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Entry, Employment, Insurance

Federal Foreign Office
www.auswaertiges-amt.de
Provider: Federal Foreign Office (Auswärtiges Amt – AA).
Description: The website of the Federal Foreign Office is the first place to look for answers to all your questions about entering Germany: "Welcome to Germany” (Willkommen in Deutschland). The s.t. also offers information about and contact details for Germany’s diplomatic and consular missions abroad. The "Information Service” section lets you download or order publications, including the most important forms, such as the Visa Application Form etc. The s.t. also offers a newsletter with up-to-date reports and information on events in Germany.
Languages: German, English, French, Spanish and Arabic

DAAD: Info Sheets on Entry, Residence and Employment
www.daad.de/en/form
Description: The DAAD offers two detailed information sheets, one on the Entry and Residence Provisions and one on the Employment Provisions relating to foreign students, academics and researchers. These not only explain the current law but also detail the related administrative procedures.
Languages: German and English

Portal on the Foreigners Act: info4alien.de
www.info4alien.de
Provider: The website is run by a private, non-commercial initiative that aims to increase knowledge about the German foreigners act and about the provisions that it contains. The s.t. operators are current or former staff members of the foreigners authorities (Ausländerbehörden) in Germany. These authorities are responsible for dealing with questions relating to foreigners in Germany, such as residence and work permits.
Description: The website offers a collection of legal texts, a collection of links arranged by content, FAQs and detailed explanations of key legal terms, such as "residence permits” and so on. The operators also administer an active forum in which visitors can ask more specialised questions that are not answered in the general information. As in any other discussion forum, no liability can be assumed for the correctness of answers, which are merely provided as basic information.
Language: German

Federal Ministry of the Interior: Portal on the Immigration Act
www.zuwanderung.de
Provider: Federal Ministry of the Interior (Bundesministerium des Inneren)
Description: The website provides detailed information on the German immigration act. The section "Immigration Act from A to Z” explains terms like "residence permit”, "subsequent immigration of dependent family members” or "Green Card”. It also provides answers to frequently asked questions (FAQs), experience reports and comprehensive background information.
Languages: German and English

Federal Employment Agency – BA
www.arbeitsagentur.de
Provider: The Federal Employment Agency (Bundesagentur für Arbeit – BA) and its branch offices, the Employment Agencies (Arbeitsagenturen) are the first government contact points for the unemployed and for those looking for a job in Germany.
Description: The Federal Employment Agency website offers information for job seekers and, above all, various job exchanges with job search and job offer options, including work and industrial placements, internships, and temporary/casual jobs. Students and graduates can additionally find interesting information on the topic of placement, recruitment and employment services. The Federal Employment Agency also offers a brochure for foreign EU citizens "Your Job in Germany”, which is available in English.
Languages: German

German Social Insurance System
www.deutsche-sozialversicherung.de
Provider: The European Representation of the German Social Insurance System, on behalf of the central associations of the German social insurance system.
Description: The website explains the five pillars of the German social insurance system: the statutory insurance types (illness/health, accident, unemployment, nursing care and old age). For each type of insurance, this s.t. explains exactly who is covered by statutory insurance and who can take out voluntary insurance, what is covered (paid) by the insurance and how it is organised, complemented by additional documents and links.
Languages: German, English and French

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Web-based job exchanges

Web-based job exchanges are also becoming much more common in Germany. You will meanwhile often find job offers from daily newspapers offered on the Internet with a slight time delay. So, we recommend that when looking for a job you first visit the website of a regional daily paper; you can find an overview of all the German newspaper websites by going to the website of the German Federation of Newspaper Publishers (Bundesverband deutscher Zeitungsverleger) at www.bdzv.de/zeitungswebsites.html.

In addition, you can find job exchanges that concentrate more on student and/ or academic job searches at the following websites:

http://www.academics.com/
www.studentenjobs24.de
www.jobber.de
www.jobscanner.de (searches through company websites)
www.jobworld.de (metasearch engine)
www.jobs.zeit.de (metasearch engine)

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Internship Placement Agencies

Are you looking to complete some practical training in the form of an internship or work placement? The Internship Office (Praktikantenamt) or International Office at your university will be pleased to advise and help you.

The following student organisations will also be able to assist you in word and deed:

www.aiesec.de
AIESEC (Association Internationale des Etudiants en Sciences Economiques et Commerciales) (German and English)
www.elsa-germany.org
ELSA (European Law Students’ Association) (German and English)
www.iaeste.de
IAESTE (International Association for the Exchange of Students for Technical Experience) (German and English)
http://www.fzs.de/
The National Union of Students in Germany (Freier Zusammenschluss von StudentInnenschaften – FZS) (German and English)

It may also be worthwhile for students studying subjects from the fields of technology and engineering to take a look at the traineeship exchange (Praktikantenbörse) on the portal www.ingenieurkarriere.de run by "VDI Nachrichten.com”, the website of the Association of German Engineers (Verein Deutscher Ingenieure – VDI) (German).

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Fakultativ

"Fakultative" means elective or optional in the sense that students are free to choose which courses they "elect" to attend. These courses are not compulsory. The content taught in these courses is not generally of relevance to the examinations. However, some of the courses can be credited to the prescribed number of weekly credit hours that students are expected to complete per semester, known in German as Semesterwochenstunden (SWS).

Praktikum

A "Praktikum" is an internship or work placement that aims to give students the opportunity to gain experience outside academia by working in business and industry or in public authorities, administrations etc. Internships are a compulsory part of many degree programmes.

Semester

The academic year in Germany is generally divided into two semesters rather than three terms, such as is generally the case in the UK and other countries. German universities generally have a winter semester that runs from October to March and a summer semester that runs from April to September. A semester includes both the period when courses and lectures are held (Vorlesungszeit) and the time without lectures (recess) in which students can revise and prepare (Vorlesungsfreiezeit).

sine tempore

The term "sine tempore", or s.t. in short, is another Latin expression and indicates that a class or lecture will begin punctually at the given time. It is often used after the time given for a course, such as 10:00 s.t. This means that the course will begin at 10 am on the dot.

Universität

"Universität" means university and is used for research universities (wissenschaftliche Hochschulen) that offer a broad range of subjects (like arts and humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, economics and business administration, law, medicine). These institutions confer doctorates. The strong research focus benefits students in their training. Please note, however, that English texts often use the term "university" generically, i.e. to cover all kinds of higher education institutions, for example, universities of the arts, universities of applied sciences, universities of education, etc.

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Date: 2012-02-08