College students – Gain experience and make contacts

Do you want to utilize your specialist knowledge in practice or earn some extra money?

01 Innovative technologies

Our products and systems are in use around the world in applications ranging from automotive, rail, aviation and shipping engineering to solar and wind energy to medical and electrical engineering. Through your work with the Schunk Group, you will make initial contacts at a versatile technology company with a future.

02 Intensive mentoring

During your internship or thesis, your personal mentor will be by your side, ready to assist and advise you. At many locations, we also organize company tours and recreational and sporting activities which allow you to get to know your colleagues. Naturally, we pay you an appropriate expense allowance.

03 X-Ray Prize

As a technology company, the advancement of science is of very high importance to us. This is why the Schunk company is a co-founder of the X-Ray Prize, which is presented each year by the Justus Liebig University in Gießen, Germany to recognize outstanding work by scientists-in-training in fundamental radiation-physics and radiation-biology research.

04 Germany Scholarship

The Ludwig Schunk Foundation is a sponsor of the Germany Scholarship development program. Each year, it supports particularly successful and committed students at the Mittelhessen University of Applied Sciences.

05 Ludwig Schunk Prize

The Schunk company honors dedication and commitment. This is why the Ludwig-Schunk-Stiftung e. V. awards Ludwig Schunk Prizes for the top graduates of the various subjects at the Mittelhessen University of Applied Sciences each year. In addition to their outstanding academic achievements, these students also engaged in volunteer work.

06 Dual curriculum

As a cooperative partner of the Mittelhessen University of Applied Sciences and the European Academy of Refrigeration and Air Conditioning, the Schunk Group and Weiss Technik offer a variety of dual curricula for a perfect combination of theory and practice.

07 THM Motorsport

The Schunk Group is a premium sponsor of THM Motorsport. Utilizing our expertise in the area of fiber composites, we also support formula students and the efficiency team in constructing their own race cars.

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08 Fair Company

The Schunk Group supports the Fair Company initiative. This means that we commit to abide by the following rules and thus to ensure fair conditions for interns.

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  • The Schunk Group is a premium sponsor of THM Motorsport in Gießen, Germany and supports the team with its expertise in the area of fiber composites.
  • The Ludwig-Schunk-Stiftung e. V. (Ludwig Schunk Foundation) awards Ludwig Schunk Prizes for the top graduates of the Mittelhessen University of Applied Sciences each year. In addition to their outstanding academic achievements, these students also engaged in volunteer work.
  • CEO Dr. Arno Roth (2. fr. l.) and Ernst Steiner, chairman of the Ludwig Schunk Foundation (2. fr. r.), with this year's winner of the X-Ray Prize, Dr. Eleftherios Goulielmakis (center).