Newsletter for Doctoral Candidates June 2025
Welcome to the June issue of the Graduate Academy's newsletter for doctoral candidates!
Here you will find all information about our workshops until the summer break as well as all interesting summer schools and events AND, as always, a highlight of the month - be sure to scroll to the end!
Your team of the Graduate Academy
Our workshops from June to August 2025

- Mondays from 18:15 bis 19:45 Uhr
English+ „Open Seminars” (each seminar is devoted to a different topic) - 11.06.2025
Research Data Management - 13.06.2025
Grammar Review - 16.06.2025
IMPOSTOR Phänomen in der Wissenschaft - Erfolgreich durch Glück oder Kompetenz? - in German language - waiting list - 03.07.2025
Gelassen und voller Energie! Stresskompetenz für Promovierende! - in German language - 04.07.2025
Writing science for non-expert audiences - 08.07.2025
Spotlight Seminar: How to apply for tenure-track positions in North America (USA/Canada)
Important information
Please note that registration for the Graduate Academy workshops takes place via StudIP and is binding. If you do not have StudIP access, please contact us by email at graduiertenakademie@uol.de.
Did you know?
- As a doctoral candidate at the UOL, you can take part in the events organised by our cooperation partner BYRD (University of Bremen). Register now!
- The Award for Excellent Doctoral Supervision, offered by the Universitätsgesellschaft Oldenburg (UGO), will again be awarded this year in order to recognise the commitment of supervisors of doctoral candidates. Doctoral candidates who are in the final stage of their PhD are eligible to nominate suitable candidates for this award. Furthermore, postdoctoral researchers, whose doctoral certificate was issued after July 31, 2023, are eligible to nominate their former supervisors. Please find the nomination form and more information on the UGO-website.
- UMO Connect - Networking for doctoral candidates and postdocs at University Medicine Oldenburg: Across disciplines!
- Research Data Day Bremen on June 11th, 2025, 10am - 3pm
- Nachwuchskolloquium Naturschutz January 11th -14th , 2026: Theses on the topic of nature conservation in Lower Saxony. Application deadline: July 31st, 2025
- African-German Doctoral Summer School 2025 taking place at Hamburg University of Applied Sciences (HAW) September 8th to 13th, 2025.
- Falling Walls Lab: Which wall will your research break? Pitch your innovative idea in just three minutes, showcasing a breakthrough that positively impacts science and society on September 11th, 2025, in Münster. Application deadline: August 15th, 2025
Permanent offers
Good academic practice and generative AI NEW: At the end of 2024, the University of Oldenburg published general recommendations for dealing with (generative) AI in the doctoral field published. |
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Measures to ensure equal opportunities at the UOL
You can find the conditions on the website of the Graduate Academy. Applications are possible at any time. |
Highlight of the month
Exzellenzstrategie: Great success for the university
Huge success for the University of Oldenburg: All three high class research projects (Hearing Science: Hearing4all; Animal navigation science: NaviSense; Marine Science: Ocean Floor) that have applied as Exzellenzcluster in the Exzellenzstrategie have been approved and will be funded for seven years. This also fulfills the precondition for a possible funding as Exzellenzuniversität from 2027 onwards. The universities of Bremen and Oldenburg have devided to join forces and apply for the latter funding together. More information can be found on the website of the university.