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Femtec Career-Building Programs
Femtec
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Application phase only open until May 5, 2024 - Application via: https://my.career-building.org/cbprogramme/
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Background and sponsoring companies
In 2001, EAF Berlin and TU Berlin founded Femtec GmbH as an international career platform to support and network young women from the MINT subjects (MINT = mathematics, computer science, natural sciences, technology) on their way into science and business. Since 2007, KIT has been an official partner in the Femtec network, which currently includes numerous female scientists and engineers - organized in Femtec.Alumnae e.V. - eight technical universities, eleven international companies and one research institution. Femtec GmbH was founded in 2001 by the partners "European Academy for Women in Politics and Business Berlin" and the Technical University of Berlin. The Femtec network forms a unique network of high-caliber partners from business and science as well as students, graduates and the Femtec.Alumnae e. V. Eight leading technical universities and twelve internationally active companies are currently working together in the Femtec Network. 
Femtec Career-Building Programs
The Femtec Career-Building Program The English-language Femtec Career-Building Program supports female students of STEM subjects to act confidently and successfully in future professional challenges and to systematically plan their individual career development. In three consecutive schools, knowledge from career research, management and organizational theory and human resources, project and innovation management as well as the basics of contract management and negotiation are taught in a practice-oriented manner. The scholarship holders learn how to act confidently and successfully in future professional challenges and how to systematically plan their individual career development. They learn about current leadership concepts and approaches to dealing with complexity and develop forward-looking solutions for the challenges of tomorrow in an innovation project. Central components of the program are
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Career Development
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Innovation and Co-Creation
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Building Networks
The Femtec Career-Building Program is designed to last one year and starts twice a year during the lecture-free periods of the summer and winter semesters. A maximum of 50 scholarships are awarded per semester. The content is taught in centrally organized summer and winter schools and in cross-location virtual project work. Throughout the entire period, topics relating to personal career development are dealt with individually and jointly in workshops and successfully practiced within the Femtec network. In particular, the excursions and networking events such as "Femtec Network Meets" offer important platforms for the scholarship holders to network with potential employers from industry, science and business and to experience different corporate and management cultures in practice. They become part of a constantly growing network of Femtec alumnae, partner companies and universities, which are spread across numerous industries and countries. In addition, the scholarship holders gain access to exciting contacts from the network partners and authentic insights into their working environments. The Career-Building Program is aimed at female STEM students who are at the beginning of their Master's degree or around 1.5 years before completing their Master's degree. Each semester, up to 50 female students across Germany receive a scholarship for the program. The call for applications is issued in the fall and spring. Around 180 female KIT students are now part of the Femtec network.
Organization As a scholarship holder of the Femtec Career-Building Program, you can participate in all schools, excursions, related events and the individual career counseling of the Femtec Network free of charge and only have to bear the travel costs (expenses for travel and accommodation) during the schools. All schools take place together with all scholarship holders of the same course in Berlin.* Accommodation during the excursions is organized and financed by Femtec GmbH.
As a Femtec scholarship holder of the KIT, you will receive a subsidy for the travel costs for each school upon application, which covers 80% of the total costs up to a subsidy limit of 200 €. The Career-Building Program is a non-material support program. It does not provide financial support to finance your studies.
ETCS points and recognition
All scholarship holders who successfully complete the program will receive a certificate together with a Diploma Supplement at the end of the program, certifying their participation in the individual modules and the total amount of 16 credit points (ECTS points). The entire scholarship comprises approx. 400 hours, of which 128 hours are in workshops and exercises as face-to-face events. Scholarship holders can have the work they do during the programme officially recognized at their current university or in a future degree course. The Career-Building Programme is accredited by the organization FIBAA (Foundation for International Business Administration Accreditation). Scholarship holders of the KIT can generally have parts of the Femtec Career-Building Program credited as curricular credits (e.g. as equivalent to existing modules; as a rule, the credit points of the Innovation Lab are used for this purpose) or interdisciplinary qualifications (e.g. key qualification / SQ). The examination office responsible for the respective degree program is responsible for crediting as curricular work. Please contact them in good time if you wish to have credits transferred and check the equivalence in consultation with the module coordinators. For proof as a key qualification, you should also contact your examination office. The coursework can be booked in electronically and you can then assign it to the seminar module via the DE SLE. Please note that the credits cannot be booked as additional credits (extracurricular credits) at KIT.
