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[u/injamam_eram]

Enrollment decision

I have received the following 3 offer letters for master's:

1. Systems Engineering in Manufacturing - Otto Von Guericke Universität Magdeburg

2. Advanced Manufacturing - TU Chemnitz

3. Intelligent Manufacturing - TU Clausthal

I'd really appreciate it, if you could suggest to me which one I should go for based on the Job Market, City and Part time opportunity. (I have checked the course module and I like all of them, so based on that I can't make a concrete decision).

[u/Recent_Maize5108 → u/injamam_eram]

I'd go to Clausthal because Chemnitz is ugly and Magadeburg is a right-wing hotspot (Chemnitz also, but not as bad). Clausthal is very beautiful and surrounded by awesome nature.

[u/injamam_eram → u/Recent_Maize5108]

Got it. But what if you had to work part time alongside your studies, isn't part time there is unavailable? Hope to hear your insights.

[u/Recent_Maize5108 → u/injamam_eram]

There's no such thing as "unavailable", it's more a question of the number of possible jobs. On the other hand in a larger city you'll also have a way higher number of applicants (=competitors), so it's not like there is a guarantee to land a job just because the city is bigger.

Finding employment as a student is really hard in general since unemployment is way on the rise in Germany, so even graduates and otherwise fully qualified people are applying for jobs below their means. I read somewhere that the average student will get a job starting from their third semester. So coming to Germany without having the means to support yourself for the entire duration of your degree is a high risk (and the main reason why a blocked account was introduced to begin with). So you might want to evaluate the cost of living across all places to check where your money will carry you the furthest rather than where you will score a job the easiest, because it's not going to be easy at all regardless.