Courses
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Courses
The Graduate Academy's qualification programme for the career development of doctoral candidates, postdocs and junior faculty organises around 40 courses and workshops a year. The Graduate Academy's programme is divided into four subject resp. competence areas: Career Planning and Career Development, Management and Leadership Skills, Communication and Presentation, and English Language Courses. Doctoral candidates are also taught subject-related skills in the two Graduate Schools 3GO and OLTECH. In addition, the Graduate Academy offers annually changing mentoring programmes, an e-learning course on good scientific practice and measures to ensure equal opportunities.
Courses offered by the Graduate Academy
The focus of the Graduate Academy's program is to offer need-based courses and workshops for all early career researchers of the university. In particular, the program encompasses transferable skills courses in the following four core areas:
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Professional and Career Development
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Management and Leadership
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Communication and Presentation
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English Language Courses
We further offer
- for doctoral candidates: special courses relevant in the beginning, during the writing phase and at end of the PhD phases
- for female doctoral candidates in the final phase of their PhD and female early post-doctoral fellows the Helene Lange Mentoring Programme „Perpectives. Pathways into Science” (in German only)
- for female advanced post-doctoral fellows, research group leaders, junior professors and tenure track professors the Helene Lange Mentoring Programme for Female Researchers* Progressio. Successful development in academic leadership
- for postdoctoral fellows measures to ensure equal opportunities
Current Workshops and Events of the Graduate Academy
Lectures
Summer term 2025
Terms and Conditions / Registration details of the Graduate Academy
Terms and Conditions of the Graduate Academy
Due to current events, please note: registrations for our workshops is binding. In case of an unexcused non-appearance, we reserve the right to block you from logging in for the following 12 months.
After successfully completing a course offered by the Graduate Academy, you will receive a certificate of attendance. If you attend more than one course, we can also issue an overall certificate, listing all your courses; in this case, please contact us for further information.
Current Workshops and Events of the
Graduate School for the Social Sciences and the Humanities (3GO)
Lectures
Summer term 2025
Current Workshops and Events of the Graduate School Oltech
Lectures
Summer term 2025
More qualification opportunities...
...in teaching and learning in higher education!
The team at Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (Hochschuldidaktik) offers a qualification program, workshops, materials, exchange formats and (individual) consultation appointments for university lecturers. In addition to fundamental topics of university didactics, other focal points include research-based learning, gender & diversity and teaching and learning with digital media.
The Day of Teaching and Learning (TdLL) brings together lecturers, students and other interested parties. Particularly successful courses are honored at the Teaching Award.
...through cooperation with BYRD / University of Bremen!
Since 2016, there has been a cooperation agreement between the universities of Bremen and Oldenburg in the area of graduate support. Doctoral candidates at the University of Oldenburg can therefore take advantage of the BYRD (Bremen Early Career Researcher Development) qualification programs. Take a look at the workshop programme now!
