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Survey on the Graduate Academy's offerings

The Graduate Academy needs your feedback! Regardless of whether you have not yet started your doctorate, are in the middle of it or have already successfully completed it. Regardless of whether you have already taken part in several workshops by the Graduate Academy or (so far) none at all. We would like to hear from all (prospective) doctoral candidates and postdocs: What offers can we provide to support you on your path? Please take part in our short survey (completion time approx. 5-10 minutes). Thank you very much!

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Welcome at the Graduate Academy at Hamburg University of Technology

The Graduate Academy is your central point of contact within the TU Hamburg. Our aim is to offer early-stage researchers an ideal environment in which they can develop in accordance with their individual requirements into independent, sustainable, per-eminent research scientists. We advise you on all interdisciplinary issues that arise during your doctorate or postdoc phase. With workshops and training sessions, information events and networking activities, we support you in developing and expanding your transferable skills and in planning your next career steps. In addition to interdisciplinarity and diversity, issues relating to the compatibility of family and career or science also play a role here. The range of topics covered in our workshops includes project management skills, leadership and negotiation skills, presentation techniques, strategic career planning and self-marketing in academia.

Our Events

06.02.2024

Scholarships for Doctoral Candidates

Hamburg University of Technology awards scholarships on the basis of the Hamburgisches Gesetz zur Förderung des wissenschaftlichen und künstlerischen Nachwuchses (HmbNFG), to give it its German name. Scholarships are awarded to especially qualified doctoral candidates who are preparing for or in the process of writing their doctoral dissertation at TU Hamburg, if the project seems likely to make a major contribution towards research. Applications are accepted any time.

06.08.2023

ECIU University Researcher Mobility Fund

TUHH provides 20,000 € per year to support the international mobility of early stage researchers (especially doctoral students) through research-related short stays at ECIU partner universities and thus to establish and strengthen long-term research collaborations within the ECIU. Interested researchers can apply for a grant of up to € 2,500 per stay.

14.06.2023

Reform of the German Act on Temporary Scientific Contracts (Wissenschaftszeitvertragsgesetz)

Since 2007, the current Wissenschaftszeitvertragsgesetz (WissZeitVG) has regulated the limited duration of employment contracts for scientific and artistic staff at state universities and research institutions. The Federal Ministry of Education and Research is now seeking to reform the law. However, previous drafts have been sharply criticized. An overview of the reform proposals and the debate on them can be found here.

Offers for professors und coordinators

When applying for and implementing coordinated programs to foster young scientists, third-party funders such as the DFG and BMBF increasingly stipulate that doctoral candidates not only enjoy excellent subject-specific training, but are also given the opportunity to take advantage of generic offers to enhance career-relevant skills so that they can develop into scientific personalities at the highest international level. The teaching of so-called transferable skills is thus becoming increasingly important in the training of young scientists.

The Graduate Academy for Technology and Innovation advises you in the application process for research training groups and other programs for the promotion of young scientists with regard to the design of generic components and gender-relevant issues or measures for the targeted promotion of young female scientists. It also supports you in the concrete design, organization and implementation of such measures.

Would you like to be regularly updated on our program and on general topics that are of interest to young scientists? Then sign up for our newsletter!

It will be sent out four times a year via the WiMi mailing list of TUHH. All other persons interested can register via this registration form.