Professional development

Source: https://www.fau.eu/research/research-careers/after-completing-your-doctoral-degree/professional-development/ Parent: https://www.fau.eu/

The FAU Graduate Centre offers a range of interdisciplinary information events and core skills workshops. Our events are open to all registered doctoral candidates and postdoctoral researchers.

Our seminar program is designed to help you develop academic and job market skills, in order to enhance your career opportunities both inside and outside the university.

The following events are specially intended for early career, postdoctoral researchers.

Graduate Centre’s seminars and events (German)

Registration Process

Please use the registration button in the seminar description to register for each course. Registrations are made via StudOn.

Seminars within the ProFund program are marked accordingly.

Terms and Conditions of Participation

Other Events and seminars

• Training for FAU employees:work-related and general training, Admins going global, Erasmus staff training
• FAU University Library: Literature management, academic research and publishing
• Regional Computer Centre Erlangen (RRZE): software courses for word processing, spreadsheet programmes, databases, graphics and design, web authoring, LaTeX, SPSS and Citavi
• FAU Career Service: career advice, application writing, application coaching, seminars, information and lectures
• FAU Office of Equality and Diversity: professional development programmes, coaching, ARIADNE mentoring programme
• FAU Language Centre: language courses
• FAU Writing Centre: individual writing consultations and writing courses
• FAU Press and Communication: Workshops and advice on science communication
• FAU ZIWIS: Interdisciplinary and science-reflective projects in research and teaching
• Competence Center Teaching: further training for lecturers
• FAU – Digital Tech Academy: start-up consulting and entrepreneurship
• Institute of Liberal Professions, Nuremberg: research, advice for start-ups, coaching
• German Association of University Professors and Lecturers (Deutscher Hochschulverband): seminars aimed at the special requirements of researchers and academics
• German University Association of Advanced Graduate Training (UniWiND/GUAT): FAU is a member of the German University Association of Advanced Graduate Training (UniWiND/GUAT), which offers doctoral candidates and postdoctoral researchers the option of attending a wide range of events at reduced rates for members.
• DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service): seminars with a focus on internationalisation