For the 5th consecutive year, the Transatlantic Program (TAP) is offering a group of up to 25 select U.S. students the opportunity to gain work experience in Germany, following a ten-day full immersion seminar in Berlin, Germany. The TAP enables students to gain practical skills for their future careers, to improve their language abilities and to learn first-hand about the German business environment and culture. This experience is designed to promote personal growth, to help the participants become ambassadors for transatlantic business, as well as interculturally sensitive, flexible young professionals. Additionally, this program is intended to support German Departments at U.S. universities in raising awareness for the relevance of German language skills and their tangible value in international career advancement.
The TAP is organized by the German American Chamber of Commerce of the Midwest, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to strengthening German-American business relations and intercultural understanding (www.gaccom.org). The German Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology (BMWi) generously co-finances the TAP with funds from its European Recovery Program (ERP), together with corporate and other sponsors. The patron of the TAP is Dr. Klaus Scharioth, German Ambassador to the United States. As in the past, the academic component of the program will be conducted in cooperation with the University of Illinois at Chicago by Professor Helga Kraft. For the internship placement we partner with InWEnt, Capacity Building International, in Germany.
The focus with regard to academic backgrounds is on business, engineering and renewable energies, together with at least 2 years of college-level German.
Student application deadline for the Transatlantic Program 2009 is Friday, October 24, 2008.
The Application Package for students is available on our website, under “Apply now.” For more information and to read about the experiences of former TAP participants, please visit www.transatlanticprogram.org.
