Alumn activities in Max Planck Society

The company Max Planck employs a workforce of over 20,000 professionals from 84 institutes, including over 11,000 doctoral candidates, post -doctors, scientific researchers and scientists on a visit. Every year, new scientific researchers and scientists from all over the world occupy a job at one of our institutes, while others leave us to occupy positions in the International Arena.

“Max Planck is everywhere!” We want to use this fact to connect students from all over the world – regardless of where they are – by setting up a professional global network of former employees from scientific disciplines.

In the following, you will find the most essential information about our relevant offers.

What does “alumni and alumnae” mean?

The word “student/student” is derived from the Latin word “alere”, “to feed” and means “assistance” or “student”. “Alumni/Alumnae”, the plural form of “alumnus/alumna”, literally means “the fed”. For reasons of gender equality, we use the “student” neutral term, which has become established in the world of English. In the US, the term “alumn” has been used for graduates or former students of higher education institutes for over 200 years, and the first association of alums in the US-American has been founded in 1821. In Germany, it is only in the past A few years in which the activities of the city have become established at universities and research institutes.

Why is it important to collaborate with students?

Creating a community on the network, including different levels of career, many countries and subjects not only strengthen the development of the staff, but also facilitate the recruitment of new talents, which has a special importance given the deficit of qualified workers. The graduates network allows the integration of the expertise and promotes the exchange of knowledge, which in turn increases the long -term performance of Max Planck.

Who are our students?

All scientific researchers, as well as scientists who visit a research residence at one of our institutes for at least six months; All graduates, doctoral students, scholarship and postdocs holders, as well as non-scientific staff.

How are our students organized?

Max Planck Alumni Association It offers an independent collaboration platform, worldwide networks and individual career services.

Membership It is free and available for all those who have worked with us for more than 6 months – which includes staff that is still active.

What do we offer our students?

Activities at the institutes

Students Max Planck usually feel a sense of community for their former institutions. Therefore, each institute has a contact person in the form of a representative student who will gladly inform you about the activities of his institute.

Some institutes have already been actively involved in local activities for a long time, organizing meetings, sending the institute’s information bulletin and setting up the Association and Alumni groups. We have compiled a list of all initiatives and associations for you.

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Max Planck’s company supports events with and for students in multiple ways, including, but not limited to the support of early career researchers. For example, annually Max Planck symposium for early student career and researchers in ours Harnack-Haus From Berlin, or various days of career at the institutes or locations are to note.