The registration for methods and professional skills courses held in November 2025 will be open from 1 September 2025. Please check the updated overviews of Methods and Professional Skills courses.
You can register from 1-20 September online via Stud.IP for courses taking place in November; … Continued
There are still free slots available in our intensive German courses for international (PhD) students in September.
The classes with a duration of 3,5 hours per day (Monday to Friday, 9.00 to 12.30) will run for two weeks from 15-26 September 2025.
All courses will take place in-person and are free of charge! … Continued
The SUB Göttingen offers online GRO.publications training courses. These trainings introduce GRO.publications, the publication management system of the University of Göttingen. The system can be used to manage personal publication lists, but also lists of projects, working groups and organizational units. In addition, full texts can be uploaded. … 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 GMP Academy is offering virtual GMP/GLP basic courses and basic statistic courses in the second half of 2025 in German and in English:
The registration fee for each course depends on your current status. … Continued
The Hochschuldidaktik team of Göttingen University is again offereing their Teaching and Learning in higher education certificate programme for all researchers with teaching duties.
The course language is German, but written assignments can be in English and there is a supportive atmosphere between participants, plus the trainers speak English and are happy to translate where needed. … Continued
The Equal Opportunities Office of the UMG now offers an equity and diversity workshop program open to all members of DFG networks on Göttingen campus.
Upcoming events:
The HR and Oganization Management of University of Göttingen offers the workshop “Resilience Training for Academics” by Dr. Taiya Mikisch.
We are pleased to announce the 8th annual weekend seminar on the “Philosophy of Physics”, taking place in Tübingen from 24-26 October 2025. This year’s theme is “Information”, and the event is made possible thanks to the generous support of the Tübingen Forum for the Study of Scientific Cultures. … Continued
From 4-6 December 2025 the 16th Annual Symposium of the Berlin School for Regenerative Therapies (BSRT) is taking place in Berlin, in honour of female pioneers who contributed to advancing science and technologies using their unique strength.
In the spirit of this year’s theme, “From Scar to Strength: Pioneering Research to Support Regeneration of Fully Functional Tissues”, … Continued
The Young Entrepreneurs in Science powered by the Falling Walls Foundation offers an in-person workshop called “From PhD to Innovator x Sartorius” in September in cooperation with Sartorius/Göttingen. 25 slots are available which will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. Participation is free of charge and no prior knowledge is needed. … Continued
Registration for the forthcoming Open Science Göttingen Meet-up on 22 September 2025 (14:00 – 16:00 h) is open now via: https://events.gwdg.de/e/34osmu
Venue: via Zoom
What will it be about?
Benefits but also several challenges can play out when applying AI in higher education and research. … 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
This online course is organized as part of ENLIGHT, a European University Alliance bringing together ten research-intensive universities across Europe, including the University of Göttingen.
The course will take place every week on Tuesday from 14:15h to 16:00h and Wednesday from 8:15h to 10:00h during the lecture period from 27 October 2025 until 13 February 2026 with a Christmas break from 22 December 2025 to 2 January 2026. … Continued
The SUB Göttingen has recorded a training course for professors, Junior PIs, Postdocs and all those who publish at the University of Göttingen which offers an introduction to Open Access publishing and informs you about current funding opportunities such as the University Publication Fund and various publishing and licensing agreements. … Continued
The rapid development of digital technologies, most recently illustrated by the emergence of ChatGPT, brings both new opportunities and significant challenges. Large Language Models (LLMs) can now handle tasks in text generation and processing that seem to require creativity and originality, surprising even experts in the field.
Alongside their benefits in education, such as personalized learning and interactive teaching environments, … Continued
Since 2009 the Deutsche Thermoelektrik-Gesellschaft is presenting the Young Talent Award for the best submitted thesis in the field of thermoelectrics. Submissions should not be significantly older than one year. Dissertations, diploma and master’s theses as well as outstanding bachelor’s theses that cover at least one subfield of thermoelectrics can be submitted, … Continued
Each year 15 Fellowships are awarded by the Canon Foundation in Europe to highly qualified European and Japanese researchers. While European Fellows are expected to pursue a period of research in Japan, Japanese Fellows are expected to do their research in Europe. The Canon Foundation Fellowship is set for a minimum of 3 months to a maximum of 1 year. … Continued
With its program to promote the mobility of students (PROMOS) of German institutes of higher education, the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) allocates scholarship funds to German universities to assist (PhD) students with scholarships and travelling allowances, so that they can undertake study trips and internships abroad which are relevant to their studies. … Continued
To encourage more scientists to translate their research, the BioInnovation Institute (BII) and Science Magazine present an annual award to recognize bold researchers who are asking fundamental questions at the intersection of the life sciences and entrepreneurship.
The three winners will have their essays published in Science magazine and will be invited into BII’s entrepreneurial ecosystem. … Continued
The Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes (German Academic Scholarship Foundation) funding is aimed at academically excellent and committed doctoral students in all subjects.
The funding consists of the following benefits:
The Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard (CNV) Foundation is aiming for the advancement of science and to facilitate the progress of highly qualified women with children. Excellent graduate students and postdoctoral fellows are supported by providing them with funds to be used for additional childcare and domestic help (1 year, monthly 500 €). The Foundation intends this contribution to enable young mothers to gain greater flexibility and time for their scientific work and thereby to contribute to advance more highly qualified women in Germany’s leading scientific