Promote your career

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Are you completing your Master's degree in Kassel and would like to stay and work in Germany after graduation? Then you've come to the right place.

Promote your Career is designed to support international Master's students throughout their entire qualification path with tailor-made offers to help them succeed in their studies and subsequently pursue a professional career in Germany. It is implemented by the International Office, the Career Service and the International Study Center / Language Center and in close cooperation with the degree programs.

Who can take part?

Promote your Career is aimed in particular at students from the following four Master's programs:

  • Global Political Economy and Development (FB05),
  • Economic Behavior and Governance (FB07),
  • International Food Business and Consumer Studies (FB11),
  • Electrical Communication Engineering (FB16)
However, our offers are also aimed at international students from other degree programs. Students from various departments and degree courses with a particularly international focus are supported.

What are the contents of the program?

Promote your Career supports the acquisition of the German language with innovative German language courses, teaches practical, job-related and technical communication skills and thus offers closely networked new career orientation opportunities and insights into the world of work and careers in Germany.

  1. Tailor-made, free German courses are offered that lead to level B2 of the CEFR within two years by means of language certificates.
  2. Students are supported with individual coaching and career-related workshops to help them with their career orientation.
  3. Promote your Career also offers the acquisition of key skills and networking with the German and regional job market and provides information on its special features.

What do I have to do to take part?

First of all, you should intend to stay and work in Germany after graduation. Registration for the program is binding and participation in all program content is mandatory. If you agree, you can apply for Promote your Career through the International Study Center/Language Center.

Social offers

For social integration, the University of Kassel and various cultural institutions offer a wide range of activities for national and international students.

Contact us

Ljudmila Schikowski, Internationales Studienzentrum/Sprachenzentrum
Information on program registration and German courses
Tel: +49 561 804 3772 |Email: schikowski[at]uni-kassel[dot]de

Joslyn Petri, Career Service
Workshops and career counseling
Tel: +49 561 804 3263 | Email: joslyn.petri[at]uni-kassel[dot]de

Maria Weisensee, International Office
Information on the project
Tel: +49 561 804 3564 | Email: promote-your-career[at]uni-kassel[dot]de