Current call for proposals for the GDCh Graduation Award (formerly GDCh Absolventenpreis)

In 2025, the German Chemical Society (GDCh) will be awarding a prize for the 19th time to the best graduates of chemistry-related training courses such as chemical technical assistants (CTA), chemical laboratory technicians or chemical engineering technicians. Graduates of neighboring disciplines such as PTA and BTA can also receive the prize.

Each school may honor one awardee per year and has the right to offer two other award-worthy graduates a one-year, free membership in the GDCh. The prize is usually awarded when the graduation certificate is presented.

The final prize includes a certificate, a book prize and the opportunity to become a free member of the GDCh and the GDCh vocational education working group for one year.

The Working Group Vocational Education represents the interests of non-academic GDCh members. The aim is to bring together all people who are interested in vocational and school-based training in the chemistry sector and related fields, and to create a platform for the exchange of ideas and experiences. Technical suggestions on the topic of "vocational education" are also to be given and further developed in terms of content ( www.gdch.de/bb ). The free, one-year membership in the Working Group Vocational Education requires membership in the GDCh.

For 2025, teachers are again called upon to select their best graduates of the year and to nominate them for the final prize no later than three weeks before the final certificate is awarded.

Registration of the school and the awardee takes place exclusively online via the registration link on this website. Registrations via email cannot be considered.

registration of your school

Your school has not yet participated in the awarding of the GDCh Graduation Award in recent years?

Please register your school using the Online link below! You will then receive a school number and password within a few days, which you can use to log in to the same registration page.

Has your school already participated in the awarding of the GDCh Graduation Award in recent years?

In this case, you will receive an email in February 2025 informing you of the start of the campaign. Using the school number and password you already know, you can change existing master data online if necessary and inform us of the new date of your graduation ceremony and the name of the prize winner.

To register