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EXCELLENCE The Oskar von Miller Forum offers future civil and environmental engineers, architects and construction technicians temporary accommodation and contributes excellent ideas and inspiration to their education through its programme. In dialogue with guest scientists from across the globe, scholarship holders enhance and extend their interests and are thus pre pared for working life with tasks spanning different disciplines. It is in this way that the Oskar von Miller Forum fosters their pursuit of excellence. The Oskar von Miller Forum considers technical expertise and social skills to lie at the heart of excellence. Characteristics like personal initiative, staying power, a sense of responsibility and specialist knowledge are of central importance, as are the ability and willingness to communicate as well as taking appropriate actions and showing reliability.
CAREER ASSISTANCE Scholarship holders are given the opportunity to receive personal assistance and support to promote their career development through individual counselling sessions with team members from the Oskar von Miller Forum. Questions discussed may relate to students’ professional develop ment, personal expectations regarding their future career path or specific feedback on their portfolios or CVs. Students can also obtain recommendations concerning suitable further in-house or external training.
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