Promotion of international specialists
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With the Promote your Career project, the University of Kassel is building a bridge to the German job market for international students in order to counteract the shortage of skilled workers.
We need your cooperation in order to arrange contacts with companies, internships and part-time jobs, as well as the subsequent integration into the regional job market with its special features and requirements. Can you imagine offering internships in German and English or part-time jobs for international students and/or participating in a joint working group with the project managers and regional companies? The working group meets every six months to discuss challenges, needs and successes in the employment of international students and to learn from each other.
Then get in touch with us and register yourself and your company using the form below. We guarantee a continuous exchange and support for all measures. Secure your skilled workers of tomorrow today.
More than 400 international students start a Master's degree in Kassel every year. Many of them would like to work in Germany afterwards, but report problems when starting their careers. At the same time, there is already a shortage of academic specialists in North Hesse. Last year, the Hessian Ministry of Social Affairs published a forecast on the shortage of skilled workers in Hesse until 2028, according to which the city and district of Kassel alone lack more than 3,000 academically trained workers.
As part of the German Academic Exchange Service's "Campus Initiative for International Professionals", which is funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research, the university now wants to make it easier for international students to enter the German job market and thus strengthen the region's economy.
The "Promote your Career" project focuses on students on English-language Master's degree courses - these are particularly attractive for international students, while at the same time graduates leave the university with a high level of qualification but often without the specific German language skills that are still often considered essential for the German job market. "Promote your Career" focuses on the four Master's degree programs
- Economic Behavior and Governance,
- International Food Business and Consumer Studies,
- Global Political Economy and Development
- Electrical Communication Engineering
In future, the university will offer additional language courses for these courses, for example for technical and professional German, but also impart knowledge about the German economic structure or offer special career advice and job application training. In some cases, students will be able to earn credits for these courses.
Information and registration for the language course can be found on the Language Center website:
With the exception of language courses, however, our courses are open to all international students.
Students can find out more on the website of the International Office: https://www.uni-kassel.de/uni/studium/im-studium/internationale-studierende-im-studium-und-nach-dem-abschluss/promote-your-career
Registration form: Participate and Newsletter
Contact us
Joslyn Petri, Career Service
Tel: +49 561 804 3263 | Email: joslyn.petri[at]uni-kassel[dot]de
Maria Weisensee, International Office
Tel: +49 561 804 3564 | Email: promote-your-career[at]uni-kassel[dot]de