Internship
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The University of Kassel offers internships. A distinction is made between the following types of internships:
Internship offers
Internships are offered in the following areas in particular:
| Internship area | training occupation | type of internship | contact person:in | comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Department of Electrical Engineering/Computer Science - Dean's Office | Administrative Internships | Nicole Ternes (Tel.: 0561/804 6328, E-Mail: nicole.ternes@eecs.uni-kassel.de) / Rilana Armbröster (Tel.: 0561/804 6660, E-Mail: rilana.armbroester@eecs.uni-kassel.de) | ||
| University Library | Specialist for Media and Information Services | Pupil internships, internships as part of dual study programs and internships as part of the FAMI training program | Maike Reinhard (Tel.: 0561/804 3414, e-mail: personal@bibliothek.uni-kassel.de) | |
| Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering - Official Materials Testing Institute for the Construction Industry | Construction Materials Tester | Student and Annual Internships | Dominik Hübenthal (Tel.: 0561/804 2612, e-mail: huebenthal@uni-kassel.de) | |
| Department of Social Sciences - General University Sports | Sports and Fitness Management Assistant | Student Internships | Tobias Heyer (Tel.: 0561/804 5257, e-mail: tobias.heyer@uni-kassel.de) | |
| IT Service Center | Informatics Specialist | Student Internships | Jacqueline Gerland (Tel.: 0561/804 3111, e-mail: jacqueline.gerland@uni-kassel.de) | Internship places only available again from January 2026 |
| Department of Organic Agricultural Sciences - Domäne Frankenhausen | Agriculturist | Student internships | Katharina Mittelstraß (Tel.: 0561/804 1414, e-mail: kmittel@uni-kassel.de) | |
| Department of Mechanical Engineering - Technical Thermodynamics | open | mandatory internships for students, school and annual internships | Fatih Meral (Tel.: 0561/804 3996, e-mail: f.meral@uni-kassel.de) |
The respective contact persons mentioned above decide on the allocation of internships.
Therefore, please send an application including your CV and school reports to the contact person whose training occupation you are interested in.
If you are interested in completing an internship in an area that is not listed in the table above, please contact the desired area directly . You will find a contact person for each area on the university website. They can give you feedback on whether an internship is possible.
Internships that are voluntary and therefore not prescribed by a school or other institution are unfortunately not possible.
Further content on the topic of internships
Internships can be carried out as part of vocational orientation in order to test the skills of a refugee for possible training. This is the approval of a measure for activation and vocational integration.
However, it is important to differentiate between refugees who are already entitled to asylum and those whose asylum application has been rejected (so-called tolerated persons) or whose application has not yet been decided (so-called asylum seekers). The Jobcenter is the responsible authority for persons entitled to asylum and the Federal Employment Agency for the remaining group of persons. Refugees with a residence permit are generally allowed to take up an internship for vocational orientation without any restrictions. Tolerated persons and asylum seekers are generally allowed to take up an internship for career guidance with the permission of the foreigners authority.
The approval of the Federal Employment Agency is not required for a work placement of up to three months. In this case, tolerated persons may start the orientation internship immediately. The waiting period for asylum seekers is three months. The approval of the Federal Employment Agency is required for a vocational orientation internship of more than three months. In this case, the waiting period for tolerated persons and asylum seekers is three months.
Internships for career guidance of up to three months are not subject to the statutory minimum wage.
Further information
For some internships, the payment of remuneration is prescribed by law (e.g. internships for the state recognition of social workers, social pedagogues and remedial teachers). Here, the amount of remuneration is determined by the relevant legal basis.
However, it is also possible for a department, central institution or specialist area to voluntarily remunerate an internship. The following regulations must be observed when determining the amount of remuneration:
Amount of remuneration according to the internship guidelines of the state of Hesse:
Pre-interns are persons who complete an internship that is required in training, study and examination regulations or similar regulations as an admission requirement for the start of school or university education, or which, without these requirements being met, must be completed as an admission requirement at the instigation of the respective training institution. According to Section 26 BBiG, they only fall under the scope of this law if no employment relationship has been agreed (see Section II subsection 3). An employment relationship does not exist if the focus of the legal relationship is on imparting professional knowledge, skills or experience for later training.
The following remuneration is deemed appropriate for pre-study trainees:
- a maximum of 440 euros per month, or
- the respective training allowance for the first or second year of training in accordance with § 8 Para. 1 TVA-H BBiG if the pre-study internship lasts longer than one year.
For students at universities of applied sciences/universities of applied sciences whose study regulations provide for one or more internships, the following can be paid
- for the first internship a maximum remuneration of 600 euros per month and
- a maximum of EUR 780 per month for each additional internship
can be granted for the first internship and a maximum of EUR 600 per month for each subsequent internship if these internships involve practical work related to the course and examination regulations.
The remuneration for the internship must be settled via the cost center or the order of the relevant department. The Department of Human Resources and Organization will not cover the costs.
Further information on internships for the profession of social worker:
When the Minimum Wage Act came into force on 01.01.2015, interns, like other employees, are generally entitled to a minimum wage (from 01.01.2025: €12.82). However, only those who complete a voluntary internship that takes place after training or studies.
Internships that are mandatory, e.g. as part of a course of study, are exempt from the Minimum Wage Act (§ 22 MiLoG).
If an internship is undertaken voluntarily during a course of study or for orientation purposes before studying or training, the minimum wage entitlement only applies after three months.
The minimum wage also does not have to be paid to interns who are taking part in an introductory training program funded by the Federal Employment Agency or a vocational training preparation program in accordance with the Vocational Training Act.
Children or young people within the meaning of the Youth Employment Protection Act who have not yet completed vocational training are not covered by the Minimum Wage Act.
Further information
The department supervising the internship must contact the Human Resources and Organization Department before the internship begins, as the timely conclusion of an internship contract is mandatory and must be carried out by the Human Resources and Organization Department.
The internship application form is required to conclude an internship contract. Please complete this form and send it by internal mail to the Department of Human Resources and Organization - Internship. If possible, please also enclose the personnel form completed by the intern and the data protection declaration.