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We provide education and career guidance

We give you the support you need in setting your own goals and in planning and fulfilling your vocational and/or educational aspirations. Educational Counselling and Career Guidance in Berlin offers you comprehensive and independent information and guidance free of charge.

Where to find us

We provide counselling on:

Further Education and Training

The counselling we provide covers the following topics: general further education, continuing vocational education and training, skills upgrading, specialised further training opportunities, and retraining.

Training, Study, School Graduation, and Post-Qualification

We offer counselling on (dual) training, entering a trade or technical collage, or a university. We provide advice on post-qualification and the transition from study to vocational training. We also offer information on catching up on (partial) vocational qualifications and acquiring or retaking a school-leaving certificate .

Professional (Re)orientation

We provide counselling on professional (re)orientation and career change. Based on your interests, competencies, and qualifications, we will show you new career opportunities, perspectives, and paths.

Learning and Learning Conditions

We provide counselling and information on learning conditions and requirements, as well as different forms of learning in education and training. We offer guidance on “learning to learn”, online learning, and help with developing learning strategies.

Job Prospects and Entering the Labour Market

We offer counselling on career entry planning and development. Based on your educational and professional history, we support you in planning and developing your career. We provide information on application strategies and guide you on how to enter work and employment.

Qualification and Further Training in the Company (Qualification Consulting)

We advise companies on corporate qualification options, qualification offers for employees, and planning further training needs, including funding opportunities. We also support companies in planning training goals and developing of a training strategy.

Funding and Financing Options for Education Activities

We provide information and advice on funding opportunities for further education, study, and training, such as upgrading BAföG, BAföG, or qualification funding from the Employment Agency. We will show you suitable financing options and explain the conditions and processes for financing your educational plans.

Professional Integration and Qualification in Germany

We offer counselling to immigrants on professional integration and qualification opportunities, including training, studies, internship, and German language courses. We provide multilingual counselling regardless of country of origin or residence status.

More about what we offer

What our clients say:

I’m thankful for your service, it supports people to find orientation and motivation.

Helps me out to find a school. I really appreciated the way they handled it, friendly people with high knowledge.

After our counselling session, I was motivated to make my desire of becoming a nurse in Germany a reality! Thank you!

It is a good starting point. I am very happy with the counselling. All my questions were answered and I got new ideas from the counselling.

Really helpful to know what I should do for now. And what are my options.

I so much appreciate the counselling and I got all the relevant information I need and also corrected the mistakes I did during my applications.

This service is invaluable for somebody like me to help me understand how the work market functions in Germany (very different from the UK!). My counsellor was excellent, pointed me in the right directions, helped me find right organisations I needed. I’m very grateful!!

Extraordinary experience. I get detailed answers to my questions.

The counsellor understood my background and education during the first visit and in the second visit they gave me my options and gave advice on financial assistance. I am now clear on which way to proceed. Overall my best decision to contact the counsellor. Thank you.

The counselling was good and helped me evaluate, however I would have loved it even more if I had come up with a concrete answer by the end. 🙂

The counsellor made me feel very comfortable around him and also took the time to break down the relevant information into digestible bits, while ensuring that I have a good overall picture of the education system as well as Ausbildung in nursing in Germany.

Counselling centres in Berlin

Are you interested in receiving education and/or careers counselling? Would you like to book an interview?
To make an appointment, please book online or contact one of the Berlin counselling centres by phone or e-mail.
For more information, see under Materials.

  • Spandau and Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf
  • Pankow and Reinickendorf
  • Lichtenberg and Marzahn-Hellersdorf
  • Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg and Mitte
  • Neukölln and Treptow-Köpenick
  • Steglitz-Zehlendorf and Tempelhof-Schöneberg
  • Fachberatung Berufliche Nachqualifizierung (Advice on professional post-qualification)
  • Fachberatung Erfolg mit Sprache und Abschluss (Succeeding with language and qualification)
  • Fachstelle Qualifizierungsberatung in KMU (Counselling for SMEs)
  • Fachberatung Gesundheit, Pflege und Soziales (Counselling for health, care and social affairs)
  • Fachberatung Wege zum Berufsabschluss (Advice for Vocational Qualifications)

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by telephone 

by video

via chat

by e-mail

What is Educational Counselling and Career Guidance in Berlin?

free of charge

thanks to the funding provided by the Federal State of Berlin

confidential

guided solely by your interests (your information will not be passed on to third parties)

independent

of commercial interests in recommending courses or offers

voluntary

at your request and in line with your concerns and expressed interests

multilingual

available in Arabic, English, Farsi, French, Russian, Polish, Turkish, Spanish and others

close to home

our centres are located in different parts of the city

News

27.000

interviews conducted annually

16

centres
in Berlin

book an appointment

9 am – 5 pm

Monday to Friday

17

languages spoken by our counsellors