Upcoming Courses and Events

The courses offered by the iDiv 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 (iDiv 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.


Graduate Academy Courses and Partner Courses

iDiv 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 iDiv doctoral researchers.
  • You must be a member to register for courses at the Graduate Academy Leipzig. All iDiv doctoral researchers can register as a member.

Upon course completion, the iDiv graduate school reimburses costs associated with travel and any course fees. Please send us a request before you attend an outside course.

Course TitleDateLocationOffered by
Kommunikation und Rhetorik: Arbeit an Körpersprache, Stimme und Sprechen16 – 17 April 2026LeipzigGraduate Academy Leipzig
Vom Glück der Routine: Kontinuität und Rhythmus im wissenschaftlichen Schreiben20 April 2026OnlineGraduate Academy Jena
Scientific Presentations20 April 2026JenaGraduate Academy Jena
Ethical and effective use of GenAI chatbots in Academic Writing20 – 21 April 2026LeipzigGraduate Academy Leipzig
Clear at glance – Designing Effective Academic Posters21 April 2026HalleInGrA Halle
Research Supervision: How to become a good doctoral supervisor21 April 2026JenaGraduate Academy Jena
Selbstfürsorge in der Promotion: Grenzen setzen21 April 2026LeipzigGraduate Academy Leipzig
Sprech- und Präsentationstraining22 April 2026JenaGraduate Academy Jena
Co-Writing-Space at Villa Tillmanns22 April 2026LeipzigGraduate Academy Leipzig
Die EU – Möglichkeiten der Drittmittelförderung22 April 2026OnlineGraduate Academy Leipzig
Good Scientific Practice – Protecting Scientific Integrity23 April 2026JenaGraduate Academy Jena
Bewerbungstraining für Wissenschaftler:innen23 – 24 April 2026LeipzigGraduate Academy Leipzig
Forschungskooperationen finanzieren! Förderformate für Austausch, Workshops & Netzwerke24 April 2026OnlineFortbildung Uni Leipzig
Science Communication: Bridging the Gap between Researchers and Society27 April 2026JenaGraduate Academy Jena
Stipendienbewerbungstraining – In den Startlöchern zur Promotion28 April 2026JenaGraduate Academy Jena
Online Coffee Lecture Series: Data Organization Made Easy: Comprehensive Folder Structure Template for Early Career Life/Natural Science Researchers29 April 2026onlineThüringer Kompetenznetzwerk Forschungsdatenmanagement
Co-Writing-Space at Villa Tillmanns30 April 2026LeipzigGraduate Academy Leipzig
Leading without a supervisory role – lateral leadership4 May 2026OnlineGraduate Academy Jena
Finish It! How to Complete Your Dissertation4 May 2026OnlineGraduate Academy Jena
Stiftungen – Möglichkeiten der Drittmittelförderung4 May 2026OnlineGraduate Academy Leipzig
Verstehen und verstanden werden: Wertschätzend kommunizieren und sicher Feedback geben5 May 2026JenaGraduate Academy Jena
Third Party Funding for Beginners6 May 2026JenaGraduate Academy Jena
Patente, Marken & Co. – Wie kann man geistiges Eigentum schützen?7 May 2026onlineInGrA Halle
BWL kompakt für Promovierende und Postdocs7 – 8 May 2026LeipzigGraduate Academy Leipzig
English Academic Writing: The Ground Rules of Writing Well7 – 8 May 2026hybridInGrA Halle
Achtsamkeit im Uni-Alltag9 May 2026JenaGraduate Academy Jena
How to Find Your Job on the Non-Academic Labour Market11 May 2026LeipzigGraduate Academy Leipzig
Scientific Writing and Publishing for Natural Scientists – the Basics11 – 12 May 2026JenaGraduate Academy Jena
Intersectional Data Science13 May 2026Jena Graduate Academy Jena
Gute wissenschaftliche Praxis und der Umgang mit Konflikten im Forschungsalltag18 May 2026OnlineGraduate Academy Jena
Communication & presentation in the academic context: How to be confident and persuasive18 – 19 May 2026HalleInGrA Halle
Sprech- und Präsentationstraining20 May 2026JenaGraduate Academy Jena
Open Access, Forschungsdatenmanagement & Co. – Wissenschaftliches Publizieren im digitalen Zeitalter20 May 2026OnlineGraduate Academy Jena
