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You are aware of your strengths and interests. You can judge what you are good at and what you want to do professionally. Now the question is which path to take. Read about university courses and training occupations that suit you. Consider whether you will achieve your goal via a (dual) university course or vocational training.
A good start is to look here at abi» in „Was kann ich studieren?”. There you can find information about different study opportunities (in German language).
Another good website for getting information about university courses is studienwahl.de. There, you will find detailed information about all the fields of study and individual courses in both German and English. With the help of a integrated search function you can find out which universities in Germany offer courses in a specific subject.
In the Federal Employment Agency’s Studiensuche (course search), you can directly search for courses by fields of study and see what is on offer at the universities. This also applies to dual study programmes. For example, enter “civil engineering” as the search term. The search results will be shown as a list.
The Hochschulkompass (Higher Education Compass) also provides the option of searching for university courses throughout Germany.
If you are looking for information in the form of videos, you can view films about university courses on BERUFE.TV.
The website AusbildungPlus provides information specifically about dual study programmes.
A good start is to look here at abi» in „Welche Ausbildungen gibt es?”. There you can find information about different vocational trainings (in German language).
You can find comprehensive descriptions of dual and college-based training programmes on the Federal Employment Agency’s BERUFENET. You can enter a specific occupation in the search or use the function “Search from A-Z”. A “Sucheinstieg über Berufsfelder” (search by professional field) is also possible. For example, if you open the description of the occupation “chemical laboratory technician”, you will find information about the training, access to the training and the work involved in the job.
You can also view films about training occupations on BERUFE.TV. Some of the films are offered with English subtitles.
You can find reports from young people describing their training programmes on the website planet-beruf.de under “My Career”.
For some occupations, you do not have the choice between a university course or a vocational training programme. Anyone who wants to become a doctor has to study medicine; anyone who wants to work as an engineer will choose a degree in engineering. Similarly, there is only one route into the occupations of baker or industrial mechanic: the dual training programme.
However, there are also occupations or areas of activity for which there is no fixed path. If you want to work in a bank, for example, you can study business administration (including as a dual study programme) or do a dual training programme to become a bank clerk. The same applies to computer scientists: here, you can choose between a degree in computer science, a dual training programme to become an IT specialist with various specialisms and a college-based training programme to become an IT assistant.
If there is more than one path to your goal, you have to make a decision. The following table provides an overview of the differences between the four pathways of university study, dual study, dual training and college-based training:
The following four tabs give you an overview of how the four paths study, dual study, dual training and school training differ:
Bachelor, Master, state exam; occasionally a diploma or a “magister” degree
Universities
Bachelor: 6-8 semesters
Master: 2-4 semesters
State exam: 7-12 semesters
3 to 4.5 years
Vocational training qualification
2 to 3.5 years
Monthly training pay depending on the sector and the company
Vocational training qualification
1 to 3 year(s)
Application to the relevant vocational college or professional academy half a year to a year before the start of the training
Vocational college and professional academy websites
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