Beratungsgespräch in der Graduiertenakademie

Advice and Information

Do you have questions regarding doing a doctorate, funding opportunities or career prospects after your PhD? Do you need advice with regard to your scholarship or job application? Are you searching for support in a situation of conflict or crises within the context of your PhD or postdoctoral project?

The team of the Graduate Academy gladly provides information and support to (prospective) doctoral candidates, postdocs and supervisors.

Prospective doctoral candidates do not have to be members of the Graduate Academy.

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Advisory services of the Graduate Academy

Mental Health

Early career researchers need a good work-life balance, healthy habits and strategies for dealing with stress constructively in order to cope well with the challenges and strains of everyday doctoral and postdoctoral work. The Graduate Academy supports you in this with a series of workshops and counselling services as well as information events on the topic of mental health.

Individual Coaching for Doctoral Candidates and Postdocs

Coaching is a professional counseling format that offers goal and solution-oriented support during career-related change and development processes. The Graduate Academy offers its members individual coaching on job-related topics comprising a maximum of five sessions.

Career options after your PhD

Do you have any questions regarding career options, application strategies or the perfect application portfolio? We support you on your way to professional success.

GA Writing Lab: Advisory Service

The GA Writing Advisory Service offers support with the planning, development and improvement of academic writing projects such as doctoral dissertations, scientific papers or grant applications. The writing advisory service focuses on the writing process as well as writing techniques. The service is offered by GA staff or Project Scouts who are trained as writing coaches.

Conflict counselling & mediation

In conflict situations within the doctoral supervision relationship or cooperation with colleagues in day-to-day research, the Graduate Academy offers you support in the form of conflict counselling and coaching as well as mediation.

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Binational doctorates / Cotutelle de thèse

Within the framework of a binational doctorate, the doctoral candidate conducts research under the joint supervision of a university lecturer at TU Dresden and a university lecturer at a foreign university. This involves writing a dissertation and obtaining a doctorate jointly awarded by two universities in different countries. Find out more about binational doctorates here.

We offer information and advice on the following topics:

OVERVIEW OF OUR CONSULTING TOPICS

Doing Your Doctorate AT TU DRESDEN | Advice on getting started
We have compiled the most essential information and tips for you in our guide
Doctoral studies at TU Dresden (Download)

Do you still have questions? |Make an appointment for introductory Advice

FUNDING OPTIONS AND FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
Advice on funding opportunities for the doctorate and postdoc phases, from long-term and short-term scholarships and mobility to proofreading services and publication grants.

We offer an online consultation hour every Wednesday between 2 and 3 p.m.
Registration link for the OPEN CONSULTATION HOUR

SCIENTIFIC WRITING
The GA writing consultation provides support in planning, developing, and optimizing your academic texts and impulses for the sustainable development of your writing skills.
In the GA writing consultation.

Make an appointment for writing advise

INDIVIDUAL COACHING
Coaching is a consulting format that offers you a process of up to
five sessions of solution- and goal-oriented support for professional
professional development and change processes.

Arrange an appointment for individual coaching

CONFLICT COUNSELING AND MEDIATION
Conflict counseling offers you support and guidance in workplace-specific conflicts in a confidential setting. Mediation is a conflict management process that involves all parties and helps them develop their sustainable solutions.

Make an appointment for conflict counseling and mediation

CAREER PROSPECTS AFTER THE DOCTORATE
Suppose you have questions about career options, application strategies, or the best application portfolio for the German non-university job market. In that case, we will provide you with comprehensive support on your path to professional success.

Make an appointment for career advice & application portfolio check

Funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and
the Free State of Saxony as part of the Excellence Strategy of the Federal and State governments.

More Advice and information for international doctoral students
You will find individual Advice and information before, during, and after the PhD here:

Doctoral Offices of the Faculties (Registration as a PhD student)
International Office
enrolment as a doctoral candidate at the TU Dresden for international students
Welcome Center
The Welcome Center assists international visiting researchers and PhD students who stay for more than three months before and after their arrival in Dresden to facilitate their acclimatization.

Funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and the Freestate
of Saxony under the Excellence Strategy of the Federal Government and the Länder.