Dates & application periods
Application period for course 46 in summer semester 2024: April 15 and ends on May 05, 2024.
Assessment center for KIT students: tba
Program duration course 46: October 2024 to October 2025
Application
The application and selection process is a two-stage procedure:
- Written online application including My Femtec Motivation, in which you present yourself personally and your motivation for the Femtec network and participation in the Career-Building Program be it as a video, PDF or photo .
- After successful pre-selection, you will receive an invitation to an assessment center (AC) in Karlsruhe.
Detailed information on the online application and My Femtec Motivation can be found here.
Before applying, please check whether you meet the requirements for an application and have time on the school dates and the AC date (see News). You can find the current school dates here.
Requirements for a successful application:
- You are a student in a Master's program in the STEM field at KIT (or the other partner universities of the Femtec network).
- At the time of application, you should already be in your Master's program, ideally about 1.5 years before completing your studies.
- The language of instruction at the schools is English, so a good knowledge of English is essential. German language skills are not required, but are desirable.
- You can arrange the AC date and also have time on the specified school dates.
Personal aptitude:
- You are enthusiastic about topics in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, energy or information technology, physics or other STEM specialties.
- You would like to actively plan your career entry and your career and deepen important key skills.
- You are looking to exchange ideas with other female students and high potentials from the STEM field.
- You have a high level of motivation, commitment and willingness to perform.
- You work in a solution-oriented manner, have team spirit, a willingness to take responsibility and a creative drive.
- You want to contribute your talents and ideas to a renowned network.
Femtec Alumnae e.V.
Femtec.Alumnae e.V. (FTA for short) is the network for highly qualified, technology-enthusiastic and committed women with an academic background in the STEM subjects. The vision of the FTA is to bring about a long-term change in thinking in society that leads to an individual and responsible shaping of the professional and private environment. The association was founded in 2008 by alumnae of Femtec GmbH's Career-Building Program and now has over 900 members worldwide. While the FTA offers further training courses, network meetings and coaching for its members, the network is decentralized in its many regional groups with regular activities. The Karlsruhe regional group brings together active Femtec scholarship holders from KIT, Femtec scholarship holders from other partner universities who are currently in Karlsruhe for an internship or a thesis, as well as Femtec alumnae who are working in companies in the Karlsruhe region. As a graduate of the Career-Building Program, you automatically receive the opportunity to become a member of the FTA and can already participate in the meetings of the regional groups during your time as a scholarship holder. In this way, you will retain a strong network even after your time on the Career-Building Program and can continue to benefit from personal and professional exchange. The Karlsruhe regional group meets regularly on the 10th of every month for its regulars' table and also organizes other activities. An overview of all regional groups and contact details can be found here. Further information about Femtec.Alumnae e.V.
Impressions of the Femtec Career-Building Program
Here you will find information material for download as well as reports and audiovisual impressions and voices of the Career-Building Program.
Information materials
Admission and examination regulations (as of February 2022)
Media
The "Femtec Alumnae e. V." offers this podcast (on Spotify and Apple), in which committed women who are enthusiastic about technology and science give personal insights into their careers, among other things. It's worth a listen!
Further education and scholarships Live broadcast on Campusradio Karlsruhe on the Bronnbach Scholarship, Femtec Career-Building Program and KompetenzKompass funding programs from October 4, 2017 Women's high-tech power Report on Radio KIT on July 19, 2012
Further information about Femtec.GmbH can be found here.
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