Once a semester, we invite international graduates to report on their practical experiences as alumni:

• the application phase with international educational biographies
• the onboarding phase in the international team
• everyday working life in Germany

Information on the next round of talks will be published in April.

Our practice partners report on how you can attract and retain employees with international educational biographies for your company.

We organize network meetings once a year: Here, international students, alumni, practice partners and contact persons at the university exchange ideas and strengthen awareness of discrimination-critical and culturally sensitive interaction in the workplace.

Practice partners from the professional field of SAGE (social work, health, education and training), international ASH alumni and international newcomers can contact Johanna.Backes@ASH-Berlin.eu with concerns about starting a career.

As an employer for international graduates in the field of SAGE (Social Work, Health, Education and Training), you can use the services of our Career Services to publish job advertisements here, for example.

The Center for Further Education at ASH Berlin regularly offers people in the field further training courses that strengthen anti-discriminatory interaction:

• Racism-critical and intersectional work - What does this mean in practice? (registration deadline on 06.03.2025)
• Transculturally sensitive handling in child protection - Stress assessment and interventions (registration deadline on 17.03.2025)
• “Das wird man doch noch sagen dürfen ...” - Recognizing discrimination and taking a stand (registration deadline 24.04.2025)
• Dealing with each other - Intercultural competence and the idea of diversity (registration deadline on 25.08.2025)
• Structural racism in the fields of social work - Effects and counter-strategies (registration deadline 22.09.2025)
• Certificate course “Human rights-based professional (social) work with refugees” (application deadline on 05.09.2025)

The Berlin State Office for Equal Treatment and Against Discrimination (LADS) promotes a culture of esteem for diversity and non-discrimination and offers a comprehensive programme of Diversity Trainings (in German). These training courses are designed for employees of the Berlin administrations, subordinate authorities and employees of state-owned companies, non-profit organizations and associations and conducted by the LADS-Akademie.

As an international graduate, you can take advantage of the services offered by our Career Service, for example on the subject of job hunting, studying after graduation or funding programs and scholarships.

In its current statement, the University-Business Working Group makes recommendations to universities, politicians and businesses and calls for more efforts to make the transition to work easier and more successful for international students and graduates. The working group is composed of the Confederation of German Employers' Associations (BDA), the Federation of German Industries (BDI) and the German Rectors' Conference (HRK).