MAN Starts Training Year with 504 New Apprentices and Dual Students in Germany
MAN Truck & Bus welcomes 504 new apprentices and dual students in September 2026 across five German locations, keeping its trainee headcount at around 1,600.
- 504
- ~1,600
- 346
- Almost 50%
What Happened
MAN Truck & Bus is starting its 2026 training year with 504 new apprentices and dual students at its German production sites in Munich, Nuremberg, Salzgitter and Wittlich, as well as at its German service operations. Over all cohorts, around 1,600 young people are now in vocational training or dual studies with the company. The intake fills every open training position despite strong demand, a contribution to securing skilled workers and to investing in the future of MAN's German locations.
“MAN is and remains an attractive employer. As a company, we are known for excellent, award-winning training of young talent. Vocational training has traditionally been very close to our hearts. In this way, we invest in our future and take on social responsibility. That is why we continue to train at a very high level in Germany – currently with around 1,600 apprentices in total.”
“The transformation of the commercial vehicle industry requires excellently trained specialists. That is why we invest specifically in training young talent and give them the skills they need for the mobility and production of tomorrow. The very strong demand is not only due to MAN's high profile, but also to the fact that we adapted our training very early on to attractive future competency areas ”
The share of female trainees among new hires has been rising for years and now stands at more than 15 percent across MAN's German plants and workshops. In Salzgitter, almost 50 percent of the new apprentices are women, driven in part by strong demand from women in the logistics sector. Stefan Thyssen called the development pleasing but said the company is far from the end of the trend and wants to inspire even more young women to take up training.
- Munich: 63 apprentices and 13 dual students start in September; across all years, 215 apprentices and 47 dual students.
- Nuremberg: 38 apprentices start in September; across all years, 128 apprentices.
- Salzgitter: 37 apprentices, 3 dual students and 2 part-time dual apprentices start in September; across all years, 117 apprentices and 11 dual students.
- Wittlich: 3 apprentices started in August; across all years, 12 apprentices.
- MAN Truck & Bus Germany: 346 new apprentices start in August and September; 1,112 apprentices across all years.
Why this matters
For a beginner, MAN's large intake signals the company's bet on its German sites and on training its own future workforce as the commercial-vehicle industry shifts toward new technologies such as electromobility. All positions were filled despite strong demand, underscoring the appeal of its vocational programs. The rising share of female trainees, approaching half in Salzgitter, suggests the industry is broadening its talent pool.
Terms in This Story
- Apprenticeship
- A structured vocational training program that combines on-the-job learning with classroom instruction, common in Germany.
- Dual study program
- A German program that combines practical training with a university degree, alternating between company work and academic study.
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