Discover how GTI can be your bridge to a successful career in Germany. Learn about Export Management, Innovation Management, and Online Marketing, get new qualifications, skills, as well as connections to German labor market through practical projects with local SMEs and Start-ups. Get free German language course to support a seamless transition into the German labor market!
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GTI effectively enhances the employability of international academics by merging tailored qualification adjustments with practical projects in partnership with actual companies. The goal is to support their seamless integration into the German job market.
GTI intentionally incorporates service learning into the framework, ensuring that practical projects and hackathons return tangible solutions as part of these qualifications. This approach nurtures skills and actively promotes the integration of international professionals in dynamic young companies.
Services for international academics residing in Leipzig / Saxony
International Business and Export Management Advanced Training (EMAT)
Enhance your export management skills with EMAT while working on a practical project with a local SME or start-up! This advanced training sharpens expertise in key areas such as market and customer analysis, export planning, global negotiation, intercultural communication, export financing, and customs procedures.
The course is designed to deepen your knowledge of export management and provide hands-on experience through a real-world project with a German partner. It is open to international master students and alumni residing in Leipzig/Saxony.
Online Marketing Challenge (OMC)
The OMC offers an opportunity to boost your marketing skills and gain hands-on experience by designing and executing digital marketing campaigns for German companies. You'll learn about digital marketing strategy, social media advertising, eye tracking in marketing, and much more.
OMC is open to all international graduates and students living currently in Leipzig/Saxony.
Matching Platform – A Way To The Job Market in Leipzig / Saxony
International academics seeking challenging job offers in German SMEs and Startups can find exciting opportunities through our matching platform. Whether you're already living in Germany or planning to relocate, explore internship and job offers from local SMEs and Startups in our network.
Services for international academics residing abroad
Certified Innovation Manager Online Training with Internship opportunities in Germany
International academics looking to boost their skills in innovation management and explore career opportunities with dynamic SMEs and startups in Germany can benefit from our Online-Based Innovation Concept Designer Course. This program provides essential tools and concepts to excel in innovation management. Participants learn from real-world cases featuring German startups and develop competencies highly valued by employers.
Exchange Semester at Leipzig University
International master’s students can enhance their skills in innovation management and explore exciting career opportunities in Germany through an exchange semester at Leipzig University. This prestigious German university offers the opportunity to join the Innovation Management and Online Marketing Module, work on real case studies with German SMEs and start-ups, participate in a free German language course, and earn valuable credit points for your studies. Take the next step in your academic and professional journey by applying today.
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Learn more about the project
Through the "Global Talent Ignite" (GTI) program, Leipzig University aims to strengthen the start-up ecosystem in Leipzig and the surrounding region by integrating skilled professionals with academic degrees from abroad into local start-ups and young SMEs.
GTI combines qualification adjustments with practical projects involving real companies to enhance the employability of international academics and facilitate their integration into Saxony’s labor market.
Module 1: Prepares international graduates living abroad for roles in German start-ups through a „Certified Innovation Manager“ course, offered as an e-learning course or in-person in Leipzig. Participants can apply their knowledge in an Innovation Hackathon working on real case studies delivered by local start-ups. The certificate course serves as a prerequisite for admission to the summer school in Module 3, which includes deeper networking opportunities with start-ups through an internship in Germany.
Module 2: Uses a service-learning approach to connect international academics, especially those in international master's programs in Leipzig, with local start-ups through project work and challenges. Participants engage in the Online Marketing Challenge (OMC) and Export Manager Advanced Training (EMAT), developing solutions for start-ups.
Module 3: Focuses on the successful integration of international academics into the German labor market through internships and a summer school that prepares participants for the German work environment. The goal is to foster sustainable integration and long-term collaboration between international professionals and German companies.
- Attract international professionals with academic degree to the German labor market
- Successfully integrate international academics into the German labor market, particularly into start-ups and young companies
01 April 2024 – 31 December 2028
The project is coordinated by the SEPT Competence Center at the University of Leipzig and supported through the DAAD program “Profi Plus” (Academic Qualification Adjustment for the German Labor Market), funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research.
