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Read moreCareer Center –
Building your future, together.

Connecting students,
companies, and alumni.
From day one, we support you. As a Bachelor or Master student, we support you in developing your potential for a successful and seamless transition into the working world. As an MBA student, we support you in accelerating your career. Focusing on the development and individual needs of our diverse student groups on both campuses, the Career Center organizes a comprehensive range of activities and provides personal career counseling.
We build trust with alumni and corporate partners, fostering long-term relationships that provide value and the chance to forge new connections. Highly ranked and a crucial component of WHU life, the Career Center provides a wealth of knowledge for students seeking guidance as they move forward with their career goals.
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Career services – Preparing you for the professional world.
We organize dozens of diverse activities each year, ranging from company presentations, career fairs, and networking dinners, to on-campus interviews and individual career counseling. We work with alumni and corporate partners to offer you valuable insight into the many facets of professional life and create exciting networking opportunities.

Whether you are completely undecided or already have a specific career path in mind, we will support you along each step of the journey – from finding your first internship to leaving WHU with a solid plan for your professional development. Overall, more than 60% of current Bachelor students found their summer internships through our database or campus events.
Recruiting fairs
We host three major career fairs per year, all with a different focus and company roster. Each event starts with short introductions to give you a first impression of the companies, and then moves to a fair where you can engage directly with representatives about opportunities for internships, thesis projects, and full-time jobs.
Career Day in September targets companies that recruit intermittently at or are new to WHU. The mix of companies ensures there is always something of interest for everyone. 2022 participants included Allianz, BASF, Capgemini Invent Germany, Mastercard, METRO, Procter & Gamble, UBS and valantic.
Founders Career Day in November is our most dynamic fair and a large source of internships for Bachelor students. Alumni return to campus to recruit for their own ventures, ranging from brand new start-ups to well-established companies. With career speed dating—short, one-on-one meetings with each company—and on-campus interviews, you have the chance to demonstrate your skills and possibly secure an internship offer directly. Future entrepreneurs can also gain valuable insights and even meet prospective entrepreneurial partners. 2022 participating companies included Alteos, crealytics GmbH, Enpal, Liberty Ventures, Natsana, Patronus Group, ProjectTogether, Tourlane und VictoriaPartners.
Master Your Career in January highlights our long-time partner companies, mostly in industry and services. While offering more sophisticated networking formats for Master students, the presentations, fair, and career speed dating for advanced Bachelor students provide great opportunities to discover mutual interest with company representatives. Attendees in 2023 included Accenture, adidas, Allianz, BASF, Bertelsmann, Deichmann, Henkel, Kearney and Singular.

Other career services

A broad range of companies presents on campus throughout the year to meet and recruit students. Senior managers and junior employees, including many alumni, as well as HR officers, share their first-hand knowledge of operations, corporate culture, and hiring processes.
Companies hold special presentations the same night for first-semester students, which help you become familiar with new industries, understand the bigger “business” picture, and provide the opportunity to ask more detailed questions. From the second semester onward, you will be able to make connections with company representatives and learn more about their organizations in an informal dinner setting in our renowned vaulted cellar.
In addition, we organize workshops that bring companies together with small groups of students to explore case studies. These events allow students to gain deeper insights into companies in a more intimate setting and make a memorable first impression.
Presentations and workshops in 2020-2021: Allianz Inhouse Consulting, Bain & Company, Bank of America, BCG Boston Consulting Group, Bertelsmann, Credit Suisse, EY-Parthenon, Goldman Sachs, Horváth & Partners, J.P. Morgan, Kuehne + Nagel, Lohfert & Lohfert, McKinsey, Monitor Deloitte, Oliver Wyman, Perella Weinberg Partners, Procter & Gamble, Roland Berger, Simon-Kucher & Partners, SMP AG, Strategy&, thyssenkrupp Management Consulting, Volkswagen Consulting.
We send a weekly newsletter tailored to each Bachelor class about upcoming career events, programs with our partner companies, and recent posts in our job database. Companies post hundreds of internships and jobs each year to our internal database.
During your final year, you will create a profile for our student CV database that partner companies can use to identify interesting profiles and invite students for individual interviews, recruiting events on and off campus, and specific position openings.

In your first semester, we organize and hold an application training event in partnership with professionals from renowned companies. Throughout your time at WHU, we invite you to come in and discuss your career plans and questions in a personal and confidential career counseling session. We are also available to give feedback on your application documents. We have an open-door policy, which means there are no fixed office hours and you do not necessarily need an appointment to meet with us.

