FAQ Internships

For professional orientation or preparation for study, we offer the option of completing a six-week basic or pre-study internship in our training and extension center in Paderborn. There you will learn basic technical skills such as machining and thermal and forming manufacturing processes. This internship can be conducted at different start dates.

Yes, this is possible. We offer various internships in our job market. Whether it is a basic internship before beginning a course of study, a practical semester, a voluntary internship, or a final thesis (bachelor's, master's, doctorate) – we offer you diverse possibilities.

Fundamentally all of them, especially

• Engineering sciences
• Industrial engineering
• Economics
• Natural sciences

A cover letter specifying your desired area and time period; a tabular curriculum vitae; school records and attestations.

Submit your application approximately three months before your anticipated start date, or apply directly to an advertised location via our online job market.

Up to a point your work hours can be flexible, by arrangement with your mentor. You also have the possibility of working on your project at home, in the library, or at the university, or coordinating your work in a dialogue with your Professor.

Online application systems are not always easy to use. However, they serve a purpose and they offer you and us great advantages: your application can be reviewed faster by several individuals, and you can apply for several positions, and let us find the one most suitable for you. Unfortunately, it is not possible to send your application by e-mail.

The Benteler Group is committed to the rules of the "Fair Company" initiative.
As a graduate you come aboard not as a trainee, but with a completed academic professional training; we do not employ Diploma and Master graduates as trainees. You can best gather practical experience during your course of study. Exception: If you have concluded your Bachelor degree and would like to make use of the waiting period before beginning your Master course of study, we would gladly consider your application.

An internship helps you train in the topic of your final thesis. The practical fundamentals are often worked out during an internship and form the basis for the final thesis. An internship also helps you get to know and better understand the work environment, the departments, and the Company. As a rule, therefore, we recommend that you do an internship before you write your final thesis.

We are aware of the problem that with the introduction of the bachelor's and master's degrees, students often have a full curriculum and are also greatly restricted in their semester break. As a rule, however, internships here require between three and six months. In a company as complex as the Benteler Group, a shorter internship is simply not worthwhile. Therefore, make the best of your opportunities and be creative: perhaps complete an internship after the conclusion of your Bachelor, while you are waiting for the start of the Master course of study. Or you can include a practical semester, which will give you important and valuable experience.

Of course! Your services here are not for nothing; they are rewarded accordingly. Depending on where you are in your studies, we pay you a fair market salary. Student trainees who come to us within the scope of a school curriculum are indeed not paid, but they receive a well-structured and supervised introduction to different fields of employment.

Combining studies with an internship sometimes requires flexibility. With the consent of your supervising department, you maybe excused on occasion to attend seminars or take examinations and properly prepare for them. And our flextime arrangement makes it possible for you to easily combine work and private life. However, our trainees as a rule have 35-hour contracts, so it is not possible to work only on certain days of the week. There are factory student activities for this purpose, which are posted on our job market.

Yes – especially with committed students, after the end of the internship/final thesis we remain in contact and support you in your development with our student-alumni program BENTalent.