This workshop is offered in cooperation with the High Performance Center Simulation and Software Based Innovation.

When

07.11.2025, 09 a.m. - 5 p.m.

The break arrangements will be agreed with the participants during the course.

The course takes place online via Zoom.

Target group

The seminar is particularly suitable for all doctoral candidates in the advanced phase and postdocs in the early phase (approx. 1st-4th postdoc year, R2) and is geared towards participants who are interested in an academic career in Germany and would like to find out more about the opportunities and requirements.

Number of participants: maximum 12

What is it all about?

The aim of the seminar is, on the one hand, to provide you with a framework for reflecting on your own professional motives. On the other hand, the seminar offers knowledge, background and orientation for planning and developing the next steps towards a long-term academic career in Germany. 

Questions will be discussed such as: 

• What long-term career options does the academic job market offer for research and what are the actual chances here?
• What requirements and criteria should be met for this career path?
• When are which tasks particularly important? What has the highest priority?
• How important is the habilitation? What time frame is appropriate? 

The seminar will inform you about the central requirements (also beyond publications and third-party funding) and milestones for an academic career. Furthermore, it will provide you with concrete tips and advice on both the weighting of these requirements and on strategic considerations during the postdoc phase on the path to a professorship. Building on this, the seminar offers you the opportunity to take stock and reflect on your own academic profile and ideally derive the next important steps from this.

Workshop language

English

Trainer

Dr Dieta Kuchenbrandt, schainundkuchenbrandt GbR

Dieta Kuchenbrandt holds a doctorate in psychology with additional training in coaching and counselling and worked as a researcher for several years. You can find a detailed CV of Dieta Kuchenbrandt here.

Registration

Participation is limited. Please register bindingly via this online registration form by 10.10.2025

The workshop is open to all young scientists at RPTU and of Fraunhofer ITWM and IESE. Participation is free of charge. Please note our information on the conditions of participation and on registration.

If you have any questions, please contact the office of TU-Nachwuchsring: nwr-info[at]rptu.de