Career and profession

GDCh career service - professional support

The GDCh career service provides information and assistance both for entering the world of work and for a successful working life. We also run a specialized job market for chemists. Here you will find jobs from all industries and disciplines.

GDCh Career Calendar 2025
Events related to career orientation and entry!
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Statistics of Chemistry Degree Programmes 2023
Data on numbers of beginners, study
duration, degrees and grades from chemistry courses
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Career individual coaching with career coach Doris Brenner
February 6th (fully booked)| May 22nd | August 21st | November 27, 2025
Your individual questions in a familiar atmosphere. More information

Job profiles in chemistry

Information on job profiles and career publications, including the brochures Job profiles in chemistry, career entry in chemistry and career prospects in chemistry

Career events

To our application workshops, the GDCh job exchange, the CheMento mentoring program and other career service events

Statistics on studies and post-doctoral qualifications

To our annual statistics of chemistry courses and the statistics of habilitations and junior professorships

Links about the job market

Links to pages about scholarships, job boards from other academic organizations, and helpful information

Salary information

Interesting facts about salaries for beginners and advanced learners, for example our annual income survey

Legal advice

Two lawyers offer a brief telephone consultation exclusively for members. You can find information on legal advice from a specialist lawyer for labor law and a patent attorney

in the members area.

further education

Here you will find information on the most common advanced training courses for chemists, chemical laboratory assistants, chemical technicians and CTAs