Designing Effective Academic Posters20 May 2026OnlineGraduate Academy Leipzig
Data Science with R: Introduction21 May – 5 June 2026OnlineGraduate Academy Leipzig
Was kann ich und wie verkaufe ich es? Transfer von akademischen Soft Skills für außerakademische Karrierewege22 May 2026OnlineGraduate Academy Jena
Writing Sprints22 May 2026OnlineGraduate academy Leipzig
Schreibretreat für Promovierende22 – 23 May 2026tbaInGrA Halle
Wiedereinstieg Promotion: Wie kann ich wieder ins wissenschaftliche Arbeiten kommen?26 May 2026JenaGraduate Academy Jena
Zeit- und Selbstmanagement für Promovierende: Die eigene Struktur finden und umsetzen27 May 2026JenaGraduate Academy Jena
Your digital Research Assistant: Obsidian for researchers27 May 2026onlineThüringer Kompetenzzentrum Forschungsdatenmanagement
Academic English for Presentations28 May 2026JenaGraduate Academy Jena
Kommunikation in Wissenschaft und Wirtschaft – Zwei verschiedene Welten?29 May 2026OnlineGraduate Academy Jena
Ich weiß, was ich kann! Kompetenzen und Potenziale entdecken und kommunizieren29 May 2026JenaGraduate Academy Jena
Führungskompetenzen in Wissenschaft und Wirtschaft1 June 2026JenaGraduate Academy Jena
Mastering Time and Focus for PhDs1 – 2 June 2026HalleInGrA Halle
Selbstfürsorge in der Promotion: Prokrastination und mein Arbeitsrhythmus2 June 2026LeipzigGraduate Academy Leipzig
Finding a Job in Germany – Applying outside Academia2 – 30 June 2026OnlineGraduate Academy Jena
Leadership Skills in Academia and Industry3 – 4 June 2026JenaGraduate Academy Jena
Karriere UND Familie – nur wie? Realistische Zukunfts- und Karriereplanung und der bewusste Umgang mit der Zeit5 June 2026OnlineGraduate Academy Jena
Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse mit KI-Unterstützung10 – 11 June 2026HalleInGrA HAlle
Data Science with R: Intermediate11 – 19 June 2026OnlineGraduate Academy Leipzig
Der letzte Schliff. Von der Rohfassung zum abgabefertigen Manuskript8 June 2026OnlineGraduate Academy Jena
How to Write a Competitive DFG-Proposal10 June 2026Face to faceFortbildung Uni Leipzig
Führungskompetenzen in Wissenschaft und Wirtschaft10 – 11 June 2026JenaGraduate Academy Jena
Thesis Defense Training11 June 2026LeipzigGraduate Academy Leipzig
Academic Writing in English: Style and Expression11 – 18 June 2026OnlineGraduate Academy Leipzig
Introducing R as a flexible tool for data analysis12 – 19 June 2026JenaGraduate Academy Jena
Wissenschaftskarriere in Deutschland: Auf dem Weg zur Professur12 June 2026JenaGraduate Academy Jena
Future Skills: How to reshape your scientific research as a value for future employers15 June 2026OnlineGraduate Academy Jena
Research Data Management – Make your data count!15 – 17 June 2026JenaGraduate Academy Jena
Mastering Small Talk in Academic Contexts18 June 2026Jena Graduate Academy Jena
Navigate Your Career Path: How to Find a Job Outside Academia22 June 2026OnlineGraduate Academy Jena
Time Management for Young Researchers – Job, Life, Family23 – 24 June 2026OnlineGraduate Academy Jena
How to write a competitive ERC proposal24 June 2026LeipzigGraduate Academy Leipzig
Datenschutz in Forschungsprojekten24 June 2026onlineThüringer Kompetenzzentrum Forschungsdatenmanagement
Critical Reasoning and Argumentation25 – 26 June 2026JenaGraduate Academy Jena
Writing Sprints26 June 2026OnlineGraduate Academy Leipzig
Thesis Defense Training29 June 2026OnlineGraduate Academy Jena
Good Research Practice – Protecting Scientific Integrity30 June – 1 July 2026LeipzigGraduate Academy Leipzig
Ethical and effective use of GenAI chatbots in Academic Writing30 June 2026LeipzigGraduate Academy Leipzig
Die schriftliche Bewerbung für den außerakademischen Arbeitsmarkt2 – 3 July 2026tbaInGrA Halle
Die Top 5 Open Source Alternativen für den Büroalltag29 July 2026OnlineThüringer Kompetenzzentrum Forschungsdatenmanagement

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