Apprenticeships and vocational education and training programmes (VET programmes)

General information

The descriptions below provide information on the content and duration of each of our VET programmes, including the name of the vocational secondary school or technical college that you will be attending. 

In some fields, the duration of the VET programme can be reduced by one year if you already have the German school leaving qualification Abitur or Fachabitur when you start the programme. If your grades at the vocational secondary school or technical college are good enough, it may be possible for you to take the final examination early and so reduce the duration of your training programme (cf. Section 45(1) of the German Vocational Training Act, BBiG). 

Apprentices and vocational trainees at Saarland University enjoy numerous benefits, as they are employed under a special public sector collective agreement governing vocational education and training programmes (TVA-L BBiG). 

Benefits include flexible working hours and access to the university's extensive range of continuing education and professional skills courses. 

Still unsure?

Have you thought about enrolling on one of our cooperative study programmes (Duales Studium) or what about doing a year's voluntary work on the FSJ scheme? 

• Cooperative study programmes (Duales Studium) 

• Voluntary year working on community or social projects (FSJ)