Graduates who want to work in Germany after their studies can get a one-year residence permit for the specific purpose of looking for a job. You can find important information concerning the regulations of the right of residence and the commencement of work on the internet portal "International Students" of the Deutsches Studentenwerk (DSW) on page Staying in Germany. 

Further details about means of financing while looking for a job and restrictive job regulations in Germany are also available at the DAAD Information on the Statutory Frameworks applicable to the Pursuit of Gainful Employment by Foreign Students, Academics and Researchers [PDF].

Job offers for graduates can be found at the Agentur für Arbeit, at Online-Job Markets (list at stellenboersen.de) as well as in (supraregional) newspapers and in specialist journals.

The Career Service of the Leibniz University of Hanover helps students with the transition from study to work.

Doing a Doctorate in Germany

You can find important information on the page Doctorate & Research at the Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD). For questions about concrete possibilities of doing doctorates at your university, the International Offices are at your disposal.

The Scholarship Database of the Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD) will help you to find out which scholarships could be possible for you in the postgraduate period.