Career and Study Guidance

Our extensive career and higher education information programme is an important resource for our students. We guide them in taking the next steps towards their future with confidence.

Our career and university advisors help our students apply to colleges and universities in Germany, Europe and other parts of the world. We offer information events, career guidance programmes and career information seminars to help start the decision-making process. Together with the students, we assess their individual interests and abilities. We support the emotional development of our students and help with the application process for university and vocational training.

We look at each student individually and work together to find the most suitable type of further education. We see our students not only through an academic lens, but also individuals with different needs, thoughts and talents. For us this means that we help numerous talents in all areas of life. In addition to all thoughts of apprenticeships, our students start their studies at renowned universities all over the world.

Career orientation at the Berlin Cosmopolitan School begins already in grade 6.

Grade 6

  • Insights into 1 day at work in cooperation with the Rotary Club.
  • Once a week the students learn at our forest school in Prenden about forestry and gardening.
  • Towards the end of the academic year we offer an informational evening about IB Diploma and Abitur.

Grade 7

  • Application (CV and cover letter) in German and English
  • One week internship
  • Girls’ and Boys’ Day developed by the Senat

Grade 8

  • One week internship
  • Presentations regarding their internships in French or Spanish
  • Girls’ and Boys’ Days developed by the Senat
  • Life-skills-workshop organized by “Mehr als Lernen e. V.”

Grade 9

  • Two weeks internship
  • Presentations regarding their internships in French or Spanish
  • Girls’ and Boys’ Days developed by the Senat
  • At the beginning of the academic year we offer a mandatory informational evening about IB Diploma and Abitur
  • Science Day

Grade 10

  • One week internship
  • Presentations regarding their internships in French or Spanish
  • Girls’ and Boys’ Days developed by the Senat
  • At the beginning of the academic year we offer a mandatory informational evening about IB Diploma and Abitur
  • Science Day
  • Deciding on subjects for their IB Diploma or Abitur

Grade 11

  • Career guidance with a representative of the Agentur für Arbeit
  • Life-skills-workshop organized by “Mehr als Lernen e. V.”
  • Visit at university fairs
  • Informational evening for students and parents regarding admissions processes and deadlines
  • Girls’ and Boys’ Days developed by the Senat
  • Visit to “Gläserne Fabrik”
  • IB-Diploma students Group 4 Science Project
  • “Wege nach dem Abitur” presentation by a representative of the Agentur für Arbeit

Grade 12

  • Career guidance with a representative of the Agentur für Arbeit
  • Life-skills-workshop organized by “Mehr als Lernen e. V.”
  • Visit at university fairs
  • Individualised guidance regarding university admissions and gap year plans

Contact

Dr. Martina Heinrich
School Psychologist, Career Counselor