• Fishing for Experience is a TUHH practical programme that brings together students, graduates and almuni with attractive companies in the Hamburg metropolitan region.
• In international and interdisciplinary teams (approx. 5-8 people), TUHH students work on entrepreneurial issues and apply specialist knowledge from their studies in practice.
• Together with the companies, they develop innovative solutions for future issues and thereby develop valuable key competences for their later career entry.
• Duration: 5-6 months in a semester, parallel to your studies

Find out more about the participating companies and projects of previous semesters in our archive of project assignments.

Fishing for Experience includes many interesting workshops. Find all set dates (mandatory) in our timeline.

Fishing for Experience is aimed at students (Bachelor & Master), graduates and alumni of the TUHH. Our partner companies come from the Hamburg metropolitan region and are predominantly from the STEM sector (science, technology, engineering and mathematics). Among them are well-known corporations, medium-sized "hidden champions" and creative start-ups.

Fishing for Experience is a particularly good fit for you if

• you want to apply the specialist knowledge you have acquired in your studies in practice.
• you enjoy developing innovative solutions to tricky problems.
• you would like to train your key skills (communication, leadership, agile project management) and/or establish contacts with companies during your studies.
• you would like to find out about possible career opportunities (e.g. because you are interested in the company or possible career fields).
• you like to work in interdisciplinary teams and enjoy turning the skills of each individual into a whole.
• you want to gain intercultural (work) experience.

General Conditions

• Your participation in Fishing for Experience and the associated workshops is free of charge, when you are a member of TUHH.
• The programme is in English (workshops and your team work).
• Your time commitment is approximately 100 hours, which you do parallel to your studies.
• After successful participation you will receive a certificate of participation.
• You can apply to participate in Fishing for Experience.

Support from the TUHH Career Center

The Career Centre accompanies you during the programme and offers you further support in addition to preparatory workshops, through which you can train your key competences relevant to your profession.

• Preparatory workshops (contents: team building, assignment clarification, agile project management,...)
• Teaching of job-relevant key competences
• Advisory support for the project groups
• Individual counselling and coaching

This practical programme is interesting for companies from the Hamburg metropolitan region because you come into contact with qualified and committed potential junior staff.

Fishing for Experience is a particularly good fit for your company if

• you are looking for innovative and creative solutions to an existing problem.
• you would like to get to know highly qualified and committed young professionals off the beaten track.
• you are interested in working on your company project with interdisciplinary project teams of students and graduates of the TUHH, for whose implementation your company may lack resources, time and/or personnel.
• you enjoy working in intercultural environments.

If you are a company from the Hamburg Metropolitan Region and are interested in participating, please contact us. We will be happy to advise you and support you in all phases of the project.