Offers for doctoral candidates

Every three months, the central event "The path to a doctorate" offers a bundle of information on all aspects of cooperative doctorates. The event is suitable for initial information, but also offers an overview of funding opportunities and how to prepare an exposé, as well as the opportunity to exchange ideas with doctoral candidates.

• October 16, 2024, 10 am - 1 pm, online(registration(Opens in a new tab) ). The event will be held in English.

We will advise you personally during our consultation hours. These can take place in person, by telephone or via Webex. Please contact us in advance to make an appointment: promotionskollegfh-dortmundde

Once a year, we hold a central event for those interested in doing a doctorate to provide information about doctoral funding at Fachhochschule Dortmund. The application process and the documents to be submitted are explained. The event will take place on 18.03.2024 from 11-12 a.m.(registration(Opens in a new tab) ). In addition, we offer a consultation hour for the preparation of application documents for doctoral funding on September 02, 2024 from 10-11 am. You can register for this by sending an email to promotionskollegfh-dortmundde

If you missed the consultation, please contact us for individual counseling.

The following workshops will take place in the summer semester 2024. Registration takes place via ILIAS(Opens in a new tab) .

• Basic leadership workshop (ZM 1 / ZM 3)(Opens in a new tab) , with Prof. Dr. Martin Zierold, September 19 & 20, 2024, face-to-face seminar
• Leading groups (ZM 1 / ZM 3)(Opens in a new tab) , with Dr. Anselm Springer, October 07, 2024, face-to-face workshop
• On the way to a UAS professorship (ZM 1 / ZM 3)(Opens in a new tab) , with Dr. Ulrike Preißler, November 06, 2024, face-to-face seminar
• New Work Methods and AI (ZM 1 / ZM 3)(Opens in a new tab) , with Dr. Maia George, January 14, 2025, face-to-face seminar
• Advanced doctorate course (ZM 2 / ZM 4)(Opens in a new tab) , with Dr. Sabrina Raffenberg, 23 January 2025, face-to-face seminar
  

In addition, doctoral candidates who are also employees at Fachhochschule Dortmund can also attend perspective management workshops and have the opportunity to participate in individual coaching with Dr. Vera Leberecht. You can use this coaching to clarify individual questions or topics relating to the writing of academic papers.

If you are interested in making an appointment for individual coaching, please send us an e-mail. You can also contact us at any time if you have questions about the offer.

Doctoral candidates at Dortmund University of Applied Sciences and Arts can have a certificate issued for successful participation in the modularized workshops offered by the Graduate Center after completing their doctorate.

Further information on this can be found here PDF-File 116,74 kB .

The "Leadership Skills" certificate program is offered every two years. The joint program with Perspektivmanagement is aimed at doctoral students and academic staff at Fachhochschule Dortmund. The aim is to acquire initial leadership skills for a management role within the university or for a future position in Business Studies or academia.

The next round starts now !

Doctoral candidates who are also employees at Fachhochschule Dortmund can participate in the courses offered by the hdw nrw(Opens in a new tab)  network (Hochschuldidaktische Weiterbildung NRW) as academic staff after prior consultation with the Graduate Center. Please note that as an academic staff member you must always submit an application for further training.

The following information and networking events take place regularly at the Graduate Center:

• Doing a doctorate with child(ren(Opens in a new tab)  ) - Felix Friedrich (WHK) and Silva Kreitschmann (SHK) from the Graduate Center at Fachhochschule Dortmund, May 27, 2024, online event via WebEx(Opens in a new tab) 
• Networking event on the topic of doctorates & start-ups
• Keeping in balance - home office meets family

We will inform you about new dates as soon as possible.

The writing club is aimed at doctoral students who are in the writing phase of their doctoral thesis, exposé, paper, third-party funding application or other writing projects. The meetings take place every last Wednesday of the month from 4 to 6 p.m. in Präsenz at Joseph-von-Fraunhofer-Straße 23.
Each meeting begins with a short presentation as input on a topic relevant to writing during the doctoral period. Afterwards, you can work on your writing project in a quiet atmosphere and take the opportunity to exchange ideas with other doctoral candidates and ask questions to experts. Catering is provided!

If you are interested, please register at promotionskollegfh-dortmundde. The exact meeting point will be announced to the participants shortly beforehand.

Crisp presentations at lunchtime offer an overview of publication-relevant topics. The event series is open to the public and is aimed in particular at all academic staff (professors, research assistants, doctoral candidates).

Program 2024 and online registration(Opens in a new tab) 

Every two years, the Graduate Center at Fachhochschule Dortmund organizes a large symposium that invites (cooperative) doctoral candidates from NRW and nationwide to network. The DART Symposium (Dortmund Applied Research and Transfer) is organized by doctoral students for doctoral students.