An 80,000 word PhD thesis would take 9 hours to present. Their time limit… 3 minutes.
The Three Minute Thesis competition is an internationally renowned competition held at numerous universities worldwide and was adopted by the Coimbra Group to which the University of Göttingen belongs.
In 2024 the Graduate Schools and Alumni Göttingen are hosting their own Three-Minute-Thesis format in the course of the universities alumni day according to the rules and judging criteria of the University of Queensland, … Continued
GAUSS Office
The registration for methods and professional skills courses held in January 2025 will be open from 1 November 2024. 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; … Continued
Elections for the doctoral student council (Promovierendenvertretung (PromV)) for the next one-year term of office (starting 01.04.2025) will take place soon (13.01.2025, 12:00h until 21.01.2025, 12:00h).
The doctoral student council consists of 13 members, with one member to be elected per faculty.
These doctoral representatives are the ones of the faculties (taking part in the faculty council (Fakultätsrat)) that advise on questions concerning doctoral students and make recommendations to the university’s governing bodies. … Continued
We would like to inform you that the GAUSS & Examination Office will be closed on 1 November 2024. … Continued
Workshops and Events
In the winter semester 2024/25 Dr. Batuhan Kalkan and Dr. Martin Statz will offer a new seminar series on ”Quantum Matter -Superconductivity, exotic quantum Hall and correlated insulators”, which is particularly suited for Master and PhD students interested in condensed matter physics.
The seminar has started on Monday, 21 October 2024 from 4 to 6 pm in SR5 (C.02.101) in the physics building and will continue to take place on a weekly basis at the same time. … Continued
We would like to draw your attention to the new InDiGU-PLUS program offered for international students at the University of Göttingen by Göttingen International (incl. Start Guides), the key competence area ‘Intercultural Interactions’ and the Career Service.
The DAAD-funded InDiGU-PLUS project offers a variety of events that accompany and support international students on their academic and professional path in Germany. … Continued
Das Karlsruher Institut für Technologie bietet Workshops an, die für Doktoranden und PostDocs, die einen Wechsel in die pharmazeutische, chemische oder biotechnologische Industrie planen, interessant sein könnten, da die meisten Stellen in der Industrie Grundkenntnisse in guter Laborpraxis und/oder guter Herstellungspraxis erfordern.
Die folgenden Workshops werden angeboten:
„Qualitätssicherung in der regulierten Forschung – … Continued
The SUB Göttingen offers an online GRO.publications training courses in German on 4 November 2024, 2 December 2024 etc. (see full list here) from 10:00 – 11:30h. If you want to request this training in English, please write an email to support-gro.publications@uni-goettingen.de.
This training introduces GRO.publications, … Continued
Die Stabsstelle Chancengleichheit organisiert im November zwei Empowerment-Workshops für Studierende:
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This is the last reminder, that there are still free slots available for the two courses offered in November 2024 by the Faculty of Physics on “Leadership Excellence in the Knowledge Society” with lecturer Silvie Klein-Franke.
From 12-13 November 2024 there will be a 2-day course in English (full day, … Continued
For all those who are about to complete their doctorate or have already completed their doctorate and are preparing for an academic career as parents:
Children make life fast-paced and colorful. Children shake up our view of the world and throw our life plans into disarray in a good mood. And they need time and our attention – … Continued
In 2025, the University of Göttingen will again offer the Dorothea Schlözer Mentoring Program for female postdocs and female doctoral candidates (in their final year) at Göttingen Campus, designed to accompany young female researchers through this stage of their development. The aim is to increase the number of women in leading positions in Academia. … Continued
An 80,000 word PhD thesis would take 9 hours to present. Their time limit… 3 minutes.
The Three Minute Thesis competition is an internationally renowned competition held at numerous universities worldwide and was adopted by the Coimbra Group to which the University of Göttingen belongs.
In 2024 the Graduate Schools and Alumni Göttingen are hosting their own Three-Minute-Thesis format in the course of the universities alumni day according to the rules and judging criteria of the University of Queensland, … Continued
The event, organized by the German University Alliance (UA) 11+ e.V., is taking place on 22 November 2024 at the Amplifier, Amperium near Humboldthain, Gustav-Meyer-Allee 25, 13355 Berlin.
It aims to gather representatives from politics and academia in a creative space to discuss innovative support and development opportunities beyond the binary thinking pattern of fixed-term versus permanent contracts. … Continued
The rapid advancement of biotechnologies presents unprecedented opportunities and challenges across various domains of human life. Innovations like synthetic cells, living materials, soft robotics, brain organoids, artificial intelligence in healthcare, and germline editing promise breakthroughs in science and medicine. They also raise profound ethical and anthropological questions about the nature of life, human identity, and the social impacts of altering biological processes. … Continued
The Foyer International is a platform for all students, regardless of their nationality and background, to meet and spend quality time together in gatherings of their interest. All meetings and activities are always free and you are warmly welcome to join at any point.
Foyer International once again opened its doors to students from all over the world (including Germany!) with a varied programme of workshops. … Continued
The GMP Academy is offering virtual GMB basic courses in November 2024 and February 2025 in German and in English:
The registration fee for each course depends on your current status. … Continued
The Young Entrepreneurs in Science powered by the Falling Walls Foundation offers various workshops and events tailored to PhDs and postdocs of all disciplines as well as early-career researchers and academic staff to help you to discover your entrepreneurial skills. What do you associate with the topic of entrepreneurship? What enables you to become an entrepreneur yourself? … Continued
The jobvector career day is Europe´s biggest career fair for Natural Scientists, Physicians, Engineers, and Computer Scientists where you can receive valuable information for a successful career! Be inspired by talks of top companies and recruiters. Seize your chance and personally contact them at the fair!
