Further support services
Overview of offers for successful entry into the German labour marketThe following overview makes transparent which support offers are available from BTU and external partners - in particular for international students who would like to enter the German labour market. Each offer is accompanied by a brief description, the provider's details and a link.
Counselling and application skills
| Offers BTU | Provider | Description of services |
| Application and career counselling | Career Centre | Individual one-hour counselling sessions |
| Application workshops | Career Centre | 4 to 8-hour workshops on topics such as "Written applications", "Job interviews", "Professional networking", etc.; in German and English |
| Information event for international students (first-semester students) | Career Centre | Two-hour event in English-languagen on application processes in Germany (this is an initial overview, more in-depth information is provided in workshops) |
| Information event "Career Paths in Germany" | Career Centre | English-language information event focussing on alumni presentations on challenges and experiences when looking for a job |
| Group mentoring | Career Centre | Workshops and exchange formats tailored to selected international study programmes at BTU; during the semester |
| Info session on student finance and student jobs | IRO | Info session with information on job search, rights, obligations and working hours for international students. |
| Offers from regional partners | Provider | Service description |
| Application and career counselling | Employment agency | Individual one-hour counselling sessions |
| Counselling BOOMTOWN Cottbus | EGC | People who want to work and live in Cottbus receive individual, personalised support on the topics of work, housing, supervisor and leisure. |
Matching & recruiting formats
| BTU offers | Provider | Job fair description |
| Job fair campus-X-change | Career Centre | Largest recruiting fair for academic professionals in the state of Brandenburg |
| Matching Day | Career Centre WFBB | Online recruiting event with employer matching |
| Jobletter | Career Centre | Receive all job adverts from the BTU job exchange once a week by email |
| Company excursion "Students on Tour" | Career Centre WFBB | Visit up to three employers from the region, company presentation, factory tour, Q&A |
| Talent letter (in development) | Career Centre | Year-round online matching programme for international students → Employers |
| Offers from regional partners | Provider | Job fair description |
| Job fair Boomtown Cottbus | EGC | Job fair at the Christmas market (Cottbuser Altmarkt) |
| Job fair iBOB | Employment Agency | Recruiting fair Stadthalle Cottbus with companies from the region |
| Matching Day | WFBB Career Centre | Online recruiting event with employer matching |
| Company excursion "Students on Tour" | WFBB Career Centre | Visit up to three employers from the region, company presentation, factory tour, Q&A |
| Impuls job fair | Impulse | Trade fair for education, jobs and start-ups at the Cottbus exhibition centre |
Job exchanges & job portals
| BTU offers | Provider | Job description |
| Career Centre job exchange | Career Centre | Online platform with internships, part-time jobs, graduate positions - only for BTU study programmes |
| Vacancies BTU | BTU | Open positions at BTU (incl. positions for student (research) assistants) |
| Offers from regional partners | Provider | Description |
| Job Exchange Employment Agency | Employment Agency | Germany-wide job exchange |
| Skilled labour portal job exchange | WFBB | Brandenburg-wide job exchange |
Language acquisition
| BTU offers | Provider | Course description |
| Language courses A1.1 - C1.2 | Language Centre | German courses at CEFR level that enable international students to develop and expand their everyday, academic and cultural communication skills step by step. |
| Language courses: Study strategies and Specialised German in the clusters: Business / Technology / Architecture / Sustainability | Language Centre | Study-related language courses to develop academic German, extract information from complex texts and work effectively on study-related topics. |
| Language course: "Fit for everyday working life" | Language Centre | Practical language learning training to prepare for a career in Germany, focussing on job interviews, onboarding, communication in the workplace and professional writing. |
| Language café | Language Centre | Interactive language meetings for practising German or English. |
| Language Tandem | Language Centre | 15 one-hour sessions with a selected tandem partner to practise languages, exchange culture and improve fluency with the support of tutors, starting with an introductory workshop. |
| Language counselling | Language Centre | Individual counselling in the selection of suitable German courses (course counselling) and coaching support in developing helpful language learning strategies, setting goals and improving language skills (language learning coaching). |
| Offers Regional partners | Provider | Description: QuasiMono |
| Speech café QuasiMono | Blattwerk e.V. | Language meetings |
| Language cafés in the city districts | Volunteer Agency Cottbus | Language meetings for speaking German |
| Language courses City of Cottbus | City of Cottbus | Advice on German courses in Cottbus outside the BTU |
| Learning German with DW | Deutsche Welle | Support tool for independent German learning |
| Language courses Deutsch-Uni Online | DUO (German University Online) | external provider |
Legal advice
| Offers BTU | Provider | Description of services |
| Residence law counselling | IRO | Counselling on residence law issues, issuing of study progress forecasts, apostilles and Certificates of Enrolment |
| Info session on residence law | IRO | Info session with information on applications, deadlines, rights and obligations for international students |
| Info session bureaucracy jungle | IRO | Info session with information on taxes, licence fee and obligations in the German administrative system. |
| Voucher for initial legal advice | Stura | Only on request at the secretariat of the Stura |
| Offers from regional partners | Provider | Programme description |
| Fair integration | Caritas | Advice on employment contracts and labour and social law issues |
| Counselling for skilled workers (recognition/immigration law for skilled workers/reunification of families) | IHK Cottbus | Recognition counselling, help with the recognition procedure |
| Specialist centre for migration and good work Brandenburg | Arbeit und Leben Berlin-Brandenburg e.V. | Advice on labour and social law issues (e.g. wages, working hours, overtime, holidays, health and long-term care insurance) and support in enforcing claims. |
Leisure and social integration
| Offers BTU | Provider | Description of the |
| BTU Buddy Programme | IRO | BTU students help international fellow students to arrive and integrate into campus life |
| International student groups and initiatives | IRO | BTU students can organise themselves by country, region and country group; students with similar interests can set up student initiatives; support from the IRO (finding rooms, know-how, financial support for events in an international context) |
| Welcome Centre for international academics | IRO | Advice/service centre for international researchers at BTU, for all non-academic issues |
| OTIWO | BTU | Induction weeks for first semester students |
| Campus life | BTU | Information on sports, culture, university groups and involvement at BTU |
| Offers from regional partners | Provider | Description: BOOMTOWN Cottbus |
| Consultancy BOOMTOWN Cottbus | EGC | People who want to work and live in Cottbus receive individual, personalised support in the areas of work, housing, supervision and leisure. |
| Volunteer Agency Cottbus | Volunteer Agency Cottbus | Wide range of services for anyone who wants to get involved in the city |
| Welcome Centre Cottbus | City of Cottbus | Information about living in Cottbus |
Further offers
| Offers BTU | Provider | Programme description |
| Counselling and orientation for prospective students | Central student guidance and counselling service | Counselling for crises and special life situations, doubts about studying or exam nerves |
| Services offered by regional partners | Providers | Service description |
| Further training counselling | WFBB/ State of Brandenburg/ Employment Agency | Counselling on the promotion of further training for employees incl. volunteers |
| Counselling and guidance for students in doubt | Employment Agency | Career and student guidance and counselling |
| Re-orientation for students in doubt | IHK Cottbus | Customised placement project provides training |