II.5 | Career Service
Introducing the Career Service
The Career Service is a point of contact for domestic and international employers and a counselling centre for students and graduates. It is a service provider for the training and development of the ability to work and acts as an interface between internal departments, students, external employment systems and graduates. Its tasks therefore include providing information, advice and training.
It is not always a given that you will find a suitable position in the job market immediately after graduating. One of the important tasks of universities is to counteract this and provide guidance at an early stage during your studies. This becomes all the more important as the job market continues to evolve globally. Companies often view a university degree as only a basic qualification. However, in addition to the ability to work, professional skills such as foreign languages, international experience, practical experience, teamwork, networked thinking and much more are required. Pointing out the necessity of these new requirements and drawing attention to suitable measures and events, or offering these themselves, is one of the tasks of the Career Service.
Contact Point for Employers, Early Career Orientation, Further Training
The Career Service acts as a link between university and industry, connecting students and graduates with business leaders. It draws on its long-standing contacts with small and medium-sized enterprises in the region as well as national and international companies, and collaborates with corporations, chambers of commerce, business development agencies, technology centres and research institutions, to name but a few.
By providing early career orientation and highlighting personal prospects, it increases the efficiency of studies, shortens study times and the transition phase between studies and first employment. The tasks and objectives of the Career Service therefore include information, counselling, qualification and placement.
Communication between internal and external partners, continuous needs assessment and coordination of the Career Service's offerings with the job market, and further training for Career Service staff ensure the quality of the Career Service.
Internal Career Service Partners
Faculties
The faculties have their own internet pages where you can find helpful information on career planning as well as specific offers for practical training placements and job vacancies. Each faculty also has a contact person for practical trainings, both domestic and abroad.
- Faculty of Architecture
- Faculty of Civil Engineering
- Faculty of Chemistry and Biotechnology
- Faculty of Design
- Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology
- Faculty of Aerospace and Automotive Engineering
- Faculty of Business Studies
- Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Mechatronics
- Faculty of Medical Technology and Technomathematics
- Faculty of Energy Technology
AStA
The opinion of students is important, which is why the Career Service seeks contact with the AStA and the student faculty councils. Tips, suggestions and ideas for improvement are therefore welcome and will always be taken into consideration | Go to the AStA
Alumni Network alfha.net
The university maintains contact with its alumni through the alumni network alfha.net. However, students can already take advantage of the benefits offered by alfha.net as a networking partner with a wide range of contacts while still pursuing their studies.
Library
At the Library (Eupener Straße 70), there is a Career Service section where literature on topics such as careers and application techniques is available. At the same time, interested parties can obtain information online about the full range of services offered in the area of career planning and also submit suggestions for the acquisition of new literature. Free of charge, up-to-date information material on the topic of career is available for collection in all branch libraries, among other places. | Go to the Library
Equal Opportunities Officer
The Equal Opportunities Office actively promotes conditions based on equal rights during studies. Among other things, it offers numerous workshops and counselling services on topics such as equal treatment and anti-discrimination, work/life balance and gender-sensitive language. Go to the Equal Opportunities Office
General Academic Counselling
General Academic Counselling provides advice on issues such as choosing a course of study, degree programmes, changing studies and terminating studies prematurely. It is the point of contact for all important decisions that may affect the course of your studies | Go to General Academic Counselling
Department of International Affairs
Studying abroad and language courses abroad are also major steps on the career ladder. The Department of International Affairs provides counselling on issues such as choosing a university, types of stays abroad, funding institutions and much more | Go to the Department of International Affairs
Coordination Office for Dual Study Programmes
Dual study programmes combine university education at the highest level with solid vocational training. Companies that offer such training places gain employees who are thoroughly familiar with the company and the associated tasks and who can be placed directly in specialist and management positions within the company after completing their four-year studies | Go to the Dual Study Programmes
Coordination Office for the Scholarship Programme
The Coordination Office for the FH Scholarship Programme supports the promotion of contacts between companies and students.
Establishing contact with the best students in Aachen at an early stage and promoting outstanding young talent can be an opportunity for the regional economy, especially in times of skilled labour shortages. The FH Aachen Scholarship Programme also gives small and medium-sized companies the opportunity to provide financial support to the best students in Aachen and get to know them.
External Career Service Partners
Agentur für Arbeit (Employment Agency)
Team Study and Career Choice (Team Studien- und Berufswahl) at the Employment Agency, a cooperation partner of FH Aachen, offers interesting advice on the topic of career: starting a career, checking application portfolios, further training, orientation, starting a business, alternative options. You will also find the Employment Agency's event database here. | Go to Arbeitsagentur
IHK (Chamber of Industry and Commerce)
The Aachen Chamber of Industry and Commerce (IHK), a cooperation partner of FH Aachen, has excellent contacts with local industry and trade. It fosters Euregional cooperation and university contacts, organises trade fairs, offers further training courses and provides start-up advice. | Go to IHK
Course Providers
In order to offer students and graduates a wide and varied range of courses and events, the Career Service at FH Aachen collaborates with external service providers. In doing so, the university naturally observes data protection regulations. Students and graduates decide for themselves whether they wish to take advantage of information and offers from providers that go beyond the seminar content.
Business Companies
There are numerous ways for companies and our Career Service to collaborate. For example, companies can inform us about their offers for work placements, final theses and jobs, which we then publish on the FH Aachen Job Portal. Whether large corporations, small and medium-sized enterprises, or institutions from Germany and abroad wish to introduce themselves to students and graduates at the university, or invite them for company visits, they are welcome to contact the Career Service.
Additionally, the Career Service is a point of contact for companies in other areas, such as, for example, those looking to redesign their premises (foyer, corridors, courtyards) by offering students from the Faculty of Design their unused floor and wall spaces for exhibitions. This makes the premises more diverse and interesting for customers and employees, while giving young creative minds the opportunity to promote themselves.
Furthermore, the Career Service and Innovation Transfer act as a competent point of contact for queries related to business succession as well.
