• planet-beruf is provided by the Federal Employment Agency and offers information on all aspects of career choice, job applications and vocational training. The site helps pupils in lower secondary school (aged 13 to 17) to clarify their career plans.
• What should I study? is the name of a page on the University of Hohenheim’s website. In around 20 minutes and free of charge, the Online test for prospective students determines which degree programme and which career best suit their own inclinations and interests. The test consists of two parts. In the first part, a general interest profile is established, from which subject recommendations applicable across different locations are derived. The second part focuses on the interests relevant to the degree programmes offered by the University of Hohenheim.
• The Hochschulkompass from the German Rectors’ Conference – a classic and indispensable resource for anyone wishing to find the right university courses amongst the wealth of new, reformed or traditional university courses. Those eager to learn can search here for specific university courses, PhD opportunities or international partnerships.
• studienwahl also lists all universities where a particular subject can be studied, thus helping students find the right place to study.
• bildung.de is a database and search engine for educational programmes. The higher education section currently comprises a database of over 9,000 university courses.

There are plenty of options here. You can certainly get an initial overview from www.chemie-studieren.de. There you will also find contact details for the student advisory services at the respective universities. Some universities also offer taster days.
A comprehensive database of all chemistry degree programmes and further information can be found at www.hochschulkompass.de.

The GDCh also runs various networks that may be of interest for further discussion about studying chemistry. Firstly, there is the JCF (JungesChemieForum), in which students are active at a regional level and organise various events. Secondly, there are the local sections, which, for example, organise scientific lectures at universities.

The internet portal AusbildungPlus.
The database maintained on this site also contains many attractive apprenticeship opportunities from companies in the chemical industry.

Internships for school pupils are very rarely advertised. Generally speaking, internships are available either in industry or at universities/directly within working groups. If you are interested, you should contact the relevant institution or company directly.

You can find company contact details, for example, via
• the employers’ associations of the individual federal states. An overview of the 10 regional chemical industry employers’ associations belonging to the Federal Chemical Industry Employers’ Association (BAVC) can be found here: https://www.bavc.de/ueber-uns/mitgliedsverbaende-partnerverbaende
• the Chamber of Industry and Commerce (IHK) in your city www.ihk.de
• the business directory at www.meinestadt.de

When contacting companies, you should always check whether they offer apprenticeships; if so, there is a higher chance that they will also offer work placements.

You can find contact details for universities at www.chemie-studieren.de

The Fraunhofer Society explicitly advertises internship opportunities for school pupils on its website: https://www.fraunhofer.de/de/jobs-und-career/schueler/praktikum.html

Furthermore, you can find out about the programmes offered by school science laboratories at www.lernortlabor.de and, if appropriate, take advantage of these opportunities.