Students

The Karlsruhe TechnologyRegion offers first-class qualifications for the future. Options range from the university, the world's largest institute for interpreters and translators in Germersheim to the renowned Center for Art and Media Technology (ZKM). Many educational careers lead to your goal in the TRK!

Foreign students may also take up an internship. This introduces them to the working environment in Germany, and enables them to learn and form networks which could help them find employment later. If you are required to do a compulsory internship as part of your degree program, you should seek advice from experienced students, lecturers or your student council. They can give you tips on finding internships, and on which internships make sense for your subject area.

The following applies for degree-program specific internships:

• You must be enrolled at a university.
• You must be between 18 and 35 years old.
• There must be a direct relationship between the content of your internship and your degree program.
• The internship must not last more than six months.

Internships at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

The objective of the KIT MINTernship-Programme is to attract top MINT students from English-speaking countries like Canada, Singapur and the United States as skilled professionals for Germany. In cooperation with partner universities in the Region the programme offers internships directly at the KIT or in other companies in Baden-Wuerttemberg for up to six months. The internships are advertised at the KIT website.

Interested companies can contact Dr. Kai Rebensburg, Telephone: +49 (0)721 608 44918,
E-Mail: kai.rebensburg@kit.edu 

Are you enrolled at a German university, and want to work part-time as an academic assistant, (called Hiwi), in research institutes, in the library or as service staff in a restaurant or hotel, or as a babysitter? Students from other countries can also work part-time while they study in Germany. Like German students, students from the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland can work up to 20 hours per week during the semester. In the term breaks, they can work as much as they want.

Foreign students from non-EU or non-EEA countries are entitled to work part-time

•  for up to 120 days per year (or, alternatively 240 half-days) per calendar year and
•  as student assistants.

The Immigration Authorities will note this on your residence permit.

For further information, see the website of the Student Services Germany Deutsches Studentenwerk.

Note!

Do not start work until you have a permit. The conditions for foreign students are very strict. If you violate the regulations, you could even be deported.