The ICBM PhD Days are a platform where ICBM PhD students meet and present their research to their fellow PhD students. The PhD days are aimed at PhD students working in the field of as marine biology and ecology, geochemistry and analytics or physics and modelling and related fields at the ICBM and takes place two times per year at spring at ICBM in Wilhelmshaven and in autumn at ICBM in Oldenburg. It is an international conference where all PhDs can meet for giving talks, exchange information about their projects, talk about challenges or methods during their PhD and develop an interdisciplinary network.

The Doctoral Candidate Days are aimed at doctoral candidates from the fields of marine sciences, biology and ecology, geochemistry and analytics or physics and modelling and related fields at the ICBM and take place annually at the ICBM in Oldenburg or at the site in Wilhelmshaven. The doctoral candidate days are an international symposium where all doctoral candidates can meet, invite speakers on specific topics, offer discussion rounds on specific topics or give presentations on their research.