- http://ipsc.jrc.ec.europa.eu/index.php/Traineeships/24/0/ The aims of the traineeship scheme are to enable students or recent graduates to practise what they have acquired during their studies; to experience the professional world; and to gain a first hand experience of the workings of the JRC, and of the European Commission, in general. There are three types of traineeships: training related to the preparation of a thesis for a university degree, training after university education (or its equivalent), industrial placement. en-us