Students
We offer you the opportunity to gain your first on-the-job experience and gain insights into a wide variety of functional areas. No matter whether you are involved in an internship, a final thesis or a student job – with us you can lay the foundation for your professional development.
Join our Team
You are looking for an exciting internship or a topic for your bachelor or master thesis?
The Schaeffler Group provides students the opportunity to gain hands-on work experience and get to know the company. Particularly committed students have the opportunity to participate in the Schaeffler Top Student Program (STS) after the internship.
Creative minds wanted!
Are you ready to make work sustainable? Together with Futury and 14 other companies, we are launching a 3-month program with 20 selected young talents. The aim of the project is to develop new, innovative and sustainable solutions for the future of work.
- Project period: 26.10.2020 - 05.02.2021 (3 months with 2-week vacation over Christmas and New Year)
- Full-time internship
- Location: TechQuartier, Frankfurt am Main
- You can find more information here.
Put the Theory you Learn at University into Practice at our Company.
Internship at Schaeffler
You work on demanding, real projects. “On the job training” enables you to apply theoretical knowledge to specific tasks.
- Experiences
- Find vacancies in our job search.
You can apply for several positions at the same time.
Pre-study and basic internships
Duration and departments in accordance with the internship guidelines.
Advanced internships
Independent work on tasks in a department, project tasks if applicable; voluntary internships also possible
Departments
For example: Testing, Application Engineering, Production, Sales, Purchasing, Design, Quality Assurance, Controlling, Finance, Systems Engineering, System Development, Marketing, HR, Logistics, Materials and Production Management
How it works
You can search for vacant internship positions in our Career Opportunities section. You should submit your application for an internship position approx. three to five months in advance, indicating the earliest possible start date, area of interest and internship duration.
Internship abroad
An internship abroad offers the unique opportunity to gain valuable intercultural and personal experience in an international environment. Please use the search for open internships on the respective country websites. You are also welcome to send an unsolicited application to the countries of your choice.
Gain Experience in an Industrial Company
Casual student workers
We provide students the opportunity to gain experience in an industrial company by working in one of the departments mentioned above on a regular basis during their studies. Please find open positions in the job search section.
Demanding Thesis Topics
Theses at Schaeffler
We offer interesting and demanding thesis topics in various company areas to students from all kinds of disciplines. This is an excellent opportunity to benefit from our expertise and take a closer look at your possible future employer.
These achievements are based on consistent scientific research. Experience technology and contribute to the next product innovation. Approximately 8,000 employees at 40 R&D locations, including 20 R&D centers, develop new products, technologies, processes, and methods for solutions that are tailored to the market. Schaeffler is among the innovation leaders in industry with more than 2,400 patent registrations annually, and currently over 26,600 effective patents.
Departments
For example: Testing, Application Engineering, Production, Sales, Purchasing, Design, Quality Assurance, Controlling, Finance, Systems Engineering, System Development, Marketing, HR, Logistics, Materials and Production Management
Your contribution
A qualified topic is a prerequisite. You can search for topics in our Job Opportunities section or develop a new one with our departments. We are always open to your ideas and suggestions.
How it works
You should submit your application approx. three to five months in advance, indicating the earliest possible start date, area of interest and a topic proposal.
We offer you
We support you with a monthly payment of € 800 for Bachelor theses and € 900 for Master theses during the time you are writing your thesis. You can receive a one-off, performance-related bonus payment of up to € 1,000 after completion of your thesis.
We can assist students from universities that are not nearby in finding accommodation.
Find vacancies in our job search.
You can apply for several positions at the same time.
Stay in Contact
Program
Our STS program provides committed students the opportunity to stay in contact with the Schaeffler Group and participate in varied, interesting events.
Read more about the STS-Program here.
Your contribution
You convince us with your achievements, commitment and talent during an internship and your supervisor recommends you for the Schaeffler Top Students program.
We offer you
- Ongoing and intensive contact with the Schaeffler Group
- Invitations to selected seminars
- Invitations to technical presentations and plant tour
- Online community (Login for members)