Career Service Team – Mission, Team & Projekts
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Our Mission
- We prepare students individually for the respective current requirements of practice and support career orientation in all phases of their studies.
- We support TU institutions in the professional qualification and career entry of their alumni.
- We advise employers with a need for young academic staff on university marketing and employer branding.
Our Team & our Projects
Head of Career Service
NameMs Katharina Maier
Career Counselling
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Visiting address:
Fritz-Foerster-Bau, Raum 338 Mommsenstraße 6
01069 Dresden
Office hours:
- Thursday:
- 13:00 - 15:00
- Please register at the SCS desk on the first floor.
Deputy Head of Career Service
NameMs Dr. Kathy Küchenmeister
Counselling | Workshops | Evaluation
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Visiting address:
Fritz-Foerster-Bau, Raum 343A Mommsenstraße 6
01069 Dresden
Head of Career Service
NameMs Katharina Maier
Career Counselling
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Visiting address:
Fritz-Foerster-Bau, Raum 338 Mommsenstraße 6
01069 Dresden
Office hours:
- Thursday:
- 13:00 - 15:00
- Please register at the SCS desk on the first floor.
Mitarbeiterin Career Service
NameMs Birgit Brand
Workshops und Beratung für internationale Studierende
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Visiting address:
Fritz-Foerster-Bau, Raum 340 Mommsenstraße 6
01069 Dresden
Office hours:
- Tuesday:
- 10:00 - 12:00
- Please register at the SCS desk on the first floor.
Career Coaches (Peer-to-Peer Counselling)
Student application coaches accompany you through the entire application process and your first steps in the German business world. They also advise you on application documents, internship research, preparation for job fairs and interviews.
Appointment | Contact:
Mitarbeiterin Career Service
NameMs Birgit Brand
Workshops und Beratung für internationale Studierende
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Visiting address:
Fritz-Foerster-Bau, Raum 340 Mommsenstraße 6
01069 Dresden
Office hours:
- Tuesday:
- 10:00 - 12:00
- Please register at the SCS desk on the first floor.
Staff Member Career Service
NameMs Cecilia Czambor
Event & Communications Manager
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Visiting address:
Fritz-Foerster-Bau, Room 301 Mommsenstraße 6
01069 Dresden
Office hours:
- Friday:
- 08:00 - 11:30
- Daily:
- 08:00 - 15:30
Project FIT:TER (DAAD) Staff Member
NameMs Thao Luu
Event Manager
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Visiting address:
Fritz-Foerster-Bau, Raum 302 Mommsenstraße 6
01069 Dresden
Office hours:
- Monday to Friday:
- 09:00 - 16:00
- Room 614
Staff Member Career Service
NameMs Susan Wildenhain
Employer Relations | Campus Events
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Visiting address:
Fritz-Foerster-Bau, Raum 348 Mommsenstraße 6
01069 Dresden
Office hours:
- Monday to Friday:
- 09:00 - 14:00
Student Assistants
Employer Relations
Fon 0351–46342345
Mitarbeiterin Career Service
NameMs Birgit Brand
Workshops und Beratung für internationale Studierende
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Visiting address:
Fritz-Foerster-Bau, Raum 340 Mommsenstraße 6
01069 Dresden
Office hours:
- Tuesday:
- 10:00 - 12:00
- Please register at the SCS desk on the first floor.
Staff Career Service
NameMs Kristin Jäckel M.A.
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Visiting address:
Fritz-Foerster-Bau, Raum 342 Mommsenstraße 6
01069 Dresden
Deputy Head of Career Service
NameMs Dr. Kathy Küchenmeister
Counselling | Workshops | Evaluation
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Visiting address:
Fritz-Foerster-Bau, Raum 343A Mommsenstraße 6
01069 Dresden
Workshop organization (student employees)
Phone 0351-46342381
The Femtec Career-Building Programme prepares female students from the fields of computer science, engineering, and natural sciences for future leadership roles in business and/or science and is dedicated to individual career planning.
Head of FEMTEC-Project
NameMs Katharina Maier
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Visiting address:
Fritz-Foerster-Bau, Raum 338 Mommsenstraße 6
01069 Dresden
Staff Member
NameMs Mandy Gedicke M.Sc.
