Despite an increasing proportion of female students at universities, women are still underrepresented, especially in science, technology and engineering courses.

We have compiled a number of organizations and platforms that support female students and graduates in STEM degree programs with career entry and planning.

Or perhaps you have very specific ideas that you would like to implement in your own company?

There are numerous initiatives and organizations in Hamburg, which support you in the preliminary considerations and the first steps and look for ways of financing together with you.

For students at Hamburg's universities, these contact points are particularly recommended:

Start-up Dock

As a startup center, Startup Dock has been promoting innovative startups from the university sector since 2013. The origin lies at the TU Hamburg. Together with TUHH, Startup Dock is part of the beyourpilot project and the Startup Port association.

It offer a full service program for early stage startups. The teams benefit from individual consulting, workshops, events and the network into the Hamburg university and startup scene as well as to relevant companies.

beyourpilot

Hamburg's largest universities and DESY have joined forces to promote and support the start-ups of scientists even better and more effectively with the beyourpilot platform. Those interested in founding a company in the university sector will find a central access point to the start-up support units of all participating institutions. In addition to advice and information, beyourpilot also offers workshops for those interested in founding a company, such as the online workshop series "Gründungstoolbox" ("Founding Toolbox").

Hamburg Chamber of Crafts

You have an ingenious business idea and need a production or service company for it? Why not take over an established craft business?

The succession guides of the Hamburg Chamber of Skilled Crafts support you in finding the right takeover company. They introduce you to companies, accompany your takeover process and advise you on all important topics (business plan, financing, etc.).

Good career planning means exploring possible industries, fields of work, and employers early on, as well as exploring yourself.

The Career Center team is happy to support you in your self-exploration through

• Individual counseling
• Workshops and networking events in the semester program, where you can also visit companies and make direct contact with employees (e.g. TUHH Alumni & Career Talk, Career Paths, and more)
• Career Exploration Module
• Job fair Career Forum (every May, here you can also go on an exploratory tour first: Which companies are there? What jobs are there?..)
• The PraxisPlus program offers TUHH students a very special internship support.
• Practical projects such as Fishing for Experience: work in an interdisciplinary and international team on problems in a corporate context during a semester while studying.

Please feel free to contact us:

E-Mail: career.service@tuhh.de

Phone: +49 40 42878 4424

It is important that you choose an activity that you enjoy. And still the best way to find out whether an activity or a company really suits you is to try it out!

That's why we have compiled information and tips for you in the "Practical experience/internships" section.

On the page Hamburg Welcome Portal you will find a lot of useful information about the like: Working in Hamburg, Job Portals, Industry Sectors, Working Conditions, Internships, Application and so on.