Bonding student initiative
| bonding student initiative e. V. | |
|---|---|
| purpose | Student initiative for further education, career advancement and mediation of company contacts |
| Chair: | Malin Riepenhausen, Benedikt Bauer, Anika Vogel, Maria Riedel, Timo Buczkowski |
| Establishment date: | February 10, 1988 |
| Number of members: | 2700 (including approx. 500 active) |
| Seat : | Aachen |
| Website: | https://bonding.de |
The bonding-studenteninitiative eV (or bonding for short ) is a non-profit association that aims to give students an insight into their later professional life and to establish contact between companies and students during their studies. For this purpose, various events such as excursions, specialist lectures and company contact fairs are organized, which are basically free of charge for all students. Members of the association are exclusively students . The association is represented by the association's board, which is elected for one year. There are university groups of the bonding student initiative at twelve locations across Germany.
history
On February 10, 1988 bonding was founded at the RWTH in Aachen. On November 25th of the same year the first bonding company contact fair took place. This was followed by the establishment of further university locations all over Germany, the support group and the alumni organization bonding-alumni. In 2017, the Erlangen location was renamed the Erlangen-Nuremberg location and expanded. The Jobwall.de platform was launched in 2019 to offer the bonding target group the opportunity to use an online career platform.
Events
The purpose of the bonding student initiative is to organize various lectures, excursions and theme days to make it easier for students to get in touch with companies. The events are divided into different categories. In addition to events, other projects are implemented, such as the semi-annual semester planner.
Company contact fair
The bonding company contact fair is one of the largest company contact fairs in Germany . Each university location organizes a company contact fair every year. The company contact fair is aimed primarily at natural scientists, MINT courses and (business) engineers. Around 20,000 students were expected at the Aachen location in 2017 (around 15,000 in 2010). Since the company contact fair has been held for 30 years, it is one of the oldest German trade fairs.
Theme days
Various theme days are organized for different subject areas, such as the AutomotiveDay, the IndustryNight or the CareerNight. Theme days are smaller events in which a smaller number of companies take part.
Soft skill training
The members of the bonding student initiative are regularly trained in various training courses. Soft skills training is often offered in the program called conmoto. Bonding offers external students the opportunity to attend seminars and trainings on various topics.
Excursions
Excursions are organized in cooperation with companies. Trips to industrial fairs such as CeBit or the IAA are offered. In addition, excursions often lead to the company's plants.
Cooperations
Sponsorship group
The bonding support group currently consists of 18 members: ABB , Airbus , Audi , Bosch , brose , Continental , Daimler , Deutsche Bahn , Henkel , Infineon , P3 , Porsche , Rohde & Schwarz , ThyssenKrupp , TÜV Rheinland , Unilever , and Voith .
Partner initiatives
bonding cooperates with various national and international initiatives, for example the Board of European Students of Technology (BEST). bonding is a founding member of the Association of German Student Initiatives (VDSI) .
University locations
| University location | founding | special instructions |
|---|---|---|
| Aachen | February 10, 1988 | Founding location and largest company contact fair |
| Berlin | January 16, 1991 | |
| Bochum | May 23, 1998 | |
| Braunschweig | January 31, 1990 | |
| Bremen | 20th December 2015 | Youngest university group |
| Dresden | October 1, 1990 | Established before the official reunification of Germany |
| Erlangen-Nuremberg | September 12, 1997 | In 2017 the Erlangen location became the Erlangen-Nuremberg location |
| Hamburg | February 8, 1997 | |
| Kaiserslautern | February 23, 1999 | |
| Karlsruhe | February 8, 1989 | Second established location |
| Munich | August 30, 2005 | |
| Stuttgart | November 29, 1989 |
Controversy
As the organizer of company contact fairs with approval of the armaments industry, the bonding student initiative is criticized by other students (organizations). In April 2015, the AStA of the Technical University of Berlin published an article about the company contact fair in Berlin. At the 2013 fair in Dresden there were protests by students against the armaments industry.
Well-known alumni
- Markus Miele , member of the management board of Miele & Cie
- Friedrich Joussen , German manager, CEO of TUI
Individual evidence
- ↑ The association. Retrieved March 11, 2017 .
- ↑ Jobwall.de: from students for students. September 3, 2019, accessed February 1, 2020 .
- ↑ Job fairs are becoming more and more important as marketplaces. In: The world . Retrieved March 11, 2017 .
- ↑ Nicola Holzapfel: Everyone their own mass . In: sueddeutsche.de . ISSN 0174-4917 ( sueddeutsche.de [accessed on March 11, 2017]).
- ↑ Ulrike Zimmermann: Bonding company contact fair in Aachen . December 4, 2017 ( wdr.de [accessed December 6, 2017]).
- ↑ Purvi Patel: Our guest is Lion Derwitz, fair manager Bonding Fair. December 5, 2017, accessed December 6, 2017 .
- ↑ 280 companies at the bonding fair for students . In: Aachener Zeitung . ( aachener-zeitung.de [accessed on March 11, 2017]).
- ↑ Continental Corporation -bonding Automotive Day. Retrieved March 16, 2017 .
- ↑ Collège des Ingénieurs, MBA. Retrieved March 16, 2017 .
- ↑ Job fairs. Retrieved March 16, 2017 .
- ↑ Our projects. Retrieved March 30, 2017 .
- ^ Südkurier Medienhaus: Friedrichshafen / Bodenseekreis: Young professionals on an excursion on Lake Constance . In: SÜDKURIER Online . ( suedkurier.de [accessed on April 15, 2017]).
- ↑ BEST: - Board of European Students of Technology. Retrieved March 16, 2017 .
- ↑ VDSI e. V. - Association of German Student Initiatives. Retrieved March 21, 2017 .
- ↑ Open letter. In: banbonding.de. Retrieved March 21, 2017 .
- ↑ La Puerca Que Rie: Bondage - let yourself be tied up! About fears, thrills and slave morals at the bonding company contact fair in AStAinfo 28 of the Technical University of Berlin , April 2015, accessed on March 23, 2017
- ^ Protests against the armaments industry at the TU Dresden. In: www.addn.me. Retrieved March 21, 2017 .