ESF-Project STUDY SMART
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Visiting address:
Fritz-Foerster-Bau, Etage 3, Raum 347 Mommsenstraße 6
01069 Dresden
Workshops: Raum 502, 5. OG | Beratungen: 6. OG, Zi. 623
What are we doing?
- Promote key skills individually
- Ensuring academic success and facilitating career entry
- Strengthening the teaching of key skills at the TUD
How do we do this?
- Interdisciplinary courses for students
- Subject-specific offerings for student groups, faculties and departments
- Peer learning offers by qualified student tutors
The Key Competencies project supports ...
... all students from the first semester onwards with workshops, podcasts and tutorials on topics such as:
- Learning and working methods
- Presentation and visualization skills
- Time and self-management
mondays, 13.00-14.30 | online (BigBlueButton)
The event will be held in German.
You need various skills to study successfully. These include effective time management, good self-organization, efficient learning techniques, targeted exam preparation and healthy stress management. In this lecture series, you will learn practical methods and strategies that will help you to master your studies better and overcome challenges with confidence.
Registration via OPAL
Start of the event: 28.10.2024
Examination: ungraded examination (portfolio) possible
Dates & topics:
28.10. - Kick-off and organizational matters
04.11. - (Agile) project management for studies
11.11. - Time management - methodical basics
18.11. - Organizing learning material
25.11. - Methods for digital self-organization
02.12. - Learning techniques
09.12. - Work techniques
16.12. - (Digital) methods for group work
06.01. - Motivation and procrastination
13.01. - Stress management
20.01. - Presentation techniques
27.01. - Exam preparation and exam anxiety
03.02. - Conclusion and reflection
ab 14.10.2024 |
Projektmanagement für dein Studium: Eine Einführung |
ab 14.10.2024 bis 31.03.2025 |
Effizient und kreativ: Dein Einstieg ins Bullet Journaling |
ab 14.10.2024 bis 31.03.2025 |
Teamwork makes the dream work? Gruppenarbeiten effizient planen und durchführen |
The tutorials are in German language.
All offers in German language, please switch to the German page.
All offers in German language, please switch to the German page.
For more offers in German language please switch to the German page.
All offers in German language, please switch to the German page.
March 17 to 21, 2025 |
Our next Key Skills Week will take place from 17–21 March 2025 with numerous events on topics such as strengths and weaknesses analysis, rhetoric and conversation skills, conflict management, semester organization, teamwork, stress management, learning and working techniques and and and ... take place. |
You can find more offers for students in the semester program of the Career Service.
... Student groups, such as student councils, student initiatives and associations with offers to:
- Team building
- Moderation of meetings
- Conflict resolution strategies
... all faculty, facilities, departments, and divisions in providing key competencies with needs-based and application-oriented offerings, e.g.:
- Rhetoric and presentation training
- Project management in research
- Optimization of collaborative work
Contact
If you are interested in a cooperation, please contact: .
Head of
NameMs Dr. Kathy Küchenmeister
ESF-Projekt STUDY SMART
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Visiting address:
Fritz-Foerster-Bau, Raum 343A Mommsenstraße 6
01069 Dresden
Staff Member
NameMs Kristin Jäckel M.A.
Key Competencies
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Visiting address:
Fritz-Foerster-Bau, Raum 617 Mommsenstraße 6
01069 Dresden
The project Schlüsselkompetenzen@TUD is funded by the Saxon State Ministry for Science, Culture and Tourism.
With the DAAD-project "FIT:TER the Career Service supports international students with advice, networking events, excursions, and workshops to help them find their way around the Saxon and German job market. The goal is to successfully integrate international students in the labor market.
Mitarbeiterin Career Service
NameMs Birgit Brand
Workshops und Beratung für internationale Studierende
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Visiting address:
Fritz-Foerster-Bau, Raum 340 Mommsenstraße 6
01069 Dresden
Office hours:
- Tuesday:
- 10:00 - 12:00
- Please register at the SCS desk on the first floor.
Project FIT:TER (DAAD) Staff Member
NameMs Thao Luu
Event Manager
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Visiting address:
Fritz-Foerster-Bau, Raum 302 Mommsenstraße 6
01069 Dresden
Office hours:
- Monday to Friday:
- 09:00 - 16:00
- Room 614
This measure is co-financed by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD).