On our internal platform, we publish extensive resources, templates, and guidance on career topics. These will help you in searching for internship and job offers, creating convincing application documents, and preparing for interviews.
At WHU, we have a long-standing tradition of students helping each other, which we support by facilitating the exchange of internship information. Many students voluntarily provide information about their internships on our internal platform as well as indicate whether they are available to answer individual questions.

Alumni are a key part of the close-knit WHU community. We foster relationships among students and alumni by cooperating closely with the In Praxi alumni association, which has 4,500-plus members corresponding to more than 90% of graduates. Alumni often participate in recruiting events on campus, and the strong network plays a large role in your search for internships, jobs, or even partners for entrepreneurial projects. In addition, we sometimes organize informal dialogues with alumni about their personal experiences and career paths.
Career statistics at a glance –
Profiles of the average Bachelor class.
First steps after graduation
46% take a gap year
- Internships
- Travel/work abroad
- Entrepreneurial projects
- Volunteering
22% enter the workforce
- 7% in Banking and Finance
- 7% in Industry and Services
- 5% in Consulting
- 3% at Start-up and Online Businesses
28% continue education
- 15% of them continue their studies at WHU
- 13% of them study at another university
4% found their own companies
Past international internship locations

Meet our alumni –
Bachelor graduates share their stories.

“Thanks to the vast variety of companies in the Career Center network I was able to try different industries (consumer goods, consulting, banking, start-up) during my internships and in the end ended up with the company I got to know in my very first week at WHU during a company presentation: Bain & Company. Make the best use of everything the Career Center has to offer (fairs, presentations, networking events, etc.) to find out what you are professionally most interested in.”
Before WHU
Fudan University, Shanghai (China)
Bachelor at WHU
Extracurricular Activities
Internship at Avandeo, Shanghai (China)
Internship at Bain & Company, Munich
Exchange Semester
Thesis
After WHU
Traveling
ESCP Europe, Berlin and Paris (France)
Internship at Henkel, Düsseldorf
Bain & Company, Munich
University of Regensburg, Regensburg

“Even two years after graduating I still feel super-close to WHU. The WHU network plays an important role in my professional and private life: I’m extremely thankful for the people I got and get to know.”
Before WHU
Founder of Individual Lifestyle, Mayen
Founder of 15punkte.de, Mayen
Bachelor at WHU
Extracurricular Activities
Internship at Home24, Berlin
Exchange Semester
Internship at Sinovation, Shanghai (China)
Internship at McKinsey & Company, Düsseldorf
Morgentau.coffee, Mayen
After WHU
Atlantic Food Labs, Berlin
Heycater!, Berlin

“When I started studying at WHU, I had a lot of different ideas about future career options. The many events on campus where I met company representatives from a wide range of industries and various types of companies really helped me to develop a clearer picture of potential jobs. Moreover, personal interaction conveys a lot about corporate culture and gives you a feeling for where you might fit in. Therefore, I already felt very confident that I was on the right track when I started my professional career directly after my bachelor's degree. Even now, I am still in contact with the Career Center to exchange ideas with current students about starting in industry roles and like to offer them insights into my working world, just as other alumni have offered them to me in the past.”
Before WHU
High School Year Abroad
Bachelor at WHU
Internship at Groupon, Madrid (Spain)
Internship at Upbeat Energy, Cambridge (UK)
Exchange Semester
After WHU
Daimler, Stuttgart
Baden-Württemberg Cooperative State University

“WHU showed me that it is important to understand which way I could go rather than which way I should follow.”
Bachelor at WHU
Extracurricular Activities
Research Assistant
Internship at Zerbach & Company, Cologne
Internship at Viega, Crespellano (Italy) and Copenhagen (Denmark)
Exchange Semester
Gap Year after WHU
Internship at Alvarez & Marsal, Munich
Internship at Avedon Capital Partners, Düsseldorf
Internship at Houlihan Lokey, Frankfurt am Main
Master at WHU
Master in Finance
Internship at Rothschild & Co., Frankfurt am Main
Exchange Semester

