Call for course registrations – January 2026
The registration for methods and professional skills courses held in January 2026 will be open from 1 November 2025. Please check the updated overviews of Methods and Professional Skills courses.
You can register from 1-20 November online via Stud.IP for courses taking place in January; the slots will be allocated around 25 November.
Courses that do not reach the minimum number of participants will be cancelled. Only in very exceptional cases will we send reminders for courses which are not full yet, so make sure to register in time.
Please check carefully for scheduling conflicts. Registration after 20 November 2025 is not possible, please do not contact the course instructors. All communication regarding the courses should be via the GAUSS or GGNB Office.
In case you have registered but then need to cancel a course, you can still do so in Stud.IP before the end of November. From 1 December 2025 your participation will be binding and cancellation is only possible via the GGNB or GAUSS Office with a) sick certificate, or b) statement by supervisor for scientific reasons. If you do not provide this, you will be excluded from courses for the next 12 months(!), as well as grants or scholarships and other financial support. No exceptions.
For a full list of courses scheduled for the winter semester 2025/26 please go to HISinOne EXA – the data are subject to changes and therefore preliminary!
A detailed description on how to register for a course via Stud.IP can be found here: Courses_Instructions
Note: By signing up you agree (1) to carefully check whether you will be able to attend the course (do not register for 2 courses taking place on the same dates – the above mentioned sanctions apply!); (2) to frequently check your student e-mail account, as all information on courses will exclusively be sent to that account; (3) that your name and e-mail address may be forwarded to the course instructor(s) for communication before and after the course; (4) to complete the course evaluation; (5) inform us if you no longer wish to maintain a waiting list position; (6) that you only receive credits for attending the entire workshop – you will not get partial credits for part-time attendance.
Important: Active participation in online (skills & methods) courses is prerequisite to collect the respective credits. Active participation with the camera running is set as a prerequisite for course participation.
Confirmations of participation are to be obtained from Stud.IP.
Professional Skills Courses
Courses recommended for “early/middle/late PhD“
- Project and Time management in academia by Peter Schröder, 13-14 Jan 2026, in presence, 1 Credit (EXA Stud.IP: 340652, ID: S 100),
- Voice and Body Coaching by Julie Stearns, 20-21 Jan 2026, in presence, 1 Credit (EXA Stud.IP: 340193, ID: S 50 ),
Last Chance Professional Skills Courses
- Scientists Need More! Good Scientific Practice by Alexander Schiller, Daniel Mertens, 16 Dec 2025 (10 free slots – register via email to ggnb@gwdg.de), online, 0.5 Credits (EXA Stud.IP: 340075),
German Language Courses (open only for students of certain doctoral programs): see announcements in GAUSS Newsletters.
ZESS courses (skills, languages): https://www.uni-goettingen.de/en/423445.html
Methods Courses
Biophysics, Bioinformatics and Statistics
- Using biosensors to study analyte-ligand interactions: basic principles and applications by Claudia Steinem, Klaas Kock, Matthias Peters, 22 Jan 2026, in presence, 0.5 Credit (EXA Stud.IP: 340067, ID: A 133)
- Basic statistics for graduate students in the life sciences – an introduction using R by Tim Friede, Christian Röver, 4-25 Nov 2025 (>10 free slot – register via email to office@gauss.uni-goettingen.de), in presence, 1.0 Credit (EXA Stud.IP: 340061, ID: A 100)