Are you interested to become a buddy for fellow international students (DNB/MLS/CoBi)? Apply now to help your future fellow students get started in Göttingen. You will work in October and November vor 20 h/month. Application deadline is the 30.07.
Gerneral Information:
- Contract period: 01.10.2025-30.11.2025 (2 month), 20 hours/month
- each Buddy would support 2-6 foreign students
- Flexible working time in agreement with your buddy partners
Expected tasks could be:
- support with application forms for residence permit, health insurance, opening a bank account and more (check out information by Göttingen International).
- Documents printed in German -> translation needed.
- Pick up at trains station and first steps in Göttingen.
- First steps at the university: Select courses/plan curriculum/find lecture halls.
- Maybe general introduction sessions: guided tour campus/how to register for courses/… -> we will create useful tasks together
Your work will probably be done online/per email/chat, and face-to-face at visits to authorities (Behörden). It depends on what you agree on as buddy partners.
We look forward to receiving your application to the programme by email (studienberatung@biologie.uni-goettingen.de) by 30.07.2025. Please state
- the reason why you want to participate
- which languages you speak
- what experience you already have in the context of required tasks
- in which period of time you can be bindingly on site in Göttingen (for the contract it is important to be in Göttingen for the whole contract period and to be able to sign the contract latest at the end of September)
- whether you are employed at the university or UMG already or during the above-mentioned period (and how many hours).
In case of questions feel free to reach out to the Office of Studies Biology (studienbuero@biologie.uni-goettingen.de).