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
How to Find Your Job on the Non-Academic Labour Market14 March 2025Straße des 17. Juni 2
04107 Leipzig
Graduate Academy Leipzig
Gute wissenschaftliche Praxis und der Umgang mit Konflikten im Forschungsalltag24 March 2025onlineGraduate Academy Jena
Einführung in die Wissenschaftskommunikation: Überbrückung der Kluft zwischen Forschenden und Gesellschaft25 March 2025Johannisstraße 13 – Auditorium Zur Rosen, JenaGraduate Academy Jena
Co-Writing-Space at Villa Tillmanns26 March 2025Villa Tillmanns
Wächterstraße 30
04107 Leipzig
Graduate Academy Leipzig
Data Science with R: Intermediate3-11 April 2025Straße des 17. Juni 2
04107 Leipzig
Graduate Academy Leipzig
Kommunikation und Rhetorik: Arbeit an Körpersprache, Stimme und Sprechen3-4 April 2025Straße des 17. Juni 2
04107 Leipzig
Graduate Academy Leipzig
Data Analysis with MatLab (Crash Course)4 April 2025
Ernst-Abbe-Platz 8 – MMZ, SR 217, Jena
Graduate Academy Jena
Co-Writing-Space at Villa Tillmanns8 April 2025Villa Tillmanns
Wächterstraße 30
04107 Leipzig
Graduate Academy Leipzig
Die EU – Möglichkeiten der Drittmittelförderung9 April 2025Straße des 17. Juni 2
04107 Leipzig
Graduate Academy Leipzig
Research Data Management Plans – more than a formality!10 April 2025onlineGraduate Academy Jena
Writing Sprintsmultiple datesWächterstraße 30
04107 Leipzig
Graduate Academy Leipzig
Das ist doch nicht fair! Mikropolitik und Macht im beruflichen Alltag24-25 April 2025Johannisstraße 13 – Auditorium Zur Rosen, JenaGraduate Academy Jena
Wissenschaftskarriere in Deutschland: Auf dem Weg zur Professur29 April 2025Johannisstraße 13 – Auditorium Zur Rosen, JenaGraduate Academy Jena
Co-Writing-Space at Villa Tillmanns30 April 2025Villa Tillmanns
Wächterstraße 30
04107 Leipzig
Graduate Academy Leipzig
BWL kompakt für Promovierende und Postdocs7-8 May 2025Straße des 17. Juni 2
04107 Leipzig
Graduate Academy Leipzig
Scientific Writing and Publishing for Natural Scientists – the Basics8-9 May 2025Johannisstraße 13 – Auditorium Zur Rosen, JenaGraduate Academy Jena
Academic Writing in English: Style and Expression8-9 May 2025Wächterstraße 30
04107 Leipzig
Graduate Academy Leipzig
Data Science with R: Advanced8-9 May 2025Straße des 17. Juni 2
04107 Leipzig
Graduate Academy Leipzig
Der letzte Schliff. Von der Rohfassung zum abgabefertigen Manuskript12 May 2025onlineGraduate Academy Jena
Co-Writing-Space at Villa Tillmanns15 May 2025Villa Tillmanns
Wächterstraße 30
04107 Leipzig
Graduate Academy Leipzig
Writing Sprints16 May 2025Wächterstraße 30
04107 Leipzig
Graduate Academy Leipzig
Thesis Defense Training15-16 May 2025Wächterstraße 30
04107 Leipzig
Graduate Academy Leipzig
Python for Beginners15-23 May 2025Wächterstraße 30
04107 Leipzig
Graduate Academy Leipzig
Introducing R as a flexible tool for data analysis16-23 May 2025Ernst-Abbe-Platz 8 – MMZ, SR 204, JenaGraduate Academy Jena
Geschlecht und Vielfalt im Forschungsfokus16 May – 20 June 2025Johannisstraße 13 – Auditorium Zur Rosen, JenaGraduate Academy Jena
Science Communication on Social Media for Beginners19-20 May 2025onlineGraduate Academy Jena
Einführung in das Programmieren mit Python20-22 May 2025Johannisstraße 13 – Auditorium Zur Rosen, JenaGraduate Academy Jena
Diskriminierung entgegentreten22 May 2025onlineGraduate Academy Jena
Good Research Practice – Protecting Scientific Integrity22-23 May 2025Straße des 17. Juni 2
04107 Leipzig
Graduate Academy Leipzig
Keep on Rockin‘! Mental Health for Doctoral Candidates and Postdocs6-14 May 2025onlineGraduate Academy Jena
Projektmanagement26-27 May 2025Johannisstraße 13 – Auditorium Zur Rosen, JenaGraduate Academy Jena
Research Data Management – Make your data count!3-6 June 2025Johannisstraße 13 – Auditorium Zur Rosen, JenaGraduate Academy Jena
How to write a competitive ERC proposal4 June 2025, 10am-2pmVilla TillmannsGraduate Academy Leipzig
Sprech- und Präsentationstraining6 June 2025Johannisstraße 13 – Auditorium Zur Rosen, JenaGraduate Academy Jena
Verstehen und verstanden werden: Wertschätzend kommunizieren und sicher Feedback geben10-17 June 2025Johannisstraße 13 – Auditorium Zur Rosen, JenaGraduate Academy Jena
Third-party Funding for Beginners Springe zur Kursbeschreibung28 June 2025Johannisstraße 13 – Auditorium Zur Rosen, JenaGraduate Academy Jena

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