The qualification program of the Graduate Academy aims at enabling doctoral candidates and postdocs to successfully cope with the current stage of their scientific career. The program covers seminars and workshops for doctoral candidates and postdocs in the five areas

• Skills for Scientific Research
• Science Communication
• Professional in Science/ Research Management
• Leadership and Management Skills
• Career Development

The program addresses all PhD students and postdocs at the TU Dresden. The confirmed membership of the Graduate Academy is mandatory for the participation in the Qualification Program. Courses are free of charge.

The Centre for Continuing Education offers target-group-specific educational workshops for Academics, Ph.D. students and Professors. Furthermore special language demands and also limited time capacity of academic staff are taken into account.

The Sächsische Landesbibliothek – Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Dresden (SLUB - Saxon State and University Library) supports scholars and researchers with professional advice regarding technological aids and the methodology of organising information. Furthermore, it offers special training sessions that impart skills in researching and managing specialist literature. For individual personal advice, the right contact persons are available in the “Wissensbar”. The events are held in German.

In collaboration with the Patent Information Centre (PIZ), the Institute for Intellectual Property, Competition and Media Law (IGEWeM) offers a three-semester certificate course (in German) on “Intellectual Property Rights” with special focus on the following areas:

• patent law,
• copyright law, media law and internet law.

TU Dresden’s Media Center (MZ) and the Center for Information Services and High Performance Computing (ZIH) offer seminars on the following subjects: 1. Introductory and advanced courses for using the teaching and learning platform OPAL, 2. Web editing system (TUD Web-CMS), 3. Various software courses (e.g. Microsoft Access).
The events are held in German and are available free of charge to all members of staff and students at TU Dresden.

The start-up initiative dresden|exists provides advice and training to researchers on the economic application of research results and on the implementation of their own business ideas. To this end, there are advisory services and seminars focussing on the following areas:

• individual coaching on your business idea,
• assessment of the potential of research results,
• planning a subsequent enterprise,
• developing business plans,
• promoting and funding start-ups and technology transfer.