Companies & organizations from IT, … Continued
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Startschuss für den LIFT-OFF Gründungswettbewerb der Universität Göttingen
Der LIFT-OFF Gründungswettbewerb der Universität Göttingen geht in die nächste Runde. Bewerben Sie sich bis zum 10. Dezember 2024 mit einer Gründungsidee und erhalten Sie im Jahr 2025 Unterstützung bei der Entwicklung und Ausarbeitung eines Geschäftsmodells!
Begleitet wird der Wettbewerb durch verschiedene Veranstaltungen und Workshops sowie einem Mentoringprogramm während der kompletten Wettbewerbslaufzeit. … Continued
We are happy to inform you that for the first time, a “Good scientific practice for mathematicians” course will be offered by Prof. Preda Mihăilescu.
The course will take place on 18 December 2024 from 15:30-17:45h at the Mathematisches Institut (Bunsenstraße 3-5) in lecture hall HS1. … Continued
Permanent Articles
In accordance with the PersDatO (privacy regulations of the University), as of January 2024, GAUSS (incl. GGNB) will switch to using the student e-mail address (…@stud.uni-goettingen.de) for all communication with doctoral students.
All doctoral students have been informed prior to the change, and are already asked to regularly check their student e-mail or preferably integrate it in their e-mail client. … Continued
The programme of the Graduate Academy (GRADE) of Goethe University Frankfurt is intended as a general introduction to the topic of “Good Academic Practice during Doctoral Studies” for doctoral students.
With six modules, it forms a mixed form of clearly prepared information, optional links to deepen the understanding of individual terms and test questions. … Continued
In educating and training junior scientists, the University is aiming to ensure the prevention of scientific misconduct, offer advice, help investigating cases of suspected violation of rules, and arbitrate cases of unclear authorship or other disputes.
Thus, in accordance with the binding GAUSS doctoral degree regulations of the math-nat. Faculties (§6 (2)) all doctoral students have to attend an official seminar on Good Scientific Practice (ideally) in the first year of their PhD. … Continued
The Centre for Statistics of the University of Göttingen offers courses and consulting services in statistical questions for all Göttingen PhD students.
The service comprises in particular consultation on data collection, statistical modelling and statistical inference.
If you are interested in 1-to-1 statistical consulting or further information about the service please follow this link. … Continued
Important rules for course registration. … Continued
Do you know, that each GAUSS PhD-program has its own student representative(s)?
If not, you can find all representatives listed on the GAUSS webpage.
For each program, at least one program representative is appointed for a term of office of one year – reappointment is possible. The program representatives represent the doctoral students of their program at the annual meeting with the GAUSS Board. … Continued
Every GAUSS PhD student is affiliated with the University of Göttingen through their membership in one of the GAUSS porgrams and their mandatory matriculation at the University. No matter if you are pursuing your PhD at a department or institution of the University, the Göttingen Campus (MPI, DPZ,…) or external. The affiliation to the University of Göttingen has to be stated in every publication in that a GAUSS doctoral student is listed as an author! … Continued
Scholarships for doctoral students in all disciplines are awarded by the following foundations. Information on the scholarship providers and the application requirements can be found via the links.
Hans-Böckler-Stiftung https://www.boeckler.de/de/stipendium-fur-promovierende-2670.htm
Hanns-Seidel-Stiftung https://www.hss.de/stipendium/
Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung https://www.boell.de/de/stipendien
Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes https://www.studienstiftung.de/
Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung https://www.fes.de/studienfoerderung
Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung https://www.freiheit.org/de/stipendien-fuer-promovierende-0
Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung https://www.kas.de/de/web/begabtenfoerderung-und-kultur/bewerbung
Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung https://www.rosalux.de/stiftung/studienwerk/promotionsstipendium … Continued
We are delighted to introduce you to a feature on our GAUSS Career Service Webpage: a selection of Trainee Programs.
A trainee program is one option to start your career in industry and can be a great opportunity. As there are many in different sectors (e.g. Pharma, Chemical Industry, Consulting, Precision Engineering), … Continued
Every student is eligible to apply for a GAUSS emergency scholarship as long as this would help to finalize the doctoral research. … Continued
Since January 2021 the GAUSS Office sends automatic emails out of the GAUSS database to remind you of your next scheduled Thesis Advisory Committee (TAC) meeting and the approaching thesis submission deadline (in GGNB such reminder emails already exist for a long time).
As you know at least three TAC meetings and progress reports are mandatory during your doctoral studies within GAUSS (see RerNat-O 2018). … Continued
In case you are in need for professional help with personal/private/mental health problems. … Continued
The newest edition (2022) of the information brochure “An Orientation Framework for Good Scientific Practice” is available in English as well as in German.The brochure offers employees of the University and the University Medical Center guidance by formulating central standards of good scientific practice and explaining the ombuds system and its procedural paths at the University of Göttingen in a simple form. … Continued
Do you want to learn to program in Python but don’t know how to start?
The Gipp Lab and CIDAS have created a free YouTube course with short videos (2-10 minutes each) that teach you the basics of the Python programming language.
The 7 lessons will be published separately weekly on the CIDAS YouTube channel as well as within the OpenILIAS self-learning platform:
▶️ YouTube: https://t1p.de/Python_Course_YT
📖 ILIAS Course: … Continued
Online course on Data Visualisation in English by SUB.
The course “Bringing Data to the Point” provides a foundation in data visualisation and introduces visualisation forms, various tools and basic design rules that help to graphically present information and findings in an approachable way.
The course is available as an ILIAS learning module on StudIP and at the OpenILIAS-platform for non-members of the university. … Continued
