IPM receives award for over 15 years of practical partnership for foreign students.
The IAESTE program, which is part of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), stands for a worldwide internship exchange. Through the "International Association for the Exchange of Students for Technical Experience", students of STEM subjects receive internships in line with the motto "Work. Experience. Discover.", STEM students have the opportunity to gain practical experience, use their foreign language skills and, above all, acquire intercultural skills.
The Institute of Process Engineering, Process Automation and Metrology (IPM ) has been offering two to three internships a year to students from abroad for more than 15 years, acting as an ambassador for German engineering together with the university. The IPM team provides reliable and high-quality support for the interns - usually over 8 to 12 weeks in the summer months. This is demonstrated by the positive feedback: since 2001, 38 students from all over the world have completed their internship at the IPM and have always been very satisfied, which is reflected in their testimonials. The IPM's service enables students from Zittau and Görlitz to also take part in this exchange program.
This is the reason why the national committee of the IAESTE network in Bonn decided to give the award to the IPM.
Daniel Fiß is a research associate at the IPM and accepted the award on behalf of the IPM from the Rector of the Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Alexander Kratzsch, on December 2, 2020 at the IPM's general meeting.
IAESTE was founded in London in 1948 and has already placed over 360,000 students in more than 80 countries worldwide. This makes it the largest internship exchange organization for engineering and science students.
