Around 3,200 international students are enrolled at TU Braunschweig, 90 per cent of them in STEM degree programmes. As future specialists, they can make a decisive contribution to counteracting the shortage of skilled labour in the region.
According to the German government, there will be a shortage of around 240,000 skilled workers in Germany by 2026, which is why international students are becoming even more important as potential employees than before. Every year, around 25,000 international graduates from German universities are already starting their careers on the German labour market. A promising prospect for overcoming the shortage of skilled labour.
The International Career Service tackles this very issue, aiming to better prepare international students at TU Braunschweig for their entry into the German labour market. Our focus is squarely on the south-eastern region of Lower Saxony – as a university rooted here, we want to contribute to its economic strength and future viability.
Together with the Braunschweig Regional Employers’ Association (AGV), the Braunschweig Chamber of Industry and Commerce (IHK), the Association of German Engineers (VDI) Braunschweig and Allianz für die Region, TU Braunschweig is currently developing a programme that will optimally equip international students for the German labour market and support regional companies in recruiting and integrating highly qualified international talent. The project is funded by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) with around 1.2 million Euros and will run until 2028.
According to a DAAD survey, over 60 per cent of international students indicated they’d like to stay in Germany after graduation. In STEM subjects, that figure rises to as much as 75 per cent.
Do you have specific needs or requests, or would you like to contribute your own events to our programme? Get in touch – we look forward to collaborating with companies keen to support international talents!
Kerstin Vogelsang
Coordinator International Career Service
☎ +49 531 391 14381
kerstin.vogelsang(at)tu-braunschweig.de
Christina Lange
International Career Service - Student counselling
☎ +49 531 391 4368
christina.lange(at)tu-braunschweig.de
