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ZF supports education.
Education as social responsibility
ZF actively supports projects at many locations in Germany and abroad. So the automotive supplier, for instance, has been consistently participating in the "long night of technology and innovation" in Friedrichshafen and opens the research and development center to the city's citizens. They can convince themselves of the broad ZF product portfolio, listen to technical lectures, or get to know the work performed at ZF at sample workplaces.
Lectures of ZF managers at universities, donations of computers for schools in Passau, or the support of the research initiative for adolescents "Jugend forscht" stress also ZF's social commitment in the area of education. The ZF location Lemförde, for instance, participated in the "Future Camp" organized by the Foundation of German Business (Stiftung der Deutschen Wirtschaft) and offered teenagers to get in touch with the real business life. The events "Wissen was geht" (to know what is possible) at the Friedrichshafen location or "Business@school" follow along the same line. Initiatives like "Mädchen und Technik" (girls and technology) or the "Girls' Day" support especially female teenagers.
But also locations outside of Germany are involved in this area: in Brazil, for instance, ZF supports the projects "Pescar" and "Formare", two relief projects helping children of socially disadvantaged families to complete their vocational education. In China, ZF supports the education of children of migrant workers.
ZF has been committed to the area of education for many years, not only because the company is the biggest one in Friedrichshafen offering vocational education.
Following the objective of raising the technical awareness also among young people, ZF offers short-term internships, events on career orientation, or also the knowledge workshop "Wissenswerkstatt", a technical education facility for children and adolescents in Friedrichshafen.
Cooperation with Universities
Cooperation with renowned universities, such as financing of endowed chairs at the Zeppelin University and the Baden-Württemberg Cooperative State University in Friedrichshafen , the University of Ravensburg-Weingarten or the HTWG Constance - University of Applied Sciences , is part of the young talent promotion program.
The University of Passau , the University of Applied Sciences of Deggendorf , the University of Bayreuth , as well as the University of Applied Sciences Amberg-Weiden are supported financially.
