Category Archives: Stuttgart

International students can increase their chances of good career start in Germany

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International Students:
Voluntary Engagement or voluntary internship improves the opportunities for starting successlully a career in Germany.

The Expert Council of German Foundations in Integration and Migration surveyed 2,565 international master’s degree students throughout Germany. In the survey of international students asks what can help international students successfully begin their professional careers in Germany.
An active involvement in sport clubs or, neibourhood initiatives and church congretions, helps the students, who want to stay in German, to improve their German. They are more aware of residence laws, have more effective problem- solving strategies and know more people they can ask to help them.“It has also been shown that interships and volunteer work in particular is very important for acquiring skills relevant to the job application process and for creating the respective networks. The findings of the survey of the Expert Council’s Research Unit shows, that volunteer work pays off. International students who take advantage of these opportunities icrease their chances of good career start in Germany.
The whole findings of the survey.

New Citizens Club in Stuttgart

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New Citizens Club: Guided tour city library

You are new in Stuttgart and the region, and you would like to get know people? The New Citizens Club will give you a warm welcome and the opportunity to meet new people, get information and gain new insights in Stuttgart and the region.
The next meeting will take place at the new Stuttgart libary! Thr library is a real architectural sighjt, bu talso a great location to meet other people and get connected. There you can learn German, attend interesting events, or simply read a book.

The tour is free of charge, please register

Meeting place: 6.15 p. m. in front of the library. Mailänder Platz, (via U5, U6, U7, U12 “Stadtbibliothek)

 

Welcome Service in Stuttgart on Tour

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Consultation hour of Stuttgart’s Welcome Service  

Since October of 2015 WSRS (Welcome Service Rigion Stuttgart) offers a regulary consultaton for international specialists or professionals of the region of Böblingen, Esslingen, Göppingen, Ludwigsburg and Rems-Murr.

If you and your family are living in one of these areas we will have the possibility the get a contultation free of charge.

Next consultation of WSRS will be in Göppingen 9th of March 2016 from 8 a.m to 12 a.m.

 

Stuttgart an international town

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Hello Visitors, today I would like to present SWR, the local radio and tv-broadcaster. SWR has an international team. However, we have even SWR International.
Stuttgart is a real international town. We have more than 44% inhabitants with migrant background. That means almost every second person comes from abroad or has foreign roots somehow. In our region Baden-Wuerttemberg the rate is 28%. People like to live and work in Stuttgart. We are the capital of the land Baden-Wuerttemberg and we have almost no unemployment. There is lot of automotive industries here, but also bio-technology, informatic and other industrial cluster. The high standards of living and location itself (not far from Austria, France, Switzerland, Italy and other places like Munich and Frankfurt) make Stuttgart a very nice place to live and work.
Stuttgart has a very open integration policy. Everybody who comes is a Stuttgarter. Come to Stuttgart! Be one of us!

 

Stuttgarter Fernsehturm

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Stuttgarter television tower “Fernsehturm” reopening

After three years of reconstruction and renovating the television tower “Fernsehturm” is celebrating its reopening.
The television tower of Stuttgart was built in 1956, it was the first television tower of the world. It is about 217 meters high. At the 5th of February, 2016 its 60 B-day will be celebrated. In 2012 is was closed for major refurbishments, but now visitors can go up to the plattform and enjoy the wonderful view again.

Blue Card EU

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Condition for Blue Card EU since first of January:

Working in Germany as a highly qualified person you can ask for a Blue Card EU.
Here are the main condition you have to fulfill:

  •  a German or recognised foreign or comparable foreign higher educational qualification,
  • submission of an employment contract or a binding job offer,
    as a matter of principle proof of a minimum annual gross salary of 49.600 Euro.Exception: A lower salary threshold of 38.688 Euro is applied for EU Blue Cards issued to scientists, mathematicians and engineers, as well as to doctors and IT specialists.

 

Residence registration

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New law of residence registration (“Meldegesetz”) in Germany starting 1st of November 2015 . It applies nationwide in Germany.
Landlords have to hand over a “Wohnungsgeberbescheinigung” to their new tenants
If you rent an apartment or flat and move in you have to go to the registration office (Meldebehörde, Bürgergeramt) to get registered within two weeks. Since the 1st of November you need besides registration form (filled in) another form called “Wohnungsgeberbescheinigung”.  This form must be filled in and signed by your landlord or his representative. The form includes information about the tenants, date of moving in etc. This form is valid only if it is signed by your landlord or his representative.

You will find the form on the gohelpy platform for online relocation.

Center of Stuttgart

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Today it is a district of Stuttgart, however it was the initial area. Firstly mentioned in the 10th century as “Stutengarten” the old Stuttgart developed here prior to the real settlement expansion set in of the early 19th century caused by the industrialisation.
During the Second World War the historic centre was largely destroyed. Between the 50s and 60s the road network was rebuilt and expanded oriented towards the city-centre.
Although, dismantling of several traffic lanes was initiated for a short period, the city-centre is surrounded by the wide Theodor-Heuss-Straße, the Konrad-Adenauer-Straße and the Hauptstätter Straße.

Traffic:
Stuttgart main station
S-Bahn: S1, S2, S3, S4, S5, S6, S60,
U-Bahn: U5, U7, U9, U15,
Bus: 41, 42, 43, 44, 92, Night-Bus N1-N10

Parks: Schlossgarten, Stadtgarten, Chinagarten Stuttgart

Shopping:
Mitte is not only the political and cultural centre of Stuttgart but also the economic centre providing more than 300.000 m² of sales area. Most of it is connected to the pedestrian zone.

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