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In addition to news, there is a guide here to the pages of the PTB Web for school children and students (and/or their teachers and professors).

News

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Die Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt Braunschweig beteiligt sich am Zukunftstag und gibt Schülerinnen und Schülern am 25. April 2024 die Möglichkeit, hinter die Kulissen einer Forschungseinrichtung zu schauen.

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IMEKO 2024

Logo für den großen Weltkongress der Internationalen Messtechnischen Konföderation (IMEKO) vom 26. bis 29 August in Hamburg

The IMEKO World Congress in Hamburg welcomes you with a variety of metrological events - including three workshops on the topics of digitalization (26.8.), quantum technology (27.8.) and the UN Sustainable Development Goals (28.8.). On Thursday (29.8.), you can choose from various Company Tours in Hamburg, for example at DESY or XFEL. Friday (30.8.) is reserved for a trip to the PTB in Braunschweig with extensive laboratory tours. (For further information on the IMEKO World Congress, please send an email to Opens local program for sending emailimeko2024(at)ptb.de or visit Opens external link in new windowhttps://www.imeko2024.org)

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Materials for teachers

maßstäbe - the popular-scientific magazine of PTB

For your instruction at schools or universities, we would be pleased to send you the Opens internal link in current windowmaßstäbe (which are only available in German) or our Opens internal link in current windowbrochures free of charge in a class set.

Beim Internationalen Einheitensystem (S) steht eine Revolution bevor - wenn auch eine eher stille. Doch sie betrifft Sie als Lehrer. Denn bald müssen Ihre Schüler auf die Frage "Was ist ein Kilogramm?" eine andere Antwort geben als bisher. Um Sie beim Umstieg von Urkilogramm und Co. auf Naturkonstanten zu untertützen, haben wir eine ganze Reihe von Lehrer-Materialien vorbereitet, die Sie sich herunterladen oder bei uns bestellen können.

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School children's lab

What is PTB actually researching? What is the work of PTB's staff like and what vocational training is available here? From lessons in experimenting to introductory work experience – there are various age-appropriate ways for school children and students to get to know PTB from within.

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Vocational training

Vocational training at PTB

PTB trains vocational trainees and apprentices both in Braunschweig and also in Berlin. They profit from a highly modern technical environment and dedicated instructors. We have compiled helpful information on all the apprenticed professions and also many tips for the application.

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Students

By means of student work, work experience or PTB's dual study program, students can set their priorities already during their training and get to know PTB's fields of work. 

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PTB cooperates in various ways in the field of research and teaching with national and international universities. Together with partner universities, student work (undergraduate and graduate studies, Bachelor's and Master's theses, internships) is assigned within PTB's broad field of activity. Thus, tomorrow's staff members can already become familiar with the metrological field of work in the broadest sense at a very early stage of their career and work on challenging questions.

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