Doctorate course: The doctoral course is not only aimed at doctoral students who are at the beginning of a doctorate or are looking for a topic for their dissertation or term paper. Advanced doctoral candidates can also structure their project once again and receive advice on how to write their thesis.

Exposé Writing Workshop: The workshop supports the conception and elaboration of an exposé.  A topic idea should be available at the beginning. The workshop first provides information on the addressees as well as on the structure and content of an exposé. The second part focuses on the participants' own writing with creative writing exercises.

Introductory events for new PhD students: In cooperation with the faculties, the Center for Junior Scholars at Technische Universität Berlin organizes annual introductory events for new doctoral candidates (and postdocs). In addition to networking, formal questions about doctoral registration are answered and the most important contacts are introduced, from doctoral offices and faculty service centers to doctoral advisors and representatives on academic committees.

Starting your procect with success: Project management for doctoral researchers: Participants will explore project planning and how to break down the enormous task of a PhD project into manageable parts. In interactive activities with colleagues, they will discover how to use project management strategies to achieve goals while maintaining motivation and a healthy work-life balance.

The Dahlem Research School Podcast: Navigating the Doctorate: The Dahlem Research School podcast for prospective and current doctoral researchers was created to help support individuals who are considering a doctorate or who are already working on a doctorate. Across various seasons of the podcast, you’ll hear from former and current researchers talking about their experiences with the doctorate and in their transition to the job market after completing their doctorate as well as from various experts at the Freie Universität and beyond.

Freie Universität Berlin - Dahlem Research School: Dahlem Research School (DRS) is the central institution for young researchers at Freie Universität Berlin. It coordinates a broad range of doctoral programs, advises on all issues related to structured and individual doctoral studies, and offers an inspiring qualification program.

Humbolt-Universität zu Berlin - Humboldt Graduate School: The Humboldt Graduate School is the central institution for the strategic promotion of scientists and scholars in the early career phase at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.

Technische Universität Berlin - Center for Junior Scholars: The Center for Junior Scholars acts as a kind of pilot for all questions concerning young scientists from the doctoral and postdoc phases to junior professorships or junior research group leadership.

Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin - Doctoral College: The Doctoral College of Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin offers students and doctoral candidates of Charité an extensive and free range of student tutorials on basic skills of scientific work.

Berlin University Alliance - Graduate Studies Support Program: The Alliance of Excellence offers a comprehensive qualification program reflecting the different phases of a doctorate. The offerings are free of charge and open to all BUA doctoral students.

Good Scientific Practice - in German: The process of scientific research is based on fundamental principles that are universal and the same in all disciplines. Perhaps the most important of these pillars is honesty - both towards oneself and towards others. But how can I implement these principles in my daily scientific work? And what pitfalls should I avoid?

How to give a talk: In this interactive workshop, participants practice presenting in a small group. In addition, this course offers the opportunity for interactive reflection and peer exchange. The language of instruction and presentation is English.

Preparing Funding Applications: This workshop supports participants in learning how to adequately prepare their own successful applications for scholarships, travel grants and research funding (both in Germany and beyond).

Research Integrity: The training aims to foster the internalization of the principles of European Code of Conduct for Research Integrity and strives to facilitate the cultivation of scientific virtues among researchers. The program consists of an introduction to the concepts of research integrity, moral conflicts and dilemmas, values and norms, and is enhanced by discussions and interactive exercises.

Research Integrity: Probands. In this workshop, participants will have a closer look on research with probands. What ethical issues arise when researchers work with humans? How can those issues be solved? So, the session aims to help participants dealing with probands in a responsible way. Besides some basic information on the topic, participants will mainly focus on cases. Participants are invited to bring their own cases which will be discussed confidentially using the method of collegial consultation.

Statistics with SPSS: Sooner or later, (almost) every doctoral thesis involves statistics. In the course, participants review the most important statistical basics as well as the execution and interpretation of the most important statistical tests in SPSS.

Be successful in your application I - Get the self-marketing package for your application documents! Skill comes with practice. To no surprise this is also the case when you apply for a job. But would you still want to practice when applying to what may be THE job of your dreams? In this training you can get ready beforehand! You will receive the self-marketing package for your next application. And you can practice what you have learned about how to use your application documents to make an outstanding first impression

Future Skills in profile - in German: In the future, graduates will not only score points in the application process with their specific specialist skills - the demands and expectations regarding other skills, summarized under 'future skills', are becoming ever higher. These are not only digital skills - but also transformative skills, which are playing an increasingly important role for companies and employers in the public sector. They are fundamental to being able to courageously shape social change: Transformative skills enable people to become aware of social challenges, design visionary solutions and have the courage to convince others of their merits. In addition to digital skills, these include, for example, ambiguity skills, design. Thinking competence, ethical competence, sensemaking, reflection competence, decision-making competence, cooperation competence and learning competence are explicitly mentioned. A closer look at the competencies reveals that all of them are used and therefore trained in the context of scientific work processes (e.g. as part of a doctorate or scientific project work).

How to write a paper: In this tutorial, participants will learn how best to write a paper, what things are important to keep in mind, and how to stay as motivated as possible.

Leading group processes effectively: Recognizing and managing dynamics in learning groups - in German: Group processes. Inevitably, an interpersonal interplay of forces unfolds in the interaction, which affects all participants and has a decisive influence on the factual events in the course. The more familiar lecturers are with group processes, the better they can influence them so that a lively and trusting learning and working atmosphere can develop.

Strategies for academic writing (humanities & social sciences) - in German: This workshop is aimed at doctoral students in the humanities and social sciences who are in the process of writing their doctoral thesis or would like to start writing soon. The aim is to provide strategies for drafting texts in a more targeted way and to avoid typical writing pitfalls.

Writer's Block and Procrastination: When the writing does not flow – which it probably will at some point during a PhD – the terms »writer’s block« and »procrastination« quickly enter into the minds of many academics. However, it’s not obvious what these terms convey beyond the feeling that the writing does not go as one had hoped or expected. In this workshop, therefore, participants will have the chance to analyze their writing processes in detail: Participants will identify the things that do work for them, describe very carefully the challenges that they do face, and develop individual solutions for the writer’s block and/or the procrastination that keeps them from writing.     

Writing Week 2025: Book an entire week to learn about Self-management for the scientific writing process, discuss about procrastination and just write – alone and in tandems! Use the opportunity to establish writing groups.