A Project for Professional Orientation
Enterprise German

Enterprise German © Paula Kahmann

Enterprise German promotes the collaboration between schools, universitires, and German companies or Irish companies with a relationship to German speaking countries within the region. The project combines aspects of professional orientation with creativity and inventor spirit.
Enterprise German © (C) Goethe-Institut Irland Enterprise German (C) Goethe-Institut Irland

Learning German opens up opportunities far beyond the classroom.
 
Unternehmen Deutsch is a project for Irish schools and universities that brings together learners of German and German companies in Ireland. 

Through your participation, you give your students the chance to get to know German as a business language and, over the course of a pre-structured teaching unit, to visit a German partner company in Ireland. 

Your learners will also take part in the accompanying competition of business ideas, for which they work in groups to develop an innovative business idea for their partner company. They are going to present their products and services in a multimedia format of their choice and send it in for the competition – and all that in German, of course. 

At the end of the project phase, a jury will decide which results are especially well-made and which team is going to win the first prize. Schools and universities compete in separate categories, so two winning teams will be celebrating at the end. 

And it’s worth it! The winning teams will be given the unique chance to do an internship at their group’s German partner company. This is a great opportunity to explore potential career paths and a great addition to every CV.

Would you like to know more? Below you will find a videoclip introducing the project, our current teaching materials to download and an overview of all our partner companies.

REGISTRATION

Thank you for your interest in Unternehmen Deutsch. Registrations for 2023-2024 are now closed.

If you have any enquiries do not hesitate to contact us: unternehmendeutsch-irland@goethe.de
(C) Goethe-Institut Irland

TEACHING MATERIALS

The teaching materials at B1 level are divided into three modules. The materials serve as a basis for the participation in the idea contest, but can also be used without taking part in the competition.

Unternehmen Deutsch Module 1 (C)iStock

MODULE 1: OUR ECONOMIC AREA

Getting to know the domestic economy and finding a partner company.


Unternehmen Deutsch Module 2 (C)iStock

MODULE 2: OUR PARTNER COMPANY

Visiting the partner company and creating a portrait of the company (update in progress).


Unternehmen Deutsch Module 3 (C)iStock

MODULE 3: OUR BUSINESS IDEA

Inventing a product or service for the partner company (update in progress).


Winners

Our Partner Companies

The following partner companies support the project.
 

Logos Partners Bayer / Enercon / SAP / Lidl / Fröbel / Allianz


 

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