The project was applied for and implemented by the LEONARDO-Büro Thüringen, the office of the consortium of Thuringian Higher Education Institutions for the implementation of Erasmus+ placements for students and graduates. The management of the office is carried out by the managing director Dr. Frank March. The project is coordinated by Mrs. Elfriede Thron for the students, the placements of graduates are worked on by Mrs. Sigrid Wille. The LEONARDO-Office Thuringia is located at the Technische Universität Ilmenau, which acts as contractor to the DAAD. The office is responsible for the complete application, implementation and accounting of the project.In order to support as many participants as possible and to meet the needs of the target group as much as possible, the funding rates were set at € 390 per month for country group I, € 330 per month for country group II and € 270 per month for country group III. Furthermore, the zero grant rule was applied to students for months 11 and 12 of the internship and to graduates from the fifth internship month onwards. During the contract period, a total of 130 placements were completed, 119 of them by students and 11 by graduates.Female students/graduates in particular (84) took part in this project, 46 male participants were supported. Access to this project was possible for all applicants on an equal footing; the advice and support of the applicants/participants was provided in accordance with the principle of equal treatment. Particularly preferred were placements in Spain (23), United Kingdom (19), Austria (18), The Netherlands (13) and Sweden (10). Participants were sent to 20 countries.The average duration of the mobilities is 4 months and 22 days.The funding provided by the Erasmus+ programme and the use of OS funds, in combination with the specified funding amounts/use of the Zero Grant scheme, have made it possible to meet the needs of students and graduates of Thuringia's Higher Education Institutions (HEI) for placements.Despite the ubiquitous presence of the Erasmus+ programme at Thuringia's HEI‘s, which was additionally reinforced in 2017 by the 30th anniversary of the programme, the information and motivation of students to carry out a placement is continuously one of the focal points of the project work. During the course of the project, extensive activities were carried out and the target group was primarily recruited to participate in the project through information events about the Erasmus+ programme at Thuringia's HEI‘s in cooperation with their International Offices. The website https://www.tu-ilmenau.de/leonardo/erasmusplus/ as well as flyers, posters and the brochure with reports of students' experiences also contribute to advertising and information. IIn addition to the quantitative implementation, particular emphasis was placed on the quality of the internships - the LEONARDO office actively supported the preparation of the Learning Agreement for each individual internship and coordinated it with the participants as well as the host institutions/companies and the sending universities (faculties/departments). In the case of compulsory internships, this meant that the agreed ECTS were already recognised without any problems during the processing of the EU survey or full recognition by the students is expected.The Europass Mobility has been prepared for all project participants, which is an important quality criterion for project work. Almost 90% of the participants were able to present the document at the end of the internship. The realisation of placements in the Erasmus+ programme by the LEONARDO-Office Thuringia is an indispensable part of the academic education of the sending Thuringian HEI’s (in the case of compulsory placements for students) and at the same time an important aspect of their own strategy for internationalisation.This project has helped the target group, the sending Thuringian HEI‘s and the receiving enterprises/institutions to promote professional and intercultural exchange on a transnational level. Especially for the project participants, the medium- and long-term benefit lies in the timely professional orientation and the improved entry into corresponding positions on the labour market. The funds provided have contributed to the LEONARDO-Office Thuringia being able to operate continuously as the consortium's office and support the common interests.