Career paths
Hertie School students come from interdisciplinary backgrounds. Our graduates pursue successful careers in the private, public and civil society sectors. Together, they form the school’s vibrant and global alumni network, which provides lifelong mutual support.
The list below is a selection of employers of Hertie School graduates across a wide range of sectors and industries globally:
Many of our alumni have started a career at the following German public sector organisations:
- Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ): 64
- German Federal Parliament (Bundestag): 30
- German Federal Ministry for Labour and Social Affairs (BMAS): 28
- German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety (BMUB): 16
- German Federal Foreign Office (AA): 15
- German Federal Ministry of Defence (BMVg): 7
- German Federal Ministry of the Interior, Building and Community (BMI): 7
- German Federal Ministry of Finance (BMF): 7
- German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ): 6
- German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK): 6
- German Federal Chancellery: 5
- German Federal Ministry of Health (BMG): 3
- German Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport (BMDV): 2
Many other Public Institutions from Brazil, India, Mexico, Italy, Netherlands, etc.
Many of our alumni have started a career at the following organisations:
- Accenture: 8
- Amazon: 5
- Bayer: 1
- Capgemini: 8
- Deloitte: 12
- EY: 8
- Google: 6
- KPMG: 5
- McKinsey: 19
- PD - Berater der öffentlichen Hand: 22
- Polyteia: 5
- PWC: 14
- SAP: 3
- SEEK Development: 4
- Siemens Healthineers: 1
Many of our alumni have started a career at the following organisations:
- Aurora Energy Research: 4
- Bertelsmann Foundation: 4
- European University Institute (EUI): 2
- Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung: 2
- Heinrich Böll Stiftung: 1
- Indian School of Public Policy: 1
- Konrad Adenauer Stiftung: 3
- Mercator: 2
- Open Society Foundation: 5
- Robert Bosch Stiftung: 2
- Università Bocconi: 2
- University of Cambridge: 2
- University of Oxford: 3
Many of our alumni have started a career at the following organisations:
- EU Institutions (European Parliament, European Council, European Commission, European Central Bank, European External Action Service etc.): 54
- Amnesty International: 1
- Anti-Slavery International: 1
- Humanity in Action: 3
- ICRC: International Committee of the Red Cross: 2
- ILO: 2
- IMF: 1
- International Organization for Migration (IOM): 3
- IRC: International Rescue Committee: 3
- NATO: 3
- OSCE: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe: 1
- Save the Children: 1
- United Nations: 23
- WHO: 3
- World Bank Group: 11
Careers in all sectors
Get to know some of our alumni, their career paths and how studying at the Hertie School contributed to their careers:
