Thus: Jewish studies or religious studies bolster proficiency in the areas of communication, problem analysis, in working and organizing independently –key terms that appear in every job offer.

However: Graduation alone is usually not enough. Students have to sharpen their own profiles early on and make contacts with the working world by means of:

‚And what will you do with that later?‘ Every student of Jewish studies or religious studies will sooner or later be confronted with this question, and yet especially those two small subjects, due to their interdisciplinary character, qualify for many different professions.

• Unlike other faculties which train functionaries (physicians, lawyers, economists), the studies at the faculty of arts open the opportunity for pure thinking. The quest for truth for its own sake teaches students to ask questions. With their unconventional views, questioning principles and backgrounds, our graduates are sought-after “unconventional thinkers” in companies.
• Furthermore, because students do not need to be religious to study in our courses. The courses require a high ability to think their way into different positions.
• Additionally, students acquire many methodological abilities, for instance to deliver a lecture, to bundle a flood of information fast into something new. Because one has to reduce complex issues to their quintessence during the course of studies, it also trains systematic thinking.
• Our students possess competence in discourse. They perceive the standort-dependencies of statements, can relate them to each other, and are accustomed to observing a discourse at a meta level.
• Graduates of Jewish studies and religious studies also possess competence in symbols; not only as “experts in religious symbols”, but they can also recognize, decipher, explicate and translate symbols, signs, mental images and ideas. This ability makes desirable candidates for employment not only in  sectors generating social analyses. such as journalism.