YOUTH IN ŁÓDŹ
Youth in Łódź programme is dedicated to young people to encourage them to connect their future with the City of Łódź, support the career development of Łódź students and provide local entrepreneurs and potential investors with highly qualified staff.
Programme is coordinated by Business Development and International Relations Bureau in the City of Łódź Office. In cooperation with the largest Universities in Łódź and leading employers from Łódź and the region, we implement the programme’s initiatives, such as apprenticeship and internship portal, paid holiday internships, scholarship programme, free trainings, discount card. Also events like Get a taste of studying in Łódź and Get a taste of work in Łódź.
PARTNERS
Almost 300 companies from Łódź and the region and the leading Łódź universities are actively cooperating in the programme.
SCHOLARSHIPS
One of the most important initiatives of our programme is an extensiveand unique scholarship programme, working on a national scale. It contains scholarships funded by employers in the most wanted faculties, co-financing of dormitories for people from outside the Łódź region and co-financing of language and IT courses. In total, more than 12,500 applications got submitted in 17 editions of this programme.
Scholarship comittees composed of representatives of the employer-founder, the university and the City of Łódź Office have selected a total of 612 students, who received scholarships in the amount of 500 to 1500 PLN per month. So far, 91 studentshave received reimbursement of accomodation costs in dormitories of the Łódź University of Technology, University of Łódź and the Medical University of Łódź. In addition, almost 485 students took language (english, german, italian, spanish, japanese and russian) and IT courses.
The main purpose of the Scholarships of the City of ŁódźProgramme is to create worthy conditions to take up education at universities of Łódź. Attracting talented, ambitious youth also from outside the Łódź region, will provide Łódź employers and potential investors with well-educated and reliable human resources.
Since 2018/2019 academic year only 1st-year full-time students who are laureates or finalists of national subject and thematic competitions may apply for the City of Łódź scholarship programme.
In 14 editions, 422 students got selected for the City of Łódź Scholarships programme and received a total amount of 5.361.036 PLN!
APPRENTICESHIP AND INTERNSHIP
A significant initiative of the programme is the apprenticeship and internship portal www.praktyki.lodz.pl, which allows young people to get professional experience in the best region’s companies. It is addressed to all of the students and graduates of Łódź universities who want to gain professional experience and to the employers from Łódź and the region who are looking for the best apprentices and interns. On the website, the employers regularly publish new offers of apprenticeships and internships. The candidates can set up their profile with basic personal data and information about the university, field of study and year of study, skills and professional experience and quickly apply for the desired offers. Using the portal is completely free of charge for everyone. The portal is associated with paid Holiday Internships„Work as an apprentice in Łódź”. 750 companies took part in 14 editions of this project and hired over 2620 interns during the holiday season. Over 56 200 aplications have been submitted! More than 80% of interns received a job offer after completing their internship.
TRAININGS
If a student desires to expand their knowledge, they can take part in free trainings „Your Career in Your Hands”. So far over 640 trainings and webinars have taken place and almost 9,500 young people have participated in them. The trainings are organized in collaboration with the partners of the Youth in Łódź programme.
STARTUP COMPETITION
Full information about the competition is available at startupy.lodz.pl/en
OPEN DAYS ‚Meet employers from Łódź’
The Open Days ‚Meet employers from Łódź’ is a series of visits to the Łódź companies – Partners of Youth in Łódź programme, where students get the opportunity to possess information about job opportunities, recruitment process, etc.Over 2,350 students have taken part in this initiative.
DISCOUNT CARD
Student’s life is not only about duties, but also privileges.Why not to benefit from them…? There are over 100 reasons and 10 categories why you should have your card, which can only be used by the students of universities in Łódź. They can get discounts on products and services offered by over 250 partners, including theaters, cinemas, restaurants, language schools, dance schools, driving courses, fitness clubs, entertainment and culture centers. The card is used by over 25,000 students.
The Discount Card is now available in the mobile app.
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GET A TASTE OF STUDYING IN ŁÓDŹ
A series of 3-day events for the best high school students, during which we show young people the development opportunities at Łódź universities and companies and allow them to get to know Łódź. We also invite school principals and teachers to participate in the events, who later become ambassadors of our city. 965 people have already taken part in 27 editions of the branch events.
GET A TASTE OF WORK IN ŁÓDŹ
A series of events, visits to companies – encouraging students of the best high schools and technical schools in Łódź to link their future with Łódź, by making them aware of the career opportunities in the best Łódź’s companies. 1,160 high school students have taken part in 31 events so far.
EVENTS
As a part of the Youth in Łódź programme, many promotional events and campaigns have been organized. Their purpose is to encourage people to get involved in our initiatives. A few of the most important events are; Academic and University Job Fairs, Salon of High School graduates, Work Show.
The Youth in Łódź programme is highly recognized. The survey conducted on
a group of Łódź students shows that 98% of the respondentswho heard of any campaign addressed to young people points out the Youth in Łódź programme.
The www.mlodziwlodzi.pl website has over 53 thousand registered users and nearly 33 thousand users visit it monthly.
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