Dear students,

did you know that the University of Cologne is one the few universities in Germany that has its own EU Career Ambassador?

Students of the University who are looking for information about professional perspectives in the EU and other institutions are invited to our presentation by Svenja Rennebaum our EU Career Ambassador.

Please note that this event is held in German language.

Different nations, languages and cultures meet in the EU, making it a very popular employer in Europe. This event will cover the following topics:

• What offers a career in the EU?
• What kind of candidates is the EU looking for?
• What is the EPSO?
• Application process?
• Which other employment opportunities does the EU offer?

We look forward to seeing you!

Career Tuesday with EU Careers
Tuesday, 17.04.2018 5:45pm – 7:15pm
Lecture hall XXIII

Further information can be found here: Career Tuesday with EU Careers on April 17, 2018

The ZIB - International Relations Center offers a secondary selection round for exchange studies in spring 2019 with available slots for env. 50 Master students. Information on the STAP secondary selection round, available universities and their special features will be presented by the STAP Master outgoing coordinator:

STAP Master Selection Round Info Session:

Monday 16 April 2018, 6 p.m., Audience Hall: XXIV (WiSo-Building)

The application will open on 15 April in the WEX Database:  https://wex-outgoings-wiso.uni-koeln.de/login/auth  -  my applications and will close on 1 June 2018.

Application requirements and criteria are listed in the STAP Master Application Manual
http://www.international.wiso.uni-koeln.de/outgoing-students/term-abroad/stap-master/ 

For personal advice, the ZIB offers drop-in advising hours Monday-Thursday 9-12 a.m. 

(23 – 29 April: no drop-in advising hours for Master students)

Are you interested in a short stay abroad? If yes, you may want to take a quick look at the summer school offers of our partner universities. For many programs the early-bird deadlines are approaching, so make sure to apply soon. 

e.g. 

• University of Ljubljana (LJ), Slovenia (early-bird deadline: 07 May 2018)
• Universite catolique de Louvain (LSM), Belgium (early-bird deadline: 30 April 2018)

You have already missed the early-bird deadline? – Do not worry, many universities offer partner discounts throughout the entire application period. 

e.g. 

• Corvinus University Budapest (CUB), Hungary
• École des Hautes Études Commerciales (HEC), France
• KOC University (KOC), Turkey
• KU LEUVEN (LEUVEN), Belgium
• Libera Università Internazionale degli Studi Sociali (LUISS), Italy
• Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM), Spain

For more summer school offers, please see our website where you can also find our ‘Step by step - How to attend a summer school’ information sheet. General information on offers is published on the WiSo Exchange (WEX) International Outgoings Portal. For more information please contact the ZIB WiSo by wiso-outgoings(at)uni-koeln.de (please mention your study level).

Summer schools are subject to fees and not part of an exchange agreement.

Would you like to do an internship or are you about to graduate and planning to start your career in consulting? On July 5, 2018, the ProfessionalCenter is organizing the fourth JobTour, during which 20 students from all faculties take the Unibus to four possible employers in the field of management consulting.

Further information can be found here: JobTour 2018 - Consulting

Since March 2018, there is something new at the University of Cologne. An accelerator who takes care of founders and start-ups enabling them to make their way to success. The Future Champions Accelerator was started by the University of Duisburg-Essen, the University of Cologne and the Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf. In cooperation with regional industrial partners and investors and start-up experts, the Accelerator offers technology-based and knowledge-based start-ups from the Rhine-Ruhr region a sustainable and cross-regional program consisting of excellent coaching and mentoring as well as needs-based qualification measures. The accelerator is supported by the ministery of economy, innovation, digitalisation and energy of the state of North-Rhine-Westphalia, the European Union and the EFRE-Program. 

More information about the Future Champions Accelerator can be found here: http://bit.ly/Future-Champions-Accelerator

Batch # 1 of the accelerator starts on April 24, 2018 with the selector pitches and a subsequent BBQ. 

Start-ups can apply until April 16, 2018 to participate in the Future Champions Accelerator: http://bit.ly/Call-for-start-ups 

At the BBQ on April 24, 2018 all people interested are welcome. Last tickets are available here: http://bit.ly/Auswahlpitch-BBQ

Are you interested in Management Consulting? Be part of exciting workshops with McKinsey & Company, A.T. Kearney, Strategy&, Bain & Company & thyssenkrupp Management Consulting!

The core objective of the student-run case.study.course is to provide you as a student with a competitive environment that enables you to develop your personality and your managerial skills. The case.study.course has an interdisciplinary approach to develop problem solving abilities, creativity, and soft skills, sometimes using unusual but interesting techniques. With us you can enhance your analytical thinking and presentations skills. You also meet interesting and highly-motivated people and get in touch with the top consulting firms- take the chance now and make the right step towards your consulting career.

When? Application deadline 21st of April 2018! Afterwards 6 workshops (on Thursday evenings) followed by a nice get-together in a restaurant with the companies. 

Interested? The participant number is limited. Please apply via www.casestudycourse.com. For any  further questions do not hesitate to contact us.

This week starts the lecture in summer semester 2018:

Ob TTIP, CETA oder die protektionistischen Ambitionen von Donald Trump: Der Streit über die Ordnung des globalen Handels ist in vollem Gange - nicht nur unter Ökonominnen und Ökonomen. Das ist gut so, denn für uns ist klar: Bei internationalem Handel geht es nicht nur um Effizienz und Verteilungsfragen. Er hat soziale Auswirkungen, ökologische und kulturelle.

All information about the lecture and the individual events are available at www.ringvorlesung-koeln.de.

(Please note that this lecture is held in German language)