Gaining Qualifications While You Study – Workshops, Training, Coaching
Tackling a degree program requires many different skills that students will need to acquire alongside their subject-specific knowledge during their time at university. The workshops and training sessions that form part of the International Office’s “Study for Life” program provide valuable support in this regard.
Study for Life
Alongside your subject-specific degree program, the workshops in the “Getting Started,” “Professional Skills,” “Career Planning” and “International Community” modules teach you skills that will make your academic study easier and will be especially valuable for your career.
The courses are aimed at bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral students. Please see the descriptions of the workshops for details of the specific target group.
Getting Started
Many first-year international students face challenges when beginning their studies. The “Getting Started” module offers workshops that give students guidance with organizing their studies and teach them language and other skills that will be useful in their academic and scientific work. The “Lead-In Studies” project is designed specifically to support new bachelor’s students and puts on events that help them learn a structured approach to planning and carrying out their studies.
Professional Skills
Your degree program has taught you subject-specific knowledge and key competencies that you can use in your future career. But do you already feel ready to manage a project, build up a professional network and handle conflicts and stress? In the workshops for this module, you will learn skills that you can use both in your studies and in your career.
Career Steps
About to complete your degree program or doctorate and keen to be as prepared as possible for entering the job market? The events in this module will give you guidance on what careers fit your degree profile and where and how you can look for work as well as showing you practical tips for your applications and job interviews.
Specifically to assist international students, the iStart project offers an intensive careers program that will equip you for climbing onto the career ladder.
International Community
Studying in an international context offers numerous opportunities for encountering people from different cultures and ways of life. The “International Community” module gives students the opportunity to see things from a different angle, learn with and from one another and get active together – it’s an invitation to become part of an international network.
Also see
Workshops and Coaching
The Central Study Advisory and Counseling Service offers advanced training on study-related topics and fine-tuning your study skills.
Workshops for doctoral students
The Bonn Graduate Center organizes numerous workshops specifically for doctoral students as part of its interdisciplinary “Doctorate plus” training program.
IT courses
University IT puts on IT courses for students and members of staff at the University of Bonn.