Gaining professional experience and starting your career during university?

By the time today’s students graduate, professions and jobs will exist that have never even been thought of yet. The World Economic Forum predicts that by 2025, 97 million new jobs of tomorrow will emerge, and 85 million jobs may be displaced. At METU, we prepare our students for this ever-changing, constantly renewing world. 

METU will give you all the help you need to realize your strengths, develop your skills, gain practical knowledge and experience that will provide you with a competitive advantage when you launch your career. 

For the sake of our students, we have pioneered to transform our educational system. In accordance with international trends at successful, modern universities, we were the first to introduce the portfolio-based system in Hungary. This is myBRAND, our unique training method. 

myBRAND: a training method for building your personal portfolio

Your university years are about laying the foundations for your future. From the very first day, you are building yourself, your CV, your own future – you are building your own brand. 

This is why we focus on practical education that will help our students gain real skills and experience that can be integrated into their portfolio, presented at job interviews and give them a competitive advantage in the labor market. 

At METU, you will work on real-life tasks and projects, and you will be taught practical skills such as presentation, assertive communication, debating, negotiating or representing yourself and your work.  

How can you gain professional experience during your studies at METU? 

Experiential learning and gaining experience at university 

• Exciting teaching methods: situation games, individual and group projects, debates, presentations, mind mapping 
• Hands-on experience from teamworks, real-life tasks and projects from partner companies and fieldwork 
• Teachers who are successful professionals with real-life experience and up-to-date professional knowledge in their field 
• Opportunities to participate in extra trainings and talent workshops such as: 
  • Time management 
  • Job searching techniques 
  • Sales and negotiation techniques 
  • Presentation design and techniques 
  • Project management 
  • Self-branding 
  • Conflict and stress mangement 
• Extra knowledge and experience from students’ groups, professional events and professional competitions 

Practice going live 

• METU offers 400+ relevant internship placements per semester at renowned partner companies such as: 
  • BMW Group 
  • British Telecom  
  • Citibank Europe 
  • Coca Cola HBC 
  • Deloitte Hungary 
  • Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations  
  • General Electric 
  • HBO Holding  
  • IBM Hungary ISSC  
  • Lego Manufacturing 
  • L’Oréal Hungary 
  • Marriott International 
  • Nestlé Hungary  
  • Procter&Gamble  
  • PwC 
  • SAP Hungary 
  • UNICEF Global Shared Services Centre  
  • Vodafone Shared Services Budapest  
  • WWF World Wide Fund for Nature  
• Students can participate in job shadowing opportunities at worldwide reputable multinational corporations such as Accor Hotels, Marriott International or TATA Consultancy Services.
• METU students can participate in international study and work mobility opportunities on 5 continents, at 200+ institutions 
• StartUp Lab: launch your business idea with a one million HUF fund from METU! 

Building your career as early as at the university 

• Career consultation, support with setting personal and professional goals including: 
  • Career path consultation 
  • CV-making workshop 
  • Individual and group portfolio-building consultations 
  • Exam and final exam preparation workshops 
• Professional network opportunities through professors and fellow students 
• Opportunities to become an integrated part of your profession (company assignments, start-up competitions, article publishing, international creative camps, art exhibitions, fashion shows) 
• With the myBRAND system, all METU students will have a professional portfolio built from practical experiences and results by their graduation 
• 91% of METU graduates find a job in their professional field in less than 3 months after finishing their studies. 

What our students say about METU and myBRAND

Our student’s experience with the myBRAND career coaching: 

“With the help of the consultations, I was able to get from feeling afraid and desperate to feeling confident. I became able to make decisions in a conscious and brave way. I learned to focus on what’s important and gained a perspective with which I can find my own place in the – sometimes scarily – turbulent and fast labor market. I gained strength and courage to work towards my goals.” 

“I love practice-oriented education at METU. I always realize how much more I can learn while also developing my skills. My knowledge and skills improve so much while working in teams, managing projects, making presentations or looking for solutions.” - Dori, Marketing MA student 

“Today it is very important to be able to present ourselves and our skills on the market - this is what the myBRAND trainings help us with. 

In the last semester of my bachelor's, we had to prepare not only our thesis, but also our own portfolio. This helps a lot, as it gives us a tool with which we can apply for jobs when we leave university. We also had to present our portfolio several times, which helped us gain experience before real-life interviews. During the training, we spent several hours working on real application, which was a great opportunity for us graduates to really step into the professional field. “ - Veronika, Graphic Design MA student 

Discover METU programs and start your application now! 

2022. 05. 23.