Certificate for International Competencies

The Certificate for International Competencies at TH Wildau

The Certificate for International Competencies at TH Wildau

Internationalisation is one of the most important development goals and cross-sectional tasks at the Technical University of Applied Sciences Wildau.

In order to provide university members with comprehensive further training for an international university/working life, the Centre for International Affairs along with Personnel Development have jointly developed a certificate programme for international competencies. It is offered from the winter semester 2020/2021.

The certificate programme is primarily aimed at employees of TH Wildau but is in principle open to all interested members of the university.

The certificate programme has a modular structure and can be acquired in two versions: Basic Certificate and Premium Certificate.

Structure

Basic Certificate (international at home)_{Open area}_{Close area}

For the duration of at least one semester or 60 teaching units:

Attend a foreign language course (English, only from level B2)
Either/or: Participation in a tandem programme/ Participation in an intercultural buddy programme/ Performing an intercultural voluntary service in Berlin or Brandenburg
Participation in an intercultural workshop in personnel development lasting one full or two half working days

Premium Certificate (international at home and abroad)_{Open area}_{Close area}

For the duration of at least one semester or 60 teaching units:

Attend a foreign language course (English, only from level B2)
Either/or: Participation in a tandem programme/ Participation in an intercultural buddy programme/ Performing an intercultural voluntary service in Berlin or Brandenburg

Participation in an intercultural workshop in personnel development lasting one full or two half working days
Stay abroad (at least three working days as part of a teaching or staff exchange, for example via the Erasmus+ support programme)

Procedure and Benefits

Procedure_{Open area}_{Close area}

You register for the certificate programme at the Personnel Development Department (Dipl.-Jur. Christine Heinrich) or the International Office (Karin Schmidt) and receive the corresponding stamp card.
You will receive the corresponding stamp card to confirm your successful participation in the individual components of the certificate programme:
Foreign language course > at the Language Centre (Martin Bradbeer), at the Personnel Development Department (Dipl.-Jur. Christine Heinrich)
Stay abroad > at the International Office (Dr. Angelika Schubert)
Intercultural workshop > in Personnel Development (Dipl.-Jur. Christine Heinrich)
Tandem Programme/Buddy Programme/Volunteering > at the International Office (Karin Schmidt) or in Personnel Development (Dipl.-Jur. Christine Heinrich). For these components, an initial and a final consultation with one of the two contact persons is mandatory.
After successfully completing the activities, you submit the stamp card to the Personnel Development Department and receive your certificate.
In addition to the obligatory components, further international/intercultural activities can be optionally included on the certificate.
If you wish, you can have a copy of your certificate attached to your personal file.

Benefits_{Open area}_{Close area}

Acquiring the certificate expands your key competencies in the face of the challenges of an increasingly global working world - professionally, linguistically, and personally.

It confirms your extraordinary intercultural commitment, which can be useful in your professional career, for example in job applications.