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Student starter guides to Germany

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Your Aachen starter guide

Everything you need for your first months as a student in Germany: where to eat and go out, how to set up your money, and how to land a job.

Aachen Markt and town hall
Aachen Markt and town hall. Photo: MenkinAlRire, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.Brandenburg Gate. Photo: CristianNX, CC BY-SA 3.0 DE, via Wikimedia Commons.The German Mining Museum. Photo: Johannes Reimer, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.Alter Markt. Photo: Lucas Kaufmann, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.The Rhine and the Rheinturm. Photo: Pkw98, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.The skyline and the Eiserner Steg. Photo: Michielverbeek, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.Speicherstadt warehouse district. Photo: Dietmar Rabich, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.Cologne Cathedral and the Hohenzollern Bridge. Photo: Thomas Wolf, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.Marienplatz and the New Town Hall. Photo: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.Prinzipalmarkt. Photo: Dietmar Rabich, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Sample resume

A sample resume for a software developer. The person, companies and projects are made up. Copy the structure: clear headings, dates first, short bullet points that start with what you did and end with a result.

Firstname Lastname

Mobile: +49 1XX XXXXXXX  ·  Email: [email protected]  ·  GitHub: github.com/yourname

Street 00, [City] XXXXX, Germany

Education

Oct 2025 - Present

[University] - M. Sc. [Your program]

  • Focus: Software Engineering and Data Systems.
  • Relevant courses: Distributed Systems, Databases, Software Architecture.

Aug 20XX - May 20XX

[University], [Country] - B. Tech. (Computer Science)

  • Relevant courses: Algorithms, Operating Systems, Computer Networks.
  • Member - Coding Club & Open Source Society.

Experience

Apr 2026 - Present, [City]

Nordwerk Logistics GmbH | Working Student, Backend Development

  • Built REST APIs in Python and FastAPI for the shipment tracking platform, cutting average response time by 40%.
  • Automated deployments: set up CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions and Docker, so releases went from weekly to daily.

Jul 20XX - Aug 20XX, [Country]

Brightpath Fintech | Software Developer

  • Payments feature: developed the mobile payment flow in Java and Spring Boot, used by 200,000+ customers every month.
  • Owned quality: raised unit test coverage from 45% to 80% and set up code review guidelines for a team of 6 developers.
  • Worked across teams: joined sprint planning with product and design; shipped 12 features on schedule in one year.

Jan 20XX - Jun 20XX, [Country]

Cloudnest Solutions | Software Engineering Intern

  • Frontend: rebuilt the customer dashboard in React and TypeScript; page load time dropped by half.
  • Data: wrote SQL reports and a small internal tool that saved the support team 5 hours a week.

Achievements

Mar 2026

Finalist, [University hackathon] 2026

  • Built a study-room booking app: designed and built a web app that shows free study rooms on campus in real time.
  • Top 3 of 40 teams: pitched the prototype to a jury of industry mentors in the final round.

Skills

  • Programming: Python, Java, TypeScript, SQL & Go (basic).
  • Frameworks & Tools: FastAPI, Spring Boot, React, Docker, Git, GitHub Actions, PostgreSQL & AWS.
  • Languages: English (C1), German (A2) & [Native language] (Native).

Volunteering

Nov 2025 - Present

[Student coding club] e. V. | Workshop Lead

Run beginner Python and web development workshops for 30+ students every semester.

Everything on this resume is made up. Replace it with your own details.