After finishing their bachelor’s degree, lots of students face the concern of what follows: continue with a master’s degree program to deepen their subject understanding, or make money and take the leap by getting in an expert career? “Task & Master” integrates both paths. Students can get initial professional experience, earn their living, and at the very same time expand their academic qualifications. The offering is therefore aimed, on the one hand, at trainees who currently wish to or need to work while pursuing their master’s degree. On the other hand, it also offers a perspective to those who, after acquiring initial useful experience, wish to pursue additional subject-specific qualifications.
The job-friendly master’s degree programs take into consideration the particular needs of students who work while studying. Compulsory courses, for instance, are bundled on simply a few days per week or offered in blocks, leaving room for their task. In some degree programs, pertinent expert experience can be acknowledged as comparable to the required internship. In addition, it is typically possible to compose the master’s thesis in collaboration with a business. Individual degree programs also use a part-time choice, which extends the standard period of study and makes the time dedication easier to plan.
A win for companies too
“The large bulk of our students depend on working together with their research studies. With the ‘Job & Master’ program, we wish to make things easier for them and to enhance the compatibility of task and research studies. Our trainees take advantage of this because they can broaden their subject understanding and work at the very same time,” states Teacher Manfred Bayer, President of TU Dortmund University. “This is also a win for companies: they can retain qualified young talent on a part-time basis while these employees get extra abilities in their master’s studies.”
The offering presently includes master’s degree programs from the Departments of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Computer Science, Biochemical and Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Infotech, Spatial Planning, and Cultural Research studies. For general questions about picking a degree program and about “Job & Master”, the General Student Advisory Service of TU Dortmund University offers further information and support. For subject-specific concerns, the Departmental Advisory Solutions of the respective departments are the right points of contact.
Introduction of “Task & Master”