“The WHU Career Center was of tremendous value to me during my studies at WHU. The numerous career events allowed me to gain insights into many fields, which was complemented by the personal career advice as well as the broad network of the Career Center.”
Bachelor at WHU
Extracurricular Activities
Internships at Rhenus Logistics & Remondis, Shanghai (China)
Exchange Semester
Internship at J.P. Morgan, Frankfurt am Main
Internship at Deutsche Bank, Frankfurt am Main
Master at WHU
Master in Management
Internship at Roland Berger, Düsseldorf
Exchange Semester
Doctoral Program at WHU
Allianz Endowed Chair of Finance
Professional Activities
After WHU
Roland Berger, Düsseldorf
Frequently asked questions –
Additional career-related information.
Please find below commonly asked questions and answers about the WHU Career Center and services we offer.
Last year, nearly 60 companies in consulting, banking and financial services, large industry and services, German small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), and start-ups participated in our events on Campus Vallendar. Most top-tier consultancies and investment banks recruit here every year, and several large industrials regularly participate in our fairs (see information above on fairs for current examples). Companies also support student events such as Campus for Finance and other “Campus for” conferences, forumWHU, IdeaLab!, and SensAbility.
Internships range across industries, companies, and locations depending on individual interests and needs. Banking and finance, marketing and sales, business development, strategy and consulting, and supply chain management are all common sectors. A large group of students also intern with start-ups.
You will have two mandatory internship periods as a Bachelor student, each a minimum of 4 weeks. One of the internships must be outside of the German-speaking region. Most students do 10-12 weeks in the summer between May and August, depending on their class schedule, exchange semester, and vacation plans.
Pre-internships range across business-related industries, companies, and functions, similar to internships completed during the study program. Very often, candidates find pre-internships in smaller or mid-sized companies in their hometown or region.
Unfortunately, we cannot help finding pre-internships due to limited capacity. Moreover, only enrolled students receive access to our resources on WHU’s intranet, including the job database. Our colleagues in the admissions office can provide written confirmation that a pre-internship is mandatory for admission to WHU – just send an email to bachelor(at)whu.edu. Sometimes this helps companies adhere to their internal guidelines and regulations.
Our job database regularly features international internships and jobs, and we inform all of our partner companies about this specific student interest and need. Companies visiting WHU usually represent the German branches and often recruit mainly for the German-speaking market. One main exception is that most international banks come with their European recruitment teams. Some companies that come to campus, especially large industrials with international operations and accelerators/venture groups with portfolio companies abroad, may recruit for international internships alongside their traditional offers.
After each internship, you will write a report that can then be read by fellow students. Students are often also available to answer individual inquiries about their internships. Very often, students can open doors for each other and provide valuable practical advice about the international internship experience.
When considering where to go, do not forget that you need permission to work legally in that country. We cannot assist with work visas – you should arrange that directly with your employer. Non-EU citizens may face additional challenges in Europe since the German student visa only allows you to work in Germany (and not other EU countries).
More and more Bachelor students are deciding to take a gap year after graduation rather than directly continuing their education or entering the workplace. The possibilities for a gap year are endless, but many graduates use this time to clarify their professional interests through several internships or gain additional practical experience, develop entrepreneurial projects, travel, or work for nonprofit organizations. A number of our partner companies also organize attractive and popular gap year programs.
WHU’s alumni organization In Praxi has more than 4,500 members corresponding to over 90% of graduates from all programs. Our alumni are active across all industries including consulting, banking and financial services, industry and services, small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), and family business, as well as some in non profit organizations, public service, and academia. WHU has a strong history of entrepreneurship and we count a number of founders among our alumni. While the majority of our alumni live in Germany, the network covers more than 65 countries across six continents. With nearly 30 regional chapters and increasing, In Praxi organizes events for local members around the world.
The student visa allows non-EU citizens to complete their mandatory internships in Germany, as well as work for an additional 120 days per calendar year while enrolled at WHU. Due to the program’s intensity, it is unrealistic to pursue part-time employment during the semester. EU citizens (plus Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, and Switzerland) have unrestricted access to the labor market in Germany and the rest of the EU.
In general, non-EU citizens can remain in Germany to look for employment for 18 months after graduation and are entitled to work in a business-related field. Check the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs for up-to-date information on work eligibility.
Without question, the more German you speak, the more opportunities you will have. Prospects differ by industry, company, and position. Regardless of German skills, companies here look for candidates with strong intercultural competence who will succeed in the local workplace.
All top-tier consultancies and most banks require business fluency; some specialized consultancies will consider candidates with solid but not fluent German. Select business areas, such as transaction advisory, or more specialized financial services firms may hire students with limited German skills. Large industrial companies and medium-sized “hidden champions” that compete globally may also be flexible, depending on the company, sector, and functional area. Start-ups, especially in Berlin, are often open to those with limited German.
It is possible to become business fluent in German during the three-year program, but requires a lot of discipline. WHU offers free German courses for students at various levels. Improving your German as much as possible is imperative if you plan to stay here after graduation, as every increase will open more employment opportunities. An additional option for international students is to take an intensive German course after graduation.
Career services – Preparing you to enter the professional world.
We organize dozens of diverse activities each year, ranging from company presentations, career fairs, and networking dinners, to on-campus interviews and individual career counseling. We work with alumni and corporate partners to create exciting networking opportunities and develop your professional path forward.

