Training and language courses

One of the main purposes of the Dual Career Service is to support your professional integration in the Siegen region. We are your source of information on career options, further education opportunities, relevant professional training programmes, German language courses as well as applying for grants and scholarships.

Training opportunities:
The academic programmes at the University of Siegen are complemented by 30 regional institutions for professional training, including KM:SI GmbH (Kompetenzregion Mittelstand Siegen-Wittgenstein), which offers a broad portfolio of training courses, Fachhochschule für Ökonomie und Management (University of Applied Sciences for Economics and Management), which offers part-time courses in Management, Business IT and Commercial Law for working professionals. What is more, the four vocational colleges in the district of Siegen-Wittgenstein are among the highest-performing and most advanced colleges in North Rhine-Westphalia.

All about training and education

• House of Young Talents (HYT) - University of Siegen
• House of Young Talents | Trainings 
• The Federal Employment Agency (DE)
• Education in Germany (Federal Employment Agency)
• forum W - www.wiedereinstieg.nrw.de (DE)
• Anerkennungsberatung | Wirtschafts- und Beschäftigungsförderung des Kreises Siegen-Wittgenstein (expert advice on the recognition of foreign professional qualifications)
• University of Siegen Business School 
• Beratungsservice Weiterbildung | Weiterbildungs- und Karriereberatung für Arbeitnehmer und Arbeitsuchende (training consultancy service for employees and employment seekers)
• FOM – Hochschule für Ökonomie und Management (University of Applied Sciences for Economics and Management)
• Distance learning - Master and MBA Studies (DE)
• bbz – Das Berufsbildungszentrum der IHK Siegen(vocational training centre of the Siegen Chamber of Commerce)
• IHK Siegen(Siegen Chamber of Commerce and Trade)
• Deutsche Angestellten-Akademie (academy for employees)
• Different forms of further training
• E-learning(Federal Employment Agency's online training tool)
• Webinars (Research in Germany)

All about research and funding

• Research & Funding at the University of Siegen
• Research Support Office | Referat Forschungsförderung | University of Siegen
• Association of German Foundations | (Bundesverband Deutscher Stiftungen)
• EURAXESS Germany - Browse for funding

All about German language courses

• German as a foreign language (language courses offered by the Language Center of the University of Siegen; courses are designed to run alongside students', graduating students’ and researchers’ courses of study and research)
• Alumniportal Deutschland Cooperation between Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (AvH), Bonn | Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst e.V. (DAAD), Bonn | Goethe-Institut e. V., Munich
• DW - German to go | Learn German for free 
• IIK Düsseldorf - German for Academics and Professionals
• Learn German for the workplace
• Volkshochschule | VHS (Adult Education Centre - Programme)
• German courses at the Akademie Sprachenschule Siegerland GmbH
• Goethe-Institut - Learning German: Practise German free of charge 
• DUO - Deutsch-Uni Online (webportal for learning German)
• Duolingo (App-based | free online language-learning platform)
• Lernstudio Barbarossa
• Sprachenzentrum Schäfer | Siegen
• Toms Deutschseite (private homepage dedicated to learners of German)
• uTalk app
• VHS Siegen-Wittgenstein