The STUDY SMART project supports TU Dresden students, especially women, international students and students on teacher training courses, with various offers and formats to help them successfully complete their studies and enter the Saxon job market with the right qualifications.
Further information and all project offers: STUDY SMART project
Head of
NameMs Dr. Kathy Küchenmeister
ESF-Projekt STUDY SMART
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Visiting address:
Fritz-Foerster-Bau, Raum 343A Mommsenstraße 6
01069 Dresden
Key Competencies@TUD
NameMs Antonia Freesemann M.A.
Staff Member
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Visiting address:
Fritz-Foerster-Bau, Raum 617 Mommsenstraße 6
01069 Dresden
Staff Member
NameMs Mandy Gedicke M.Sc.
ESF-Project STUDY SMART
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Visiting address:
Fritz-Foerster-Bau, Etage 3, Raum 347 Mommsenstraße 6
01069 Dresden
Workshops: Raum 502, 5. OG | Beratungen: 6. OG, Zi. 623
Project Assistent
NameMs Daniela Wenke B.A.
ESF-Project STUDY SMART
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Visiting address:
Fritz-Foerster-Bau, Etage 3, Raum 339 Mommsenstraße 6
01069 Dresden
Workshops: Raum 502, 5. OG | Beratungen: 6. OG, Zi. 623
Our References
Get a first impression of our work: The reference projects as well as testimonials from our participants are representative of our extensive project experience.
Reference Projects
- Tour de Dresden (September 2023)
- Job Dating (2023)
- Career event "Branchentreff" High tech (2023)
- Tour de Dresden (September 2022)
- Career event "Branchentreff" Mobility (2022)
- Career event "Branchentreff" life sciences (2021)
- Career event "Branchentreff" energy and environmental technology (2020)
- Career event "Branchentreff" mechanical and systems engineering (2019)
- Career event "Branchentreff" energy and environmental technology (2018)
- Career event "Branchentreff" automobiles, aviation, and aerospace (2016)
- Career event "Branchentreff" food chemistry (2015)
- Career event "Branchentreff" production (2015)
- Career event "Branchentreff" automobiles, aviation, and aerospace (2014)
- Career event "Branchentreff" micro and optoelectronics (2013)
- Career event "Branchentreff" information & communication technology (2013)
- Career event "Branchentreff" energy and environmental technology (2012)
- Career event "Branchentreff" food chemistry (2012)
- Career event "Branchentreff" mechanical engineering (2012)
- Career event "Branchentreff" microelectronics (2011)
- Career event "Branchentreff" food chemistry (2011)
- Case Studies (2011)
- Career event "Branchentreff" logistics (2011)
- karriera³ | Job and internship fair in the German, Polish, and Czech border region (2010)
- Career event "Branchentreff" renewable energy (2010)
- karriera³ | Job and internship fair in the German, Polish, and Czech border region (2009)
- Career Monday - Live Streams with employers (October–December 2023)
- Careers in Humanities and Social Sciences (2023)
- Schlüsselkompetenzwoche (March 2023)
- Career Monday - Live Streams with employers (November/December 2022)
- Karriere für den Geist | Career Day, Human and Social Sciences (2022)
- Career Monday - Live Streams with employers (April/May 2022)
- Schlüsselkompetenzwoche (März 2023)
- Career Monday - Live Streams with employers (November/December 2021)
- Karriere für den Geist | Career Day, Human and Social Sciences (2021)
- Career Monday - Live Streams with employers (April/May 2021)
- Career Monday - 30 minutes for your career (November 2020)
- Karriere für den Geist | Career Day, Human and Social Sciences (2020)
- Career Monday - 30 minutes for your career (April/May 2020)
- Career at Fraunhofer-Instituts in Dresden (2019)
- Karriere für den Geist | Career Day, Human and Social Sciences (2019)
- Action Day - Working in Germany for international students (2019)
- Action Day - Working in Germany for international students (2018)
- Action Day - Working in Germany for international students (2017)
- Action Day - Working in Germany for international students (2016)
- Action Day - Working in Germany for international students (2015)
- Action Day - Working in Germany for international students (2014)
