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A good network pays off!

Networking

If you can rely on a good professional network when looking for a job, you significantly increase your chances of finding a suitable position in your desired field.

Networking can be done both online and offline. Students of TU Dortmund University will find numerous opportunities to build up contacts and thus lay the foundation for a solid network for the start of their careers even while studying.

How do I extend my professional network?

Career Info-Session: Networking

The "Career Info-Sessions" series offers an introductory event on the topic of professional networking. You will receive an overview of various online and offline networking opportunities and get tips on how to make and maintain contacts.

The next online events on this topic will take place as follows:

There are no current entries.
Establish and maintain contacts while studying

Opportunities to network at TU Dortmund University

stellenwerk TU Dortmund

stellenwerk TU Dortmund offers events on the topic of networking for students of TU Dortmund University. The semester program includes various workshops, for example, events on how to design social media profiles or a rhetoric training course.

Events for students

Logo of the stellenwerks TU Dortmund © stellenwerk​/​TU Dortmund

Berufseinstieg mit Behinderungen oder chronischen Erkrankungen

DoBuS

DoBuS offers students with disabilities or chronic diseases the opportunity to exchange views on the topic of career entry with university graduates with impairment experiences. Use this opportunity to clarify questions or get tips.

Peer support for students with disabilities or chronic diseases

female.2.enterprises

The project "female.2.enterprises" is aimed exclusively at women. Female students, employees and graduates of all departments at TU Dortmund University are given the opportunity to prepare intensively for their career entry and learn about attractive employment options in Dortmund and the surrounding area. Female.2.enterprises on tour in particular offers opportunities to expand one's own network and get to know exciting companies.

Events for women

Tandem2Job

In the mentoring program `Tandem2Job', professionally experienced people act as mentors to support international students as they enter the German job market. The mentees reflect on their individual career concerns in one-to-one mentoring sessions with a professionally experienced person and expand their professional network at the same time.

Mentoring program for international students

Graphic on the mentoring program tandem2job with the support possibilities © Referat Internationales​/​TU Dortmund
Three young women are sitting at a table, each with a switched-on laptop, cell phones and writing utensils in front of them. The women are in conversation. © Cowomen​/​Unsplash

The central event calendar provides further upcoming events related to career entry with the filter option "Career Service"!

Check out further events!

Networking after graduation

Take advantage of offers for graduates!

Alumni Network of TU Dortmund University

As a graduate of TU Dortmund University - i.e. as an aluma or alumnus - it is exciting to keep in touch with the university, as networking and professional development opportunities through TU Dortmund University can be particularly useful for the success of your professional and private life. The university maintains contact with its former students and gives them the opportunity to establish and maintain contacts and to always be up to date.

Networking opportunities for graduates

Alumni associations of departments

For graduates of TU Dortmund University who would like to stay in contact not only with other alumni across disciplines, but especially with the alumni of their former department, the alumni association of their own department is a good place to start. 12 of the 17 departments at TU Dortmund University have an alumni association. Each association has its own range of events, information and networking opportunities, which can be extremely helpful, especially for young professionals.

Subject-specific networking after graduation

Alumni international

"Alumni International" is a network of international former students of TU Dortmund University. It maintains the connection between international alumni from all over the world who have spent their entire studies, an exchange semester or internship at our university. Alumni continue to stay in touch with TU Dortmund University through online and on-site events, a portrait series, and information about developments at the university.

Networking for international graduates

Impressions of past events

Several companies present themselves at standing tables and have set up role-ups behind them. Students stand at the tables and talk to company employees. © Maximilian Linhoff
Physikon 2023
An international student in conversation with an employee of a company, both sitting across from each other at a table. © Martina Hengesbach​/​TU Dortmund
International Career Fair 2022
An international student is sitting at a table across from two employees of a company. One of the company employees is explaining something. © Martina Hengesbach​/​TU Dortmund
International Career Fair 2022