Whether you have a specific career path in mind or are unsure about opportunities to pursue, we will support you along each step of the journey. We focus strongly on networking and developing skills for a smooth transition to a professional career. Overall, more than 80% of Master students last year did their summer internship at companies that attended campus events or posted offers in our job database.
Recruiting fairs
We host three major career fairs per year, all with a different focus and company roster. Each event starts with short introductions to give you a first impression of the companies, and then moves to a fair where you can engage directly with representatives about opportunities for internships, thesis projects, and full-time jobs.
Career Day in September targets companies that recruit intermittently at or are new to WHU. The mix of companies ensures there is always something of interest for everyone. 2022 participants included Allianz, BASF, Capgemini Invent Germany, Mastercard, METRO, Procter & Gamble, UBS and valantic.
Founders Career Day in November is our most dynamic fair. Alumni return to campus to recruit for their own ventures, ranging from brand new start-ups to well-established companies. With career speed dating and on-campus interviews, you have the chance to demonstrate your skills and possibly secure an internship offer directly. Future entrepreneurs can also gain valuable insights and even meet prospective entrepreneurial partners. 2022 participating companies included Alteos, crealytics GmbH, Enpal, Liberty Ventures, Natsana, Patronus Group, ProjectTogether, Tourlane und VictoriaPartners.
Master Your Career in January highlights our long-time partner companies, mostly in industry and services. As the name suggests, the event targets Master students with special formats including workshops, a networking dinner, and on-campus interviews. Attendees in 2023 included Accenture, adidas, Allianz, BASF, Bertelsmann, Deichmann, Henkel, Kearney and Singular.

Other career services

A broad range of companies presents on campus throughout the year to meet and recruit students. Senior managers and junior employees, including many alumni, as well as HR officers, share their first-hand knowledge of operations, corporate culture, and hiring processes. After the presentation, you will be able to make connections with company representatives and learn more about their organizations in an informal dinner setting in our renowned vaulted cellar.
In addition, we organize workshops that bring companies together with small groups of students to explore case studies. These events allow students to gain deeper insights into companies in a more intimate setting and make a memorable first impression.
Presentations and workshops in 2020-2021: Allianz Inhouse Consulting, Bain & Company, Bank of America, BCG Boston Consulting Group, Bertelsmann, Credit Suisse, EY-Parthenon, Goldman Sachs, Horváth & Partners, J.P. Morgan, Kuehne + Nagel, Lohfert & Lohfert, McKinsey, Monitor Deloitte, Oliver Wyman, Perella Weinberg Partners, Procter & Gamble, Roland Berger, Simon-Kucher & Partners, SMP AG, Strategy&, thyssenkrupp Management Consulting, Volkswagen Consulting.
We send a weekly newsletter tailored to each Master class about upcoming career events, programs with our partner companies, and recent posts in our job database. Companies post hundreds of internships and jobs each year to our internal database.
During your first semester, you will create a profile for our student CV database that partner companies can use to identify interesting profiles and invite students for individual interviews, recruiting events on and off campus, and specific position openings.

We offer a variety of training classes and interactive presentations to equip you with the skills and knowledge necessary for a strong start to your professional life. Each fall we hold group sessions about preparing application documents, and invite you to meet with us to discuss your ideas and documents one-on-one. With our open-door policy, we are available to all students for personal, confidential career counseling.
For international students, we organize several events to prepare you specifically for entering the German job market. At our International Alumni Roundtable, recent graduates with international backgrounds share their experiences, search strategies, and challenges they faced. In addition, we offer a unique role-playing session to explain German employers’ expectations and prepare you for networking in Germany.

On our internal platform, we publish extensive resources and guidance regarding specific career paths and how to research job openings, create convincing application documents, and prepare for interviews.
At WHU, we have a long-standing tradition of students helping each other, which we support by facilitating the exchange of internship information. On our internal platform, many students voluntarily provide information about their internships as well as their availability for contact with individual inquiries.

