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

In 2025, the German Chemical Society (GDCh) will award a prize for the 19th time to the best graduates of chemistry-related training programs, such as those for chemical-technical assistants (CTA), chemical laboratory assistants, or chemical engineering technicians. Graduates of related disciplines, such as pharmacy technicians (PTA) and biological technicians (BTA), are also eligible for the prize.

Each school may award one awardee to a student per graduating class and has the right to offer two additional deserving graduates a one-year, free membership in the GDCh (German Chemical Society). The prize is usually awarded at the graduation ceremony.

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

The Working Group Vocational Education represents the interests of non-academic GDCh members. Its aim is to bring together all individuals interested in vocational and academic education in the chemical sector and related fields, and to create a platform for the exchange of ideas and experiences. It also seeks to provide and further develop professional suggestions on the topic of "vocational education" ( www.gdch.de/bb ). Free, one-year membership in the Working Group Vocational Education requires GDCh membership.

Teachers are called upon to select their best graduates of the year for 2025 and to nominate them for the graduation prize no later than three weeks before the handover of the graduation certificate.

Schools and awardee must register exclusively online via the registration link on this website. Registrations via email cannot be accepted.

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