Alumni work
Excursion of alumni to the Bryck Startup Alliance as part of the alumni meeting at the University of Duisburg-Essen, 2025. | Picture: Kevin Allstede-Henkel © Goethe-Institut e.V.
Alumni networking event and highlights
Our alumni meetings at German universities have established themselves as a central platform for exchange and networking.
Alumni meeting of the Studienbrücke 2025, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen Campus | Picture: Kevin Allstede-Henkel © Goethe-Institut e.V.
A particular highlight of the 2025 networking event was the excursion to the BRYCK Startup Alliance – a leading deep-tech innovation center in the Ruhr region that supports research-based startups in bringing their technologies from idea to market.
Creative formats like our popular "Science Slam" round out the events. Here, alumni passionately present their fields of expertise – from e-mobility and biochemistry to risk governance or, for example, robotic process automation (RPA).And sometimes things get particularly original: For instance, there were recent discussions on how blockchain technologies could make the work of employment agencies more efficient – a presentation that, with a touch of humor but in a thoroughly professional manner, opened up new perspectives. Another presentation explored how robots can make our work easier:
"When it comes to robots, many people probably immediately think of Optimus Prime or Bumblebee Transformers, but RPA robots have no shape. Logical/virtual robots are used to automate boring and repetitive tasks. RPA robots are stupid. They can only do what you teach them."
Minh Hieu, Programmabsolvent der Studienbrücke. | Foto: Kevin Allstede-Henkel © Goethe-Institut e.V.
Alumni report
Graduates of the Studienbrücke programme explain why the step was worth it for them.
The following alumni reports are just available in german.