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PhD/Postdoc Career Center
As an umbrella organization, the PhD/ Postdoc Career Center supports doctoral candidates and postdocs as well as junior professors from all disciplines in their academic and interdisciplinary further qualification. The PhD/ Postdoc Career Center offers interdisciplinary seminars to strengthen key academic and career-related skills as well as support for career orientation. With regard to their career planning, early career researchers are offered support in shaping their academic or non-academic career paths. The aim is to prepare doctoral and postdoctoral researchers for successfully taking on management responsibilities in science and industry. Junior professors are supported with advice, coaching and workshops to help them take on leadership and management roles.
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Just published!
ZePrO's program for the winter semester 2024/2025
We are very pleased to announce our new program of courses and events for the winter semester 2024/2025. In the upcoming semester, the program will again offer a broad range of interdisciplinary qualification, counseling, and networking opportunities for doctoral candidates, postdocs and junior professors.
Registration is now possible!
Please find the current program here (PDF, 2.66 MB).
Current Training Courses and Events
Online workshop “Thrive in Your Doctorate: Strategies for Effective Time and Stress Management“, on November 21/22, 2024
You are embarking on a PhD or doctorate journey and striving for more productivity? Whether you are just starting out or seeking ways to manage the workload without night shifts and last-minute pressure – this workshop is designed for you. The goal of this event is to empower you to use your time effectively and maintain stress-free PhD progress. Through practical exercises, you will discover personalized time allocation and resource management strategies tailored to your unique situation. Read more
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Information about doing a doctorate
- Quality standards for Doctorates at Osnabrück University (PDF, 117 kB)
- Leaflet on PhDs (in German) (PDF, 20 kB)
- How to write an exposé (in German) (PDF, 508 kB)
- How to write an exposé (in English) Source: University of California, Berkeley
- Guidelines to ensure good scientific practice
- Shaping a doctorate together (PDF, 249 kB)
- General information for prospective PhD students (in German)
Individual Development Plan, IDP
Career Consultations for the Postdoc Phase
Procedures for Dealing with Conflicts arising during Doctorates at Osnabrück University
The quality of a doctorate is critically dependent on the trust relationship between doctoral candidates and their supervising professors. Nevertheless, conflicts can arise between candidates and their supervisors during the course of a doctorate which might delay progress on a candidate’s dissertation, endanger the successful completion of the doctorate or even lead to the candidate abandoning their project altogether. In August 2013, the Senate of Osnabrück University adopted a set of guidelines for dealing with conflicts arising during doctorates, which names contact persons who might be addressed in cases of conflict, and which sets out procedures for conflict mediation.
More information:
Procedural Guidelines for Dealing with Conflicts arising during Doctorates (PDF, 701 kB)
Contact Points and Persons in Conflict Situations (PDF, 536 kB)
Confidential Advisors for Junior Professors
Osnabrück University appointed confidential advisors for junior professors for the first time in July 2021. The confidential advisors may be consulted in cases of conflict or other challenging situations. They offer advice to junior professors and support them with a view to finding solutions. The aim is to give junior professors the chance to address any potential conflict situations and problems during their junior professorship at the earliest possible opportunity and in a confidential environment.
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