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Gain practical experience at BASF

Would you like to turn the theoretical knowledge you’ve learned at university into valuable hands-on experience? A practical role at BASF is the perfect fit for you.

Join our team and play an active role in tackling tomorrow’s challenges as an intern, in a student job, or during your thesis. Take a peek behind the scenes of an international company and gain practical experience to deepen your knowledge and guide your career choices.

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Opportunities for you at a glance

Internship

We offer internships lasting between 2 and 6 months. There are two types: mandatory internships (max. 6 months) and voluntary internships (max. 3 months). You can also combine mandatory and voluntary internships. The position is full time.

Student job

You can work with us alongside your university studies for a period of between 6 weeks and 24 months. Choose between part-time during the semester (between 10 and 20 hours per week) or full-time during the semester breaks, or a mixture of the two.

Thesis

Develop your own ideas on the topic of your final thesis and work with us to move innovative projects forward. With individual support and the best possible work and research opportunities, we offer you the ideal conditions for completing your studies with an outstanding thesis rooted in practical experience.

How to join our team

Your journey to us

Search for the latest vacancies for internships, student jobs or thesis projects in our job search and apply directly to a vacancy.

Who we are looking for

We are looking for talented young people who show strong academic performance and have gained initial expertise in their field. Communication skills and team spirit are important to us, as is openness to other cultures and disciplines. If you are someone who likes to take the initiative and take on responsibility, you have come to the right place. Initial practical experience and extracurricular activities are an advantage, but not required.

To take up a position as an intern or working student or for a thesis project at BASF, you must be enrolled at a university for the entire period of employment.

What we offer

We give you the opportunity to develop both personally and in your chosen field. Independent projects enable you to learn about specialist and business contexts on the job. A mentor will be on hand to advise and assist you from day one. As well as a wide range of options for joining almost any operating division of the company, you will also make valuable contacts and benefit from the expertise of our employees – the very best in their field. Of course, you will be paid for your work.

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Your role as an intern at BASF SE in Ludwigshafen

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Your role as a working student at BASF SE in Ludwigshafen

Where you can join us

Corporate Functions

For the business and economics field, we are looking for students from areas such as accounting, business, controlling, finance, (international) management, law or economics, or degrees focusing on purchasing, logistics, procurement or supply chain management.

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Digitalization & IT

Are you studying automation, computational science, cybersecurity, data science, Industry 4.0, IT, mathematics, software development, or a subject with a similar focus? Then join our Digitalization & IT team.

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Engineering

As a student of subjects such as architecture, automation technology, civil engineering, bioengineering, chemical engineering, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, process engineering or industrial engineering, you can join our Engineering team.

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Research & Development

If you study agricultural sciences, biochemistry, biology, bioprocess engineering, chemistry, chemical engineering, mathematics, physics, process engineering, material sciences or another natural science field, you can join our Research & Development team.

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Time for the next step!

See what working at BASF is like day-to-day and play your part in fascinating projects.
We value talented young people who bring something to our teams.

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