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Your next big step: with the Graduate

Academy and Postdoc Center

Interested in doctoral opportunities at TU Dresden? Have you
already started your doctorate or do you work as a postdoc at TUD?
Then the Graduate Academy and the Postdoc Center are important
contact points for you.

With the Graduate Academy (GA) The qualification program The various funding programs for
and the Postdoc Center, TU Dresden of the GA and the Postdoc Center doctoral candidates and
offers doctoral candidates and is offered every semester and postdocs include long-term and
postdocs tailor-made services for includes interdisciplinary workshops short-term scholarships in addition
researchers before, during and in German and English on the to grants for mobility and
after their doctorate. following: networking.
• Leadership and management
Their services include: skills All doctoral candidates at
• Individual counseling and • Career planning TU Dresden can elect the Doctoral
coaching • Science in practice/science Council, once per year.
• An interdisciplinary qualification management
program • Scientific work The Doctoral Council aims to:
• A writing workshop • Science communication • Strengthen the visibility of
• Information and networking doctoral candidates at the
events With the Career Program: university,
• Mentoring programs Business or the Future Career • Create a platform for
• Numerous funding programs Program: Innovation doctoral cross-faculty dialogue between
students and postdocs will be fully doctoral candidates
Membership of the Graduate prepared for a career outside of • Contribute suggestions and
Academy or the Postdoc Center is a academia or as future start-up proposals for the further
prerequisite for taking advantage of founders. development of GA services.
these offers.
The GA-Writing Lab offers With the founding of the Postdoc
As a doctoral candidate or postdoc, doctoral candidates and postdocs Center, a Postdoc Representative
you can apply free of charge. an interdisciplinary support was established as well.
program for all aspects of academic
The advisory service consists of writing. The Postdoc Representative
the following: strives to:
• Initial counseling on all questions They also offer individual • Support postdocs in networking
related to doctoral studies consultations and short across disciplines,
• Funding workshops, writing groups, writing • Represent postdoc interests
• Writing weeks, an annual writing retreat, • Participate actively in
• Career counseling and CV check, the Grant Writing Boot Camp for decision-making processes.
• Conflict counseling and postdocs, and workstations.
mediation Would you like to be kept updated?
• Individual coaching. In addition, you can benefit from Then network with the GA/Postdoc
regular information and Center via LinkedIn.
networking events such as PhD
Day, Postdoc Day, Career Day, Angela Böhm
company visits or career lunch
talks, postdoc talks and the
summer party.

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