Alumni are a key part of the close-knit WHU community. We foster relationships among students and alumni by cooperating closely with the In Praxi alumni association, which has 4,500-plus members corresponding to more than 90% of graduates. Alumni often participate in recruiting events on campus, and the strong network plays a large role in your search for internships, jobs, or even partners for entrepreneurial projects.
Career statistics at a glance –
Profiles of the average Master class.
88%
receive a job offer within
3 months of graduating
82%
start work in Germany
Job entry after graduation
Industry Breakdown for MiM Graduates 2018-2022
*Public, Government & Educational Institutions for Master in Management is <1%
Industry Breakdown for MiF Graduates 2018-2022
Industry Breakdown for MiE Graduates 2018-2022
Meet our alumni –
Master graduates share their stories.

“I always wanted to work for a company where I could not only learn and develop, but where I would truly feel a cultural and personal fit. The Career Center helped me to find just that by offering plenty of opportunities to really get to know companies and their people.”
Before WHU
University of Göttingen, Göttingen
Master at WHU
Master in Management
Extracurricular Activities
Internship at A.T. Kearney, Munich
Exchange Semester
Thesis
After WHU
A.T. Kearney, Munich
Doctoral Program at WHU
Center for Sports and Management

“The Career Center was an incredible stepping stone for my professional path in Germany. After attending their events, meeting companies and alumni and getting feedback on my application documents I felt very well prepared to jump into the application process.”
Before WHU
Sichuan University, Chengdu (China)
Master at WHU
Master in Finance
Internship at Ernst & Young, Frankfurt am Main
Internship at Rothschild & Co, Frankfurt am Main
After WHU
Internship at Macquarie Group, Frankfurt am Main
Rothschild & Co, Frankfurt am Main

“The WHU Career Center staff was amazingly helpful in my search for a job - they told me to follow my gut and not to let myself get talked into something that wasn't me. That was some of the best advice I ever got!”
Before WHU
ESB Business School Reutlingen University, Reutlingen
Master at WHU
Master in Management
Internship at Otto Group, Hamburg
Exchange Semester
Thesis
After WHU
Infineon Technologies, Neubiberg/Munich

“Possibilities open up if you remain open and positive. I made sure to get to know lots of different people at WHU and during my exchange term. Luckily, I was able to build some truly meaningful connections that have made a big difference for me both personally as well as career-wise.”
Before WHU
Technical University of Darmstadt, Darmstadt
Master at WHU
Master in Finance
Extracurricular Activities
Internship at Gerandu, Vallendar
Internship at Victoria Partners, Frankfurt am Main
Exchange Semester
Internship at MelaGenix, Sydney (Australia)
Thesis
After WHU
MelaGenix, Sydney (Australia)
NeraCare, Frankfurt am Main and New York (USA)

“The Career Center helped me network not only during my time at WHU but also after my graduation when I was learning German.”
Before WHU
Bangalore University, Bangalore (India)
J.P. Morgan, Bangalore (India)
Browne & Mohan, Bangalore (India)
Master at WHU
Master in Management
Internship at Bayer Real Estate, Leverkusen
Exchange Semester
Internship at Siegwerk, Siegburg
After WHU
VHS Cologne, Cologne
PricewaterhouseCoopers, Düsseldorf

