From June 22 to 26, 2026, the International Staff Training Week will take place for the 14th time on the campus of Freie Universität Berlin, with around 250 participants from its global partner institutions expected to attend. This year, a small number of FU employees are also invited to apply. The aim is to enable colleagues who would otherwise be unable to travel, or only under difficult conditions, to participate in an International Staff Training Week on site and thus gain work experience and exchange expertise in an international environment.
During the FUB International Staff Training Week, various departments at the FU will host eleven interactive programs aimed at exchanging expertise, developing skills, peer learning, and networking.


FU employees can apply for the following ten programs (between 2 and 5 places are available for FU employees per track). 

1) More Than Memories: How Alumni Engagement Advances the Whole Institution

2) Preparing Students for the Future: Current Challenges and Future Directions in University Career Counseling

3) Gender and Diversity in Higher Education – Insights from the Margherita von Brentano Center

4) Global Liaison Officers Connect: Overcome Challenges, Exchange Ideas, and Discuss Regional Realities

5) Open Science in Libraries: Enabling Access, Empowering Knowledge

6) Meet the World and Regional Challenges: The Student Mobility Perspective

7) Learning by Doing: Model United Nations

8) The Power of Connection: Navigating Regional Partnerships and International Networks

9) More Open Than Before, Yet Increasingly Restricted: Navigating Contradictory Trends in the Internationalization of Research

10) Third Mission in (and outside of) the classroom: Concepts for learning with and from societ

More information on the individual programs and their content, as well as a draft program and a link to the application form, can be found on the central website of the International Staff Training Week 2026. The application deadline is January 26, 2025.

If you have any questions, please contact Stefanie Ritter (stefanie.ritter@fu-berlin.de, extension 73441) in the International Affairs Department.

Selection criteria

General suitability of the person for the program in accordance with the application criteria

Ensuring the greatest possible diversity of FU participants based on status group/task type; Department or administrative unit; gender; if applicable, explanation of special consideration for an “internationalization at home” program (e.g., for individuals who face greater obstacles to participating in stays abroad due to care work or other commitments)

The entire program of the Weiterbildungszentrum can be found here.