Welcome to the Graduate Academy
The Graduate Academy is the central coordinating body for all support services related to general advising, professional and academic development and financial assistance for doctoral candidates at Heidelberg University. On our website, you will find information about pursuing a doctoral degree at the University, about the courses offered by the Graduate Academy, about sources of funding for doctoral candidates as well as many other relevant topics.
The Graduate Academy is also the first point of contact for University professors and researchers who wish to create new training opportunities and programs for doctoral candidates.
Current News and Events
NEW! Seminar Program 2024-I
The new seminar program for the first half of 2024 has been published! Please use our course database to register for all workshops from January 2024: https://kursdatenbank.graduateacademy.uni-heidelberg.de/de. Please use your Uni ID to access the database.
More information:
Download: Seminar Program 2024-I (PDF)
Seminar Program of the Graduate Academy
Presentation "Getting started with your doctorate" – October 25, 2023 – slides available for download
Thank you to everyone who came to our event in Wednesday, October 25! If you wish to revisit some of the points mentioned in the introductory talk, you can now download the presentation slides from our website.
Presentation slides – Getting started with your doctorate – 2023-10-25
Podcast "Supervision"
Mehr Informationen:
► Super-Vision: Successful PhD Partnerships and Where to Find Them
Co-working and event spaces in the Käthe Leichter Forum (INF 370)
The new co-working and event spaces in the Käthe Leichter Forum (INF 370) are now available for reservation to doctoral candidates and employees of Heidelberg University. For more information on the Käthe Leichter Forum, the coworking and event spaces and reservation procedures please see the following webpages:
Käthe Leichter Forum
Co-working and event spaces in the Käthe Leichter Forum
Open office hours in the Graduate Academy Service Point!
We are pleased to offer our walk-in office hours once again in the Service Point.
Monday: 10 am to 12 pm
Tuesday: 2 pm to 4 pm
Wednesday: 10 am to 12 pm
Thursday: 10 am to 12 pm and 2 pm to 4 pm
and by appointment
Outside of our office hours you can reach us by telephone or email.
No appointment is necessary. Please ring the doorbell at our main entrance.
We look forward to seeing you!