10th annual Vocational Training Day at the University of Münster

The University of Münster warmly welcomes all secondary school students and their parents to our 2025 Vocational Training Day!

Dear Students,

We invite you to speak with us and learn about the many apprenticeships and vocational training opportunities at the University of Münster at the cutting edge of research!

Visit us on Vocational Training Day on Thursday, 4 September 2025, from 4pm to 7pm at the Pharma Campus, Corrensstraße 48, 48149 Münster.

You can look forward to an informative and diverse programme highlighting the opportunities for vocational training at one of Germany’s largest universities. The programme includes:

information and discussions with trainers and trainees
hands-on activities
workshop and laboratory tours
lectures, workshops and personalised advice on career orientation
application document check
simulated job interview
Azubi-Fit health promotion and university quiz
cafeteria run by the Youth and Trainee Representatives and the Staff Council

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Please note:
Registration is not required to attend Vocational Training Day. We would be grateful, however, if you could sign up voluntarily so we can better plan for the six stations on the ‘Hop-on, Hop-off’ tour.

Programme

Programme overview – Vocational Training Day 2025
Time	Event	Room
4pm	Opening and welcome by the Head of Administration of the University of Münster, Matthias Schwarte General information about vocational training	foyer, ground floor
4pm – 7pm	Information stands on apprenticeship professions; workshop and laboratory tours; hands-on activities	foyer, ground floor
4:30pm	Presentation: Career orientation – How does it actually work? Ideas and inspiration for students and their parents	small lecture hall
followed by	Advice and consultation: Information overload instead of inspiration? A jungle of possibilities with no clear path in sight? Shaping your career requires a lot of energy and time to make good decisions. You are probably faced with many different questions, to which there are sometimes no clear answers. Take the opportunity today to discuss your questions with one of our advisors. Talking through these questions often reveals the next steps on your professional path.	small lecture hall/foyer
5:30pm	Workshop: Finding a career I enjoy – A workshop for young people who are still unsure.	small lecture hall
4pm – 7pm	Azubi-Fit – Health promotion is not a question of age – information stand and hands-on activity	foyer, 1st floor
4pm – 7pm	Application portfolio check	foyer, 1st floor
4pm – 7pm	Simulation of a job interview	seminar room 1
4pm – 7pm	University quiz: The University as an employer	foyer, ground floor

Registration is not required to participate. However, we would be grateful if you could sign up voluntarily so we can better plan for the six stations on the ‘Hop-On, Hop-Off’ tour.

Hop-On, Hop-Off – Career orientation at six stations

Like a ‘hop-on, hop-off’ bus tour, this tour takes you to six different stations to help you focus on your career orientation, prepare you for your application and interview, and offer insight into the University of Münster as a vocational training provider.

You can decide which stations to visit based on your personal interests. We do recommend, however, visiting at least four stations so that you are eligible to win a gift certificate from the University Campus Store.

Registration is not required to participate. However, we would be grateful if you could sign up voluntarily so we can better plan for the six stations on the ‘Hop-On, Hop-Off’ tour.

Orientation Station	Title/Content
Station 1	Lecture: ‘Career orientation – How does it actually work? Ideas and inspiration for students and their parents’ The end of your school days is approaching, and you still don't know what you want to do professionally? Your friends and family are giving you good advice, but you still can’t make up your mind? This lecture is about career orientation strategies: find out what you want, what you can do and what is most important to you. Only then can you start looking into suitable opportunities for yourself in a targeted manner. As parents, you obviously want to support your children in this process. But how can you do this effectively? What should you look out for, what are the stumbling blocks, and what will help the process move forward? How can you strike a balance between exerting too much influence and providing too little support? Speaker: Andrea Schröder, MA, advisor for career orientation, applications and internships at the Careers Service of the University of Münster
Station 2	Workshop: ‘Finding a career I enjoy – A workshop for young people who are still unsure’ Which apprenticeship is right for you? This workshop aims to help you figure that out. First, you take an online vocational field test that gives you some initial orientation. Then, together, we develop questions that will help you choose an apprenticeship. With these questions, you then talk to apprentices on site and learn first-hand what everyday working life is like. Finally, you are asked to reflect on how well the occupation suits you – and thus gain more clarity for your own decision. The workshop is aimed at students who are still at the beginning of their career orientation and is limited to 15 participants. If you are interested, please bring your own mobile phones or tablets. Speakers: Cathrin Nauhauser, teaching degree student in the area of vocational colleges Ina Richter, MA, project assistant in the Educational Science Department with a focus on career orientation
Station 3	Information stands on apprenticeship professions; workshop and laboratory tours; hands-on activities 11 of our 22 apprenticeship professions will be standing by to present their training opportunities. Discussions with trainers and trainees, as well as hands-on activities and tours of laboratories and workshops, are designed to give you as realistic a picture as possible of the wide range of training opportunities available at the University of Münster.
Station 4	Application portfolio check with advice Bring your own application portfolio and let’s get started! We will review your application together and point out common mistakes. Is the format okay? What about spelling mistakes and forms of expression? What should be included in the cover letter and how should I phrase it? What should be included in an application portfolio and what should be left out?
Station 5	Simulation of a job interview In this workshop, we simulate a job interview with you. What can you expect and who will you meet? How do you get the conversation off to a good start? What should you pay particular attention to? Of course, we have some tips and tricks to help you overcome uncertainty and nervousness.
Station 6	Azubi-Fit – Health promotion is not a question of age – Info stand and hands-on activity Our University offers a special health promotion programme for vocational trainees. Whether it’s sport, nutrition, relaxation or communication, there are always ways to improve one’s personal well-being at one’s place of training. And as an added bonus, you can collect bonus points for gifts from the University Campus Store or even an extra day off.
	The University quiz: The University as an employer With over 8,000 employees and 154 vocational training places, the University is one of the largest employers and vocational training providers in the Münsterland region. Get to know the University even better in a fun way and collect your eighth point in the Hop-On, Hop-Off Challenge.

The Pharma Campus – We'll see you there on 4 September 2025
Preparations are already underway, and we look forward to meeting you!

Impressions from the Vocational Training Day

To give you an idea of what you can look forward to at the 2025 Vocational Training Day at the University of Münster, we’ve compiled some impressions from our past Vocational Training Day events.

Data protection policy

Any personal data you share with us in connection with Vocational Training Day and when signing up for certain events will only be stored and used for the purpose of organising and conducting the above-mentioned events. Your personal data will then be deleted after a certain period of time. We shall not forward your personal data to third parties. For more information, please see our data protection policy (PDF) [de].