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.


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 TitleDateLocationOffered by
English Café: Elevate Your English Fluency as an Academic Professional!every 3 weeks starting April 3, 2025HalleINGRA Halle
Writing Sprintsmultiple datesWächterstraße 30
04107 Leipzig
Graduate Academy Leipzig
Leadership Skills in Academia and Industry1-2 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 Researchers4 September 2025
online
Graduate Academy Jena
KI und Recherche für Promovierende 4 September 2025HalleINGRA Halle
Good Scientific Practice5 September 2025HalleINGRA Halle
Stimm-Coaching10 September 2025Halle
INGRA Halle
Academic Writing for Natural Scientists15 September & 13 October 2025HalleINGRA Halle
Project Management15-16 September 2025

Johannisstraße 13 – Auditorium Zur Rosen, Jena
Graduate Academy Jena
Disputationstraining17-19 September 2025Johannisstraße 13 – Auditorium Zur Rosen, JenaGraduate Academy Jena
Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft – Die eigene Forschung reflektieren und kommunizieren19 September 2025Johannisstraße 13 – Auditorium Zur Rosen, JenaGraduate Academy Jena
Scientific Presentations23 September 2025Johannisstraße 13 – Auditorium Zur Rosen, JenaGraduate Academy Jena
Research Supervision: How to become a good doctoral supervisor24-25 September 2025Johannisstraße 13 – Auditorium Zur Rosen, JenaGraduate Academy Jena
Reference Management with EndNote26 September 2025Carl-Zeiß-Str. 3 – SR 1100, MMZ, JenaGraduate Academy Jena
Grundlagen des Projektmanagements in der Wissenschaft29-30 September 2025Halle
INGRA Halle
BWL Vertiefung29 September 2025Carl-Zeiss-Str 3, SR 308 JenaGraduate Academy Jena
Geisteswissenschaftliche Doktorarbeiten in den Griff bekommen6 October 2025OnlineGraduate Academy Jena
Strategisches Netzwerken8 OctoberOnlineGraduate Academy Jena
Read scientific texts fast and efficiently8 and 9 October 2025HalleINGRA Halle
What the heck is tenure-track?10 October 2025HalleINGRA Halle
Sprech- und Präsentationstraining11 October 2025JenaGraduate Academy Jena
Professional English at Work13/14/15 October 2025Halle
INGRA Halle
Clear at Glance – Designing Effective Academic Posters15 October 2025OnlineGraduate Academy Jena
German for absolute Beginners (A1.1)15 October 2025OnlineGraduate Academy Jena
Scientific Presentations16 October 2025OnlineGraduate Academy Jena
Introducing R as a flexible tool for data analysis
17 – 24 October 2025
JenaGraduate Academy Jena
Scientific Image Editing and Figure Creation20-21 October 2025OnlineGraduate Academy Jena
How to apply for a scholarship for PhD Funding in Germany27 October 2025JenaGraduate Academy Jena
Forschungsdatenmanagement für die Natur-, Lebens- und Umweltwissenschaften28-30 October 2025Jena
Graduate Academy Jena
Diskriminierung entgegentreten29 October 2025OnlineGraduate Academy Jena
Recognizing and Understanding Conflicts3-4 November 2025Jena
Graduate Academy Jena
Zeitmanagement für Wissenschaftler*innen4-5 November 2025Halle
INGRA Halle
Presenting in English in Academic Contexts6 November 2025Jena
Graduate Academy Jena
Patents, trademarks, and inventions – a glimpse into intellectual property rights7 November 2025Halle
INGRA Halle
Geschlecht und Vielfalt im Forschungsfokus7 November 2025Jena
Graduate Academy Jena
Forschungsdatenmanagement in den Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaften11 – 13 November 2025Jena
Graduate Academy Jena
Einführung in das Programmieren mit Python11 – 13 November 2025Jena
Graduate Academy Jena
Finding a Job in Germany – Applying outside Academia13 November – 11 December 2025Online
Graduate Academy Jena
Schreibtage17-19 November 2025Jena
Graduate Academy Jena
Achtsamkeit im Uni-Alltag22 November 2025Jena
Graduate Academy Jena
Scientifc Writing with LaTeX25 November 2025Jena
Graduate Academy Jena
Don’t Let It Drive You Nuts! Resilience and Self-Management for Researchers2-3 December 2025Online
Graduate Academy Jena
Abstract writing in academic context4 December 2025 – 15 January 2026Jena
Graduate Academy Jena
Mental Health Awareness Days 20252-4 December 2025Halle
INGRA Halle
Deskriptiv- und Inferenzstatistik mit SPSS5 December 2025Jena
Graduate Academy Jena
Good Scientific Practice – Protecting Scientific Integrity8-9 December 2025Jena
Graduate Academy Jena
Praktische Einführung in die Nutzung eines HPC-Clusters9 December 2025Jena
Graduate Academy Jena
Karriereoptionen ausloten: Berufsfelder in Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft12 December 2025Online
Graduate Academy Jena
Business Administration in a Nutshell15 December 2025Online
Graduate Academy Jena

Project Management
22 December 2025Jena
Graduate Academy Jena

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