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Career Preparation for International Students: Information in English

Are you an international student, doctoral candidate or graduate? Here you will find information about your career orientation and career entry in English!

Contact

Julia Kislat
Advice and support for international students on starting their career in Germany
(Office hours by appointment via e-mail or telephone)
Julia.Kislat

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday:

Career Centre Plus in the Zentrum für fremdsprachliche und berufsfeldorientierte Kompetenzen (ZfbK)
Room 121
Karl-Glöckner-Straße 5A
35394 Gießen
Tel.: +49 (0)641 98 442 155

Thursday & Friday:

International Office
Room 37
Goethestraße 58
35390 Gießen
Tel.: +49 (0)641 99 12336

Please note that the JLU buildings are closed to the public due to the ongoing corona pandemic. You can reach us by phone or e-mail.

Overview of our Offer:

Evening Courses in German as a Foreign Language During the Semester For exchange students, doctoral candidates, visiting researchers or teachers and their dependants, the International Office offers the possibility to attend classes in German as a foreign language during the academic semester.	Evening Courses German as a Foreign Language
Workshops As part of the Career Centre Plus program, we also offer workshops and company presentations especially for Internationals. Browse through the current program and register for interesting events!
You can find all other events especially for Internationals in the "International Calendar" of the International Office.
Interviews with International Alumni In the interview series "Justus@work", international alumni report on their career start, talk about their experiences during their studies and give tips on the career entry for other international students. There are both German and English interviews available.
Legal Information Here you will find information about working during your studies and finding a job after graduation. We have also collected some helpful links for you.	Legal Information in English
Study Group in Stud.IP In our Stud.IP study group "Career Preparation for International Students" we always keep you informed about news. Furthermore, we offer you a discussion forum to ask your questions in a low-threshold manner and a list of links to interdisciplinary, industry-specific and English job portals. Join the group and stay always up to date!
Roadmap for Career Preparation "The early bird catches the worm" - with this in mind, we would like to encourage you from the very beginning of your studies to orientate yourself professionally and to create your personal "roadmap" for your career entry after graduation. Here you will find a rough overview of what you should think about and when.	PDF: Roadmap for Career Preparation for International Students

Evening Courses in German as a Foreign Language During the Semester

For exchange students, doctoral candidates, visiting researchers or teachers and their dependants, the International Office offers the possibility to attend classes in German as a foreign language during the academic semester.

Evening Courses
German as a Foreign Language

Workshops

As part of the Career Centre Plus program, we also offer workshops and company presentations especially for Internationals. Browse through the current program and register for interesting events!

You can find all other events especially for Internationals in the "International Calendar" of the International Office.

Interviews with International Alumni

In the interview series "Justus@work", international alumni report on their career start, talk about their experiences during their studies and give tips on the career entry for other international students.
There are both German and English interviews available.

Legal Information

Here you will find information about working during your studies and finding a job after graduation. We have also collected some helpful links for you.

Legal Information
in English

Study Group in Stud.IP

In our Stud.IP study group "Career Preparation for International Students" we always keep you informed about news. Furthermore, we offer you a discussion forum to ask your questions in a low-threshold manner and a list of links to interdisciplinary, industry-specific and English job portals.
Join the group and stay always up to date!

Roadmap for Career Preparation

"The early bird catches the worm" - with this in mind, we would like to encourage you from the very beginning of your studies to orientate yourself professionally and to create your personal "roadmap" for your career entry after graduation. Here you will find a rough overview of what you should think about and when.

PDF: Roadmap for
Career Preparation for International Students

Picture Credits: Workshops: © Sven Werkmeister // International Calendar: © Benjamin Frank-Morgan // Interview Series: © Benjamin Frank-Morgan