian, Russian and English. financial centres. The capital of Luxembourg is home to several services and
European institutions such as the Court of Auditors or the Court of Justice. Apart
Finding a course: a few websites from the financial sector, Luxembourg is home to large companies in the IT and
÷ Contact professional associations such as LINPRA (Association of communications sector (Amazon, iTunes, eBay, Skype, etc) and online video game
Engineering Industry), very active in hosting and the placement of trainees: businesses. Other interesting areas: logistics, biotechnology, environmental
linpra.lt technologies or audiovisual production.
÷ The Franco-Lithuanian Chamber of Commerce: www.cci-fr.lt/fr Name and legal framework
÷ Employment Agency: www.ldb.lt
÷ Consult the Lithuanian business directory: rekvizitai.vz.lt/fr/ et www.info.lt/ Praktikum – Stage
en There is no real legislation on courses. These requires the signature of a convention
or a contract between the student, the company and possibly the training
Professional organizations establishment. In Luxembourg, the course convention - when the course forms
÷ Lithuanian Association of Textile and Clothing Industries: www.latia.lt/en part of a course of studies - differs from the course contract - which is voluntary and
not part of a course of studies. The main function of the training course is to inform
÷ Lithuanian Association of Biotechnology: www.lbta.lt/en and guide the trainee. The missions entrusted to it must not be comparable to a
÷ Lithuanian Association of Engineering Industries: http://linpra.lt/?lang=en job described as 'normal' within the company. There is no uniform legal duration
÷ Lithuanian Association of Manufacturers of Wooden Houses: www. for courses which take place in the context of higher education. Remuneration of
timberhouses.lt the student trainee is not mandatory, but is paid at the discretion of the employer.
Lithuanian Confederation of Industrialists: www.lpk.lt There is no legal minimum or maximum.
Additional information on the site: www.guichet.public.lu
Autres sites A lot of information on the platform:
stages.youth.lu/page/stages_pour_les_jeunes
Practical life

Language: Luxembourgish Lëtzebuergesch is the language used in daily work; it
÷ www.cv.lt ÷ www.cvonline.lt has the status of a national language. French, German and Luxembourgish: all
÷ www.cvbankas.lt ÷ www.darbaslietuvoje.lt three are used as the country's administrative languages.
÷ stazuokis.lt ÷ www.topjob.lt
÷ www.naujasdarbas.lt
÷ www.ldb.lt
Press (in Lithuanian): Respublika ; Versložinios ; Vakarųekspresas ; … Cost of living: quite high in Luxembourg for housing, food and recreation. On the
÷ www.cvmarket.lt ÷ www.123darbas.lt other hand, public transport and fuel are less expensive than in the majority of
Useful blog European countries.
French language blog specialising in the current affairs in the Baltic and Nordic For further information: www.luxembourg.public.lu/fr/vivre.
Countries, posted by the journalist Antoine Jacob: jacobnordiques.blogspot.fr
Accommodation: allow between 1000 and 600€/month for a studio and between
800€ and 800€/month for shared accommodation. On behalf of the Observatoire
de l'Habitat du Ministère du Logement, CEPS/Instead has produced an interactive
map to show the more expensive, or alternatively the most affordable, districts in

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