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We offer these professions

We will be accepting applications for our Vocational training professions from 1 September 2025, with up to 25 training places available each year. Detailed information, e.g. the start and duration of training, the respective training content, the requirements and the application procedure, can be found for each training occupation.

Application deadline for the 2026 training year

31 December 2025

Sports and fitness management assistant, event management assistant

31 January 2026

Chemical laboratory technician
Media and information services specialist
Gardener
Media technologist
Administrative assistant

28 February 2026

Plant mechanic
Industrial mechanic

Professions in the fields of technology, crafts and construction

Nahaufnahme eines Wasserhahns in einem vollbesetzten Hörsaal der HU Berlin

Plant mechanic

Do you like technology and enjoy working with your hands? As a plant mechanic for sanitary, heating and air conditioning technology, you will install and maintain heating, air conditioning and sanitary systems - both indoors and outdoors, often as…

Ein Mitarbeiter der HU steht auf einer Hebebühne im Foyer des HU-Hauptgebäudes und wechselt eine Lampe der Deckenbeleuchtung.

Electronics technician

Do you like tinkering with technology and want to use electricity cleverly? As an electronics technician for energy and building technology, you will plan and install electrical systems - from lighting to data networks - and ensure that everything…

Eine Hand hält einen Stift und zeigt damit auf einen Bildschirm auf dem man eine 3D-Grafik des Grimm-Zentrums der HU sieht.

Draughtsman

Do you have an eye for detail and enjoy precise work? As a structural engineer, you convert ideas and design sketches into precise plans, either on the computer or at the drawing board, and design buildings that become reality.

Eine hochtechnische Forschungsapparatur in einem Chemie-Labor des Emil-Fischer-Hauses auf dem HU-Campus Adlershof.

Industrial mechanic

Do you enjoy working precisely with metal and technology? As an industrial mechanic, you will manufacture, assemble and maintain devices and systems - from optical precision parts to complex machines in the research and production environment.

Professions in the natural sciences

Verschieden farbige Chemikalien in Reagenzgläsern stehen nebeneinader in einem Chemielabor

Chemical laboratory technician

Do you like experimenting and are you interested in science? As a chemical laboratory technician, you will work together with scientists in the laboratory and develop processes from the idea to large-scale application.

Nahaufnahme von zwei Händen die ein kleines Sträußchen blau blühender Blümchen halten - aufgenommen im Späth Arboretum der HU

Gardener

Do you love plants and enjoy working outdoors? As a gardener in horticulture and landscaping, you will design, plant and maintain parks and gardens, build paths, walls and ponds - and acquire in-depth plant knowledge in the process.

Professions in the field of media, design and information

Studierende arbeiten an Schreibtischen in einem großen Lesesaal. Im Saal gibt es mehre markante stufenförmige Arbeitsebenen.

Specialist for media and information services

Do you enjoy working with information and helping others to keep track of things? As a media and information services specialist, you will research, organise and impart knowledge - digitally and analogue.

Eine Mitarbeiterin der HU-Hausdruckerei steht an einem Drucker und tippt etwas auf dessen Steuerungsmonitor

Print media technologist

Are you interested in printing technology and enjoy creating visible results? As a print media technologist, you will prepare data, control machines and create brochures, posters etc. - from planning to the finished print product.

Professions in the field of sports, leisure and event management

Laptop, Zeitung, Notizbuch und Sportgeräte in einer Sporthallte

Sports and fitness specialist

Do you love sport and organisation? As a sports and fitness manager, you will plan programmes, advise customers and lead training sessions. You will develop training concepts and put them directly into practice.

Nahaufnahme von Händen. Jemand schreibt Stichpunkte wie "Strategie" "Standort?" "Mitte", "Adlershof"auf kleine Post-It-Zettel

Event management assistant

Do you enjoy planning and organising events? As an event organiser, you will coordinate receptions, exhibitions and panel discussions, calculate costs and take on commercial tasks.

Professions in administration, organisation and business

Ein Frau arbeitet an einem Computer in einem Büro an der HU Berlin.

Administrative assistant

Would you like to play an active role in shaping administration? As an administrative assistant, you will work on administrative procedures, organise processes and support decisions. You can also improve your English skills during an internship…

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Our benefits

With us, you will not only be working at a university of excellence - you will be working in an environment in which respectful and appreciative cooperation is a tradition and an everyday practice. We also offer attractive benefits.

Locations and campus life

Humboldt-Universität is represented at four campus locations in Berlin. Each campus also offers cultural and leisure activities through the faculties, institutes and facilities on site.