Events and lecture series
Workshop 4EU + "Career Development & Leadership"
Getting Started on Your Doctorate (For doctoral candidates)
How (and why) to become a doctoral candidate (For master's students)
Primers for Predocs
Getting Started on Your Doctorate – Reception and information session for doctoral candidates
New doctoral candidates generally begin their doctoral project with many questions about registering and enrolling, finding housing, obtaining health insurance, funding their doctoral studies, learning German and much more. The Graduate Academy would like to welcome you to Heidelberg and provide you with the information necessary especially for your first weeks and months at the university!
At our "Getting Started on Your Doctorate" event and reception we inform you about our own services as well as about other useful addresses at the university. You will have the opportunity to meet the Graduate Academy team, to ask questions and to get to know other doctoral candidates.
The next "Getting Started on Your Doctorate" event and reception will take place on October 25, 2023!
More details will be available from September!
How (and why) to become a doctoral candidate – Reception and information session for master’s students
If you are approaching the end of your master’s studies and are considering pursuing a doctorate at Heidelberg University, this event is for you. New doctoral candidates generally begin their PhD with many questions about registering and enrolling, funding their doctoral studies and much more. The
Graduate Academy would like to provide you with the information necessary especially for your first steps toward a doctorate.
At our event How (and why) to become a doctoral candidate we will inform you about our own services as well as about other helpful contacts within the university. You will have the opportunity to meet the Graduate Academy team, to ask questions and to get to know other master’s students interested in pursuing a PhD.
How (and why) to become a doctoral candidate – Information sessions for master’s students
Date: June 21, 2023
Time: 4:15–5:45 pm
Place: Campus Old Town, Neue Universität, Hörsaal 10, Grabengasse 3-5, 69117 Heidelberg
IMPORTANT! Please remember to inform us by email or phone if you cannot take part after all.
More information:
► PDF invitation / program - June 21, 2023 
Primers for Predocs – Strategies for a successful doctorate
When you are doing your PhD you are managing a huge project – this means you don’t just need competences in your field of research but also other relevant skills. PhD candidates should manage their time, teach seminars, present their research, show intercultural sensitivity working in multinational teams, prepare themselves for a job after their PhD, maybe take care of an own family and much more.
In our new series "Primers for PreDocs" several speakers talk about these aspects in short lectures!
A short reception after the talks will give you the opportunity to discuss with the speakers.
Next events:
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We are currently taking a break and hope to be back with new topics as soon as possible.
Panel Discussion and Workshop 4EU + "Career Development & Leadership"
On November 16th, 2022, Heidelberg Graduate Academy in collaboration with the Heidelberg branch of the 4EU+ European University Alliance offered a training package on “Career Development & Leadership” for doctoral candidates from all 4EU+ partner universities with international speakers from academia and business. The training package consisted of three consecutive events and activities, among them a a panel discussion (also broadcast online) on "Career Development and Leadership" which took place on November 16th, 2022.
The initiative was financed through funds provided by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and the Ministry for Science, Research and Art of the State of Baden-Württemberg.
More information:
► Panel Discussion and Workshop 4EU + "Career Development & Leadership"
