You can participate if you can prove that you are already pursuing a doctorate at a university or institute of the Berlin University Alliance. Register with your official university email address and make sure to provide the name and address of your institute. If you do not have an official email address yet, please contact us after registration to provide an individual proof. This can be, i.e., a letter from the doctoral office to confirm you have submitted your application for admission, or a confirmation letter from your supervisor.

You can only register for the English-language event or for the German-language event, but not for both. The program of both events is identical, only the language will differ.

Once you are registered, we expect you to participate in the entire retreat program. For any exceptions, please contact the organizers in advance.

No, you are only allowed to participate once. If participants show up who have already participated in one of our Kick-Off events, we reserve the right to send them home and charge them proportionally for the hotel cost.

The event is an additional training course according to Berliner BIldungszeitgesetz. Thus it can be counted as working hours. Inform your supervisor in advance that you will not be able to work or take part in (online) meetings during the event. You can use the form “Notification about absence from work” provided for this purpose.