After graduation...
Similar to the start of their studies, the beginning of the students’ professional lives is a critical phase that is often accompanied by a lot of uncertainty and new challenges. In contrast to vocational training, which is usually aimed at a clearly defined occupational field, graduates with an academic degree often have a much wider range of job opportunities. However, such an abundance of career options can also be overwhelming for first-generation students who usually lack experience with the academic working environment, as well as a corresponding network in their direct social environment. Oftentimes students are unsure which career path to choose after graduation, some application procedures are complicated, and in many cases their family does not fully comprehend the variety of possible occupational fields or that even a career in academia is possible.
In this context, the University of Stuttgart offers students a range of career counseling services in terms of vocational orientation and further education, since students should start reflecting on their professional profile and further qualifications as early as possible.
This way, they can set a specific course for their career, e.g. through internships or extracurricular trainings, which improves their chances at career entry.
Information services on career entry
- Options after graduating
Studying for a degree opens a wide range of career opportunities to the students. The University of Stuttgart supports students with events, information pages, consulting services, and mentoring programs. - Career entry mentoring Arbeiterkind.de
With the career entry mentoring program, Arbeiterkind.de supports first-generation students in successfully starting their careers. To do so, they create a network of first-generation students or graduates and volunteers who already have professional experience (Available only in German).
Internships
- Internships
Mandatory or voluntary, an internship is often part of the studies at university. Here students can find information on internships during or before the Bachelor's programs. - Internships for students of the humanities and social sciences
Students of the humanities and social sciences can find interesting offers for internships as well as opportunities further education here (Available only in German).
Career orientation
- Career opportunities for students in the humanities and social sciences
What career opportunities are available for students of the humanities and social sciences? This list offers an overview of typical careers. - Career opportunities for engineers
A degree in engineering opens up a wide range of potential jobs and career opportunities. Here students get an overview of the variety of career opportunities for engineers and insights into the different fields of work. - Career service of the alumni network “alumnius”
The career service of the alumni network "alumnius" provides alumnae and alumni of the University of Stuttgart with a wide range of information about profession and career. - Interdisciplinary Key Competencies (FÜSQ)
FÜSQs give students the opportunity to take a break from their professional studies, to broaden their horizon and to equip themselves with practice-oriented everyday skills. They promote transfer-oriented, reflective, and conscientious behavior in professional life and society. In this way, they enable students to use the knowledge they gained in their studies in everyday situations, and to react to complex societal challenges in a competent and conscientious manner. - Student initiative bonding e.V.
Bonding e.V. focuses on establishing contacts between students and companies, as well as on providing students with insights into a prospective professional life while they are still studying (Available only in German).
Academic Career
- StartScience mentoring program
StartScience is a mentoring program for female bachelor and master students of all disciplines at the University of Stuttgart. The goal is to motivate female students to pursue a scientific career and to provide effective tools for career orientation and individual perspective development. - Graduate Academy of the University of Stuttgart (GRADUS)
The Graduate Academy of the University of Stuttgart (GRADUS) is the central institution at the University of Stuttgart for the promotion of early career researchers and offers a wide range of qualification, information, counseling, mentoring, scientific, and administrative services.