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Professional training – apprenticeship at the MPP

What do you learn in the training?

All trainees are given operational training and additional education in at the professional school. The teaching units are followed up in greater depth at the Institute. The apprentices in the technical units will be involved in our research experiments, the trainees in office management in administrative tasks. Here you can find more detailed information on the training in

Industrial mechanics
Electronics
Office Management

The training programs begin on 1 September.

Successful apprentices

To date, all of our more than 120 trainees have successfully completed their training, most of them with above-average results. This is also demonstrated by the various awards that our trainees have received in recent years. We enable all our young skilled workers to gain initial professional experience in our technical departments after passing their exams. Young professionals also have excellent career opportunities outside the MPI for Physics.

How to apply

Please note:
To apply for an apprenticeship an excellent command (level C1) of the German language is required.

If you love exciting work and if you are curious and enjoy working in a team, this might be the place for you!

Every year on September 1, we offer training for

Industrial Mechanic for Precision Tool Engineering (2 positions)

Electronics technician for devices and systems (3 positions)

NEW in 2026! Office Management (2 positions)

How to apply: Click on one of the three links and upload your documents under “Online-Bewerbung”.