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
Introducing R as a flexible tool for data analysis
17 – 24 October 2025
JenaGraduate Academy Jena
Writing Sprints24 October 2025OnlineGraduate Academy Leipzig
How to apply for a scholarship for PhD Funding in Germany27 October 2025JenaGraduate Academy Jena
Designing Effective Academic Posters28 October 2025OnlineGraduate Academy Leipzig
Introduction to the Command Line28 October 2025JenaGraduate Academy Jena
Forschungsdatenmanagement für die Natur-, Lebens- und Umweltwissenschaften28-30 October 2025Jena
Graduate Academy Jena
Software Carpentry Workshop28 October – 13 November 2025JenaGraduate Academy Jena
Diskriminierung entgegentreten29 October 2025OnlineGraduate Academy Jena
How to Find Your Job on the Non-Academic Labour Market29 October 2025OnlineGraduate Academy Leipzig
Einführung in KI-Anwendungen im Hochschul-IT-Zentrum (HS-ITZ)29 October 2025OnlineFDM Thüringen
Co-Writing-Space at Villa Tillmanns30 October 2025Villa TillmannsGraduate Academy Leipzig
Recognizing and Understanding Conflicts3-4 November 2025Jena
Graduate Academy Jena
Basic Version Control with Git: A Beginner’s Workshop4 November 2025JenaGraduate Academy Jena
Führungskräftetraining: Basics4-5 November 2025Villa TillmannsGraduate Academy Leipzig
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
Science Communication on Social Media for Beginners7 November 2025OnlineGraduate Academy Leipzig
Nein! Ja! Vielleicht? Entscheidungen souverän treffen10-11 November 2025Villa TillmannsGraduate Academy Leipzig
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
Python for Beginners13-21 November 2025OnlineGraduate Academy Leipzig
Academic Writing in English: Style and Expression13-21 November 2025OnlineGraduate Academy Leipzig
Finish it! How to Finalise Your Dissertation14 November 2025OnlineGraduate Academy Leipzig
Writing Sprints15 November 2025OnlineGraduate Academy Leipzig
Co-Writing-Space at Villa Tillmanns18 November 2025Villa TillmannsGraduate Academy Leipzig
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
Academic Writing in the Natural and Life Sciences: Towards Organisation and Motivation26-27 November 2025OnlineGraduate Academy Leipzig
Don’t Let It Drive You Nuts! Resilience and Self-Management for Researchers2-3 December 2025Online
Graduate Academy Jena
Stiftungen – Möglichkeiten der Drittmittelförderung3 December 2025OnlineGraduate Academy Leipzig
Abstract writing in academic context4 December 2025 – 15 January 2026Jena
Graduate Academy Jena
Mental Health Awareness Days 20252-4 December 2025Halle
INGRA Halle
BWL kompakt für Promovierende und Postdocs4-5 December 2025Villa TillmannsGraduate Academy Leipzig
Deskriptiv- und Inferenzstatistik mit SPSS5 December 2025Jena
Graduate Academy Jena
Writing Sprints6 December 2025OnlineGraduate Academy Leipzig
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
Ethical and effective use of GenAI chatbots in Academic Writing9 December 2025Villa TillmannsGraduate Academy Leipzig
Co-Writing-Space at Villa Tillmanns10 December 2025Villa TillmannsGraduate Academy Leipzig
The funding program of the Alexander von Humboldt-Foundation10 December 2025OnlineGraduate Academy Leipzig
Die EU – Möglichkeiten der Drittmittelförderung11 December 2025OnlineGraduate Academy Leipzig
Karriereoptionen ausloten: Berufsfelder in Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft12 December 2025Online
Graduate Academy Jena
Self-Care in Doctoral Research: Shaping my supervision relationship13 December 2025Villa TillmannsGraduate Academy Leipzig
Business Administration in a Nutshell15 December 2025Online
Graduate Academy Jena
Ich mache das…JETZT! Prokrastination überwinden15 December 2025OnlineGraduate Academy Leipzig

Project Management
22 December 2025Jena
Graduate Academy Jena
JupyterHub: Unterstützung wiederverwendbarer Workflows28 January 2026FDM Thüringen
Introduction to Experiment Documentation with eLabFTW3 February 2026JenaGraduate Academy Jena
eLabFTW- Electronic Lab Notebook for Thuringian Researchers11 February 2026FDM Thüringen

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