Upcoming Courses and Events
The courses offered by the yDiv Graduate School cover a wide range of subjects: from biodiversity topics and statistics courses to transferable skills training. You are largely free to choose courses that will benefit you most (yDiv Curriculum Requirements).
All course participants are required to comply with iDiv’s Code of Conduct.
iDiv also offers on-site childcare. Please contact us if you would like to take advantage of this service.
Varying Courses
Permanent Courses
Graduate Academy Courses and Partner Courses
yDiv doctoral researchers have access to the courses of the graduate academies at the universities and our cooperation partners.
- Please note that each HIGRADE statistics course has two seats reserved for yDiv doctoral researchers.
- You must be a member to register for courses at the Graduate Academy Leipzig. All yDiv doctoral researchers can register as a member.
Upon course completion, yDiv reimburses costs associated with travel and any course fees. Please send us a request before you attend an outside course.
Course Title | Date | Location | Offered by |
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English Café: Elevate Your English Fluency as an Academic Professional! | every 3 weeks starting April 3, 2025 | Halle | INGRA Halle |
Writing Sprints | multiple dates | Wächterstraße 30 04107 Leipzig | Graduate Academy Leipzig |
Leadership Skills in Academia and Industry | 1-2 September 2025 | Johannisstraße 13 – Auditorium Zur Rosen, Jena | Graduate Academy Jena |
Was kann ich und wie verkaufe ich es? Transfer von akademischen Soft Skills für außerakademische Karrierewege (ONLINE) | 3 September 2025 | online | Graduate Academy Jena |
Don’t Let It Drive You Nuts! Resilience and Self-Management for Researchers | 4 September 2025 | online | Graduate Academy Jena |
KI und Recherche für Promovierende | 4 September 2025 | Halle | INGRA Halle |
Good Scientific Practice | 5 September 2025 | Halle | INGRA Halle |
Stimm-Coaching | 10 September 2025 | Halle | INGRA Halle |
Academic Writing for Natural Scientists | 15 September & 13 October 2025 | Halle | INGRA Halle |
Project Management | 15-16 September 2025 | Johannisstraße 13 – Auditorium Zur Rosen, Jena | Graduate Academy Jena |
Disputationstraining | 17-19 September 2025 | Johannisstraße 13 – Auditorium Zur Rosen, Jena | Graduate Academy Jena |
Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft – Die eigene Forschung reflektieren und kommunizieren | 19 September 2025 | Johannisstraße 13 – Auditorium Zur Rosen, Jena | Graduate Academy Jena |
Scientific Presentations | 23 September 2025 | Johannisstraße 13 – Auditorium Zur Rosen, Jena | Graduate Academy Jena |
Research Supervision: How to become a good doctoral supervisor | 24-25 September 2025 | Johannisstraße 13 – Auditorium Zur Rosen, Jena | Graduate Academy Jena |
Reference Management with EndNote | 26 September 2025 | Carl-Zeiß-Str. 3 – SR 1100, MMZ, Jena | Graduate Academy Jena |
Grundlagen des Projektmanagements in der Wissenschaft | 29-30 September 2025 | Halle | INGRA Halle |
BWL Vertiefung | 29 September 2025 | Carl-Zeiss-Str 3, SR 308 Jena | Graduate Academy Jena |
Geisteswissenschaftliche Doktorarbeiten in den Griff bekommen | 6 October 2025 | Online | Graduate Academy Jena |
Strategisches Netzwerken | 8 October | Online | Graduate Academy Jena |
Read scientific texts fast and efficiently | 8 and 9 October 2025 | Halle | INGRA Halle |
What the heck is tenure-track? | 10 October 2025 | Halle | INGRA Halle |
Sprech- und Präsentationstraining | 11 October 2025 | Jena | Graduate Academy Jena |
Professional English at Work | 13/14/15 October 2025 | Halle | INGRA Halle |
Clear at Glance – Designing Effective Academic Posters | 15 October 2025 | Online | Graduate Academy Jena |
German for absolute Beginners (A1.1) | 15 October 2025 | Online | Graduate Academy Jena |
Scientific Presentations | 16 October 2025 | Online | Graduate Academy Jena |
Introducing R as a flexible tool for data analysis | 17 – 24 October 2025 | Jena | Graduate Academy Jena |
Scientific Image Editing and Figure Creation | 20-21 October 2025 | Online | Graduate Academy Jena |
How to apply for a scholarship for PhD Funding in Germany | 27 October 2025 | Jena | Graduate Academy Jena |
Forschungsdatenmanagement für die Natur-, Lebens- und Umweltwissenschaften | 28-30 October 2025 | Jena | Graduate Academy Jena |
Diskriminierung entgegentreten | 29 October 2025 | Online | Graduate Academy Jena |
Recognizing and Understanding Conflicts | 3-4 November 2025 | Jena | Graduate Academy Jena |
Zeitmanagement für Wissenschaftler*innen | 4-5 November 2025 | Halle | INGRA Halle |
Presenting in English in Academic Contexts | 6 November 2025 | Jena | Graduate Academy Jena |
Patents, trademarks, and inventions – a glimpse into intellectual property rights | 7 November 2025 | Halle | INGRA Halle |
Geschlecht und Vielfalt im Forschungsfokus | 7 November 2025 | Jena | Graduate Academy Jena |
Forschungsdatenmanagement in den Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaften | 11 – 13 November 2025 | Jena | Graduate Academy Jena |
Einführung in das Programmieren mit Python | 11 – 13 November 2025 | Jena | Graduate Academy Jena |
Finding a Job in Germany – Applying outside Academia | 13 November – 11 December 2025 | Online | Graduate Academy Jena |
Schreibtage | 17-19 November 2025 | Jena | Graduate Academy Jena |
Achtsamkeit im Uni-Alltag | 22 November 2025 | Jena | Graduate Academy Jena |
Scientifc Writing with LaTeX | 25 November 2025 | Jena | Graduate Academy Jena |
Don’t Let It Drive You Nuts! Resilience and Self-Management for Researchers | 2-3 December 2025 | Online | Graduate Academy Jena |
Abstract writing in academic context | 4 December 2025 – 15 January 2026 | Jena | Graduate Academy Jena |
Mental Health Awareness Days 2025 | 2-4 December 2025 | Halle | INGRA Halle |
Deskriptiv- und Inferenzstatistik mit SPSS | 5 December 2025 | Jena | Graduate Academy Jena |
Good Scientific Practice – Protecting Scientific Integrity | 8-9 December 2025 | Jena | Graduate Academy Jena |
Praktische Einführung in die Nutzung eines HPC-Clusters | 9 December 2025 | Jena | Graduate Academy Jena |
Karriereoptionen ausloten: Berufsfelder in Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft | 12 December 2025 | Online | Graduate Academy Jena |
Business Administration in a Nutshell | 15 December 2025 | Online | Graduate Academy Jena |
Project Management | 22 December 2025 | Jena | Graduate Academy Jena |