Building Partnerships, Establishing Networks and Promoting Education

The Siemens AG has successfully followed this principle since the 1970's with the Siemens School Partnership. With the overarching goal of preparing students for the workplace, Siemens has worked collaboratively with schools. With the Siemens School Partnership Program in Germany, the cooperative initiative to enhance social, economical and technological awareness, appreciation and understanding has been further developed within the school community. With a view towards the ever changing challenges and requirements in the current workplace, Siemens strives to use school contacts to address technological developments and tendencies, as well as their far reaching consequences, at the educational level. 

Students of the Franconian International School benefit from the Siemens School Partnership through their participation in events such as the Siemens Annual General Conference, project management and business training seminars and competitions relating to science, mathematics and technology. In addition, students at the Franconian International School have the opportunity to develop educational and social contact with students from the eight Siemens partner schools in the Erlangen region. The Franconian International School is proud to be a Siemens Partner School since March, 2010.

Our contact person in school for the partnership program is Mr. Bryan Landman, bryan.landmann@the-fis.de. The contact person at Siemens is Christine.benecke@siemens.com.

The Siemens Partnership Program for 2011 can be viewed here. 

Pictures of Siemens Presentation on "Future 2050"

Ullrich Eberl, chief editor of the Siemens magazine "Pictures of the Future" and author of the book "Zukunft 2050" presented the essential trends that will shape our lives in the next decades. Students of the FIS were invited to this interesting talk on Tuesday, November 15, 2011.

Siemens School Partnership Event - Girl’s Day April 26, 2012
In conjunction with the Siemens School Partnership, female students in grades 5 and up are invited to participate in the Siemens Girl’s Day Activity. The event will be held at various Siemens locations throughout Bavaria with the intent of fostering interest in technological fields of study. In particular, representatives of the Health Care, Energy and City Planning sectors will be giving insight into the various facets of their work and the important role women play in these fields. Female students aged 12- 19 are welcome to apply as participants. More information about the event can be obtained at www.siemens.de/girlsday. Students interested are asked to email Bettina Wiegel at Bettina.wiegel@the-fis.de  or Bryan Landmann at bryan.landmann@the-fis.de to obtain registration information. Registration for this event is open from February 1st through February 29th.

The January 2012 Newsletter " Siemens Professional Education" can be found here