Ladislav Weber works as development engineer at Linamar in Crimmitschau near Zwickau. His path to this position was via an international double master, which is unique in Europe and links the universities of technology in Prague and Chemnitz.
He talked to Maria Hauschild from the Career Service at Chemnitz University of Technology about his special master's degree and his career start in Germany. Ladislav, could you please introduce yourself briefly? I went to school there. In my free time I played the violin and the piano, and also took Latin and standard dance. In Prague I completed my Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering.
After your bachelor's degree you decided to do an international double master's and studied in Prague as well as in Chemnitz. How did it come about and how did it all work out? My plan was to study in Germany to learn German.
But as I didn't want to lose a year, I decided against the Erasmus program and for the international double master. The program is a cooperation between different universities in the Czech Republic, Germany, France and the Netherlands. This gave me the opportunity to first acquire basic knowledge of vehicle design and technology in Prague. The lectures were in English, but I took extra lessons on the side to learn a little German.
The specialization then took place in Chemnitz. Why did you decide to study at Chemnitz University of Technology? Chemnitz University of Technology was the only cooperating university for this master program in Germany. But that wasn't too bad, because the specialization in the field of fuel cell drives appealed to me a lot.