“The WHU Career Center was of tremendous value to me during my studies at WHU. The numerous career events allowed me to gain insights into many fields, which was complemented by the personal career advice as well as the broad network of the Career Center.”
Bachelor at WHU
Extracurricular Activities
Internships at Rhenus Logistics & Remondis, Shanghai (China)
Exchange Semester
Internship at J.P. Morgan, Frankfurt am Main
Internship at Deutsche Bank, Frankfurt am Main
Master at WHU
Master in Management
Internship at Roland Berger, Düsseldorf
Exchange Semester
Doctoral Program at WHU
Allianz Endowed Chair of Finance
Professional Activities
After WHU
Roland Berger, Düsseldorf
Frequently Asked Questions –
Additional career-related information.
Please find below commonly asked questions and answers about the WHU Career Center and services we offer.
Last year, nearly 60 companies in consulting, banking and financial services, large industry and services, German SMEs, and start-ups participated in our events on Campus Vallendar. Most top-tier consultancies and investment banks recruit here every year, and a number of large industrials regularly participate in our fairs. Companies also support student events such as Campus for Finance and other “Campus for” conferences, forumWHU, IdeaLab!, and SensAbility.
Internships range across industries, companies, and locations depending on individual interests and needs. Internships generally reflect the industry breakdowns above for jobs after graduation. Management consulting, banking and finance, areas related to strategy and business development, marketing, and supply chain management are all common, but we also usually have students in other business areas. The majority of Master students do their internships in Germany.
Your mandatory internship is six weeks (four weeks for the 90-credit track), however most students do 10-12 weeks in the summer from early May to mid-August. You can do a second internship in January/February of your second year (120-credit track) and can also gain extra practical experience by writing your thesis in cooperation with a company.
Positions vary greatly by individual and industry. In consulting as well as banking and finance, students usually assume typical entry-level positions for Master graduates. In industry and service companies, students often start in strategy-related roles, staff units, or top management trainee programs. Advisory, senior-level, and entrepreneur-in-residence functions are more common at start-ups and accelerators.
WHU’s alumni organization In Praxi has more than 4,500 members corresponding to over 90% of graduates from all programs. Our alumni are active across all industries including consulting, banking and financial services, industry and services, SMEs, and family business, as well as some in non profit organizations, public service, and academia. WHU has a strong history of entrepreneurship and we count a large number of founders among our alumni. While the majority of alumni lives in Germany, the network covers more than 65 countries across six continents. With nearly 30 regional chapters and increasing, In Praxi organizes events for local members around the world.
Our recruiting activities generally focus on positions in the German-speaking (DACH) region, except for investment banks that also currently hire for London. Some of our partner companies with international operations may be able to provide opportunities for employment in other countries, with the exception of consultancies, which recruit almost exclusively for the DACH region.
We can counsel you individually on applications for the European, UK, and North American markets. Nearly 15% of recent German graduates started their careers outside Germany, roughly split evenly among the UK, USA, Austria/Switzerland, and other countries. Moreover, many of our alumni complete international trainee rotations or move abroad with their company after several years in Germany.
We strongly encourage students from outside the EU to focus their search on the German market or their home country. Non-EU citizens face a number of challenges finding work in other EU countries, including language constraints, lower employment rates, and differing visa requirements since the German student visa only allows you to work in Germany (and not other EU countries). In the past, some students—mainly EU citizens with freedom of movement—started jobs in Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and Scandinavia.
We offer several training sessions specifically for international students, and constantly update our guidance based on your needs. With individual counseling, we guide you towards appropriate companies and sectors depending on your interests, skills, and background. Moreover, we encourage recruiters to highlight suitable positions for candidates not fluent in German. We advise you to improve your language skills as much as possible if you plan to stay in Germany after graduation.
The number of international alumni in Germany is increasing and they are valuable resources for learning about opportunities, challenges, and best practices. Approximately half of recent international Master graduates started work in Germany and about 75% started in Europe. Our experience shows that most international students start work outside their home country.
The student visa allows non-EU citizens to complete their mandatory internship in Germany, as well as work for an additional 120 days per calendar year while enrolled at WHU. Due to the program’s intensity, it is unrealistic to pursue part-time employment during the semester. EU citizens (plus Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, and Switzerland) have unrestricted access to the German labor market.
In general, non-EU citizens can remain in Germany to look for employment for 18 months after graduation and are entitled to work in a business-related field. WHU graduates often meet the requirements to obtain an EU Blue Card for Germany. EU citizens (plus Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, and Switzerland) have unrestricted access to the German labor market. Check the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs for up-to-date information on work eligibility.
Without question, the more German you speak, the more opportunities you will have. Prospects differ by industry, company, and position, but language requirements are becoming less strict as the labor market tightens. Regardless of German skills, companies here look for candidates with strong intercultural competence who will succeed in the local workplace.
All top-tier consultancies and most banks require business fluency; some specialized consultancies will consider candidates with solid but not fluent German. Only a handful of international alumni started work in consulting, and most did so abroad. Select business areas, such as transaction advisory, or more specialized financial services firms may hire students with limited German skills. Large industrial companies and medium-sized “hidden champions” that compete globally may also be flexible, depending on the company, sector, and functional area. Start-ups, especially in Berlin, are often open to those with limited German.
You will have a demanding schedule that limits the time available for extra studies. In our experience, students who already speak German can enhance their skills while living here, but it is nearly impossible for beginners to become business fluent. Improving your German as much as possible is imperative if you plan to stay here after graduation, as each higher level of fluency will open more employment opportunities.
We strongly encourage you to attend the low-cost, two-week German courses—offered at beginner and intermediate levels—on campus before you start the Master Program. International students should participate in WHU’s free German courses, which are offered at various levels. Some international students choose to take intensive German courses after graduation, before starting work.

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