Compulsory & pre-study internship · MVG Frankfurt
Are you looking for a compulsory internship or a technical pre-study internship for your degree? At MVG in Frankfurt you can combine technical and creative ideas with material, design and production.
Are you studying mechanical engineering, product development and technical design, production engineering, mechatronics, materials engineering, product or industrial design, art or design – or are you about to start your studies? If you want to understand how a drawing becomes a component or a design becomes a tangible object, we would like to get to know you. Together we align possible tasks with your focus of study and your university’s internship regulations.
We clarify personally which tasks and periods are possible. Before you start, we agree activities, supervision, working hours, pay and the evidence required. Whether the agreed placement is recognised as a compulsory internship is something you clarify with your university.
Your studies meet practice
Do you want to understand materials, design and production in context? Bring your questions from your studies and get to know the practical side of drawings, components and work processes.
Do you think in shapes, surfaces and objects? Discover metal as a material and discuss with us how designs can be turned into producible models or prototypes.
Write to us about what you study, when you would like to start and how long your compulsory internship should last.
Together we check which tasks are possible and fit your university’s requirements. You agree the recognition with your university.
Before you start, we clarify the area of work, contact person, times, pay and the documents you need for your studies.
Examples for your studies
Are you from Frankfurt UAS, TU Darmstadt, TUM or the Bundeswehr University Munich? Tell us your degree programme and the internship regulations that apply to you. Enquiries from other universities are welcome too.
The 2025 reading version provides for eight weeks of full-time pre-study internship. At least three weeks of this are spent on material processing, surface treatment and joining techniques and at least three weeks on production and manufacturing. Weekly reports and a company certificate are part of the evidence.
Frankfurt UAS: pre-internship regulations, annex 5 (PDF, in German) →The 2021 internship regulations require six weeks of pre-study internship in at least two areas of activity. These include, for example, machining and forming, work preparation as well as design and technical drawing. The individual areas have time limits for recognition. A qualifying reference and a self-reflection are part of the evidence.
TU Darmstadt: internship regulations 2021 (PDF, in German) →For study start from winter semester 2024/25, eight weeks of production internship are mandatory, ideally before starting your studies. You provide evidence of at least three activity groups, at least two of them from primary forming, forming, machining as well as joining/separating processes and physical-chemical treatment. At least one week is required per chosen group.
For recognition you need an activity report and an internship certificate or a corresponding reference. The placement takes place on site in the company.
TUM: internship guidelines from 2024/25 (PDF, in German) →For mechanical engineering, eight weeks of pre-study internship before starting your studies are planned. The focus is on practical metalworking, for example measuring, marking out, sawing, drilling and simple sheet metal and joining work. Recognition requires an internship report book and a confirmation of the type and duration of the activities.
UniBw Munich: requirements for mechanical engineering (in German) →A separate guideline applies here: at least eight weeks of basic internship before starting your studies in at least three areas of activity, at most three creditable weeks per area. The company must be recognised as an IHK training company and ensure professional supervision.
UniBw Munich: guideline aerospace engineering, as of May 2022 (PDF, in German) →The regulations also set requirements for the training company: Frankfurt UAS names a training authorisation by the IHK or HWK, TU Darmstadt recognition as an IHK training company. Before an agreement we clarify with you whether the specific placement meets the requirements and whether consultation with the university is necessary. Your university decides on recognition.
Send us the requirements of your degree programme and your preferred period. We check whether we can cover the required activities. This also applies to a practical semester or specialist internship.
Tell us what you already know and what you would like to learn. Existing knowledge helps with planning tasks; we discuss together what prerequisites are needed for your placement.
Yes, explicitly. Your interest in combining creative ideas with material and production is particularly fitting. Feel free to send work samples or a project idea.
The starting point is the duration required by your university. Tell us the period and the weeks or hours needed so that we can check the options in the company.
Our focus is on compulsory internships for students. For other types of internship you can also tell us your background and time frame.
The first step can be simple
A few sentences about you, your interest and your time frame are enough for the first contact. You can add your CV later.
bewerbung@mvg-frankfurt.deYou can write directly or prepare an email here. We will then discuss which options and conditions suit you.
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