- TATORT PRAXIS media and creative sectors (2013)
- TATORT PRAXIS Non-governmental organisations and international organisations (2011/2012)
- Casting off! Career Entry Day for education and training (2011/2012)
- Casting off! Career Entry Day for forest, geo and hydrosciences (2011)
- Casting off! Career Entry Day for humanities and economics
- Focus: NGOs, NPOs and international organisations (2011)
- Casting off! Career Entry Day for mathematics and natural sciences (2010)
- Lecture Series International Careers (2010)
- Program educational sciences careers (2010)
- Casting off! Career Entry Day for Humanities and Economics (2010)
- Lecture series freelance careers (2010)
- Lecture series media and culture careers (2009/10)
- Lecture series economic sciences careers (2009/10)
- Lecture series project management careers (2009)
- Casting off! Career Entry Day for the social sciences (2009)
- Lecture series social sciences careers (2009)
- Lecture series educational sciences careers (2008)
- Casting off! Career Entry Day for humanities and educational sciences (2008)
- Lecture series humanities careers (2007/08)
- Virtual Speed-Dating - in cooperation with Silicon Saxony e.V. (05/2022)
- Virtual Speed-Dating - in cooperation with Silicon Saxony e.V. (09/2021)
- Virtual Speed-Dating - in cooperation with Silicon Saxony e.V. (03/2021)
- Virtual Speed-Dating for Silicon Saxony Day - in cooperation with Silicon Saxony e.V. (2020)
- Speed-Dating for Silicon Saxony Day - in cooperation with Silicon Saxony e.V. (2019)
- Speed-Dating for Silicon Saxony Day - in cooperation with Silicon Saxony e.V. (2018)
- Dresden Materials Week - in cooperation with the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Materialkunde e.V. (German Society for Materials Science) (2017)
- Speed-Dating for Silicon Saxony Day - in cooperation with Silicon Saxony e.V. (2017)
- Dresden Industry Days - in cooperation with the Bundesverband mittelständische Wirtschaft (2017)
- Life Science Research Industry Action Day in cooperation with the Verband der Diagnostica-Industrie e.V. and the university group "btS Dresden" (2016)
- Dresden Industry Days - in cooperation with the Bundesverband mittelständische Wirtschaft (2016)
- Dresden Materials Week - in cooperation with the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Materialkunde e.V. (German Society for Materials Science) (2015)
- Silicon Saxony Day - in cooperation with Silicon Saxony e.V. (2015)
- Siemens Day at TU Dresden in cooperation with SIEMENS AG (2015)
- Dresden Industry Days - in cooperation with the Bundesverband mittelständische Wirtschaft (2015)
- Speed-Dating for Silicon Saxony Day - in cooperation with Silicon Saxony e.V. (2014)
- Dresden Industry Days - in cooperation with the Bundesverband mittelständische Wirtschaft (2014)
- KarriereSpiegel in the auditorium in cooperation with SPIEGEL ONLINE GmbH (2013)
- Dresden Industry Days - in cooperation with the Bundesverband mittelständische Wirtschaft (2013)
- Dresden Industry Days - in cooperation with the Bundesverband mittelständische Wirtschaft (2012)
- Siemens Day at TU Dresden in cooperation with SIEMENS AG (2011)
- Dresden Industry Days - in cooperation with the Bundesverband mittelständische Wirtschaft (2011)
- Case study project marketing (2010/11)
- Case study project cultural management (2010)
- Case study project occupational psychology (2010)
- Dresden Industry Days - in cooperation with the Bundesverband mittelständische Wirtschaft (2010)
- Practice project crossover (2008/09)
Testimonials
Find us on Campus of the TU Dresden
Visiting address:
Fritz-Foerster-Bau, Workshops: Room 147; Career Counselling: Raum 338 u. 340 Mommsenstraße 6
01069 Dresden
Workshops: Raum 502, 5. OG | Beratungen: 6. OG, Zi. 623
Postal address:
TUD Dresden University of Technology Directorate 8 - Student Affairs and Continuing Education
01062 Dresden
Office hours:
- Tuesday:
- 10:00 - 12:00
- Bitte im SCS (FOE UG) anmelden.
- Friday:
- 13:00 - 15:00
- Bitte im SCS (FOE UG) anmelden.
Our registration management is controlled centrally by the Student Service Center. Therefore, please register in the entrance level (garden side) of the Fritz Foerster Building at the SCS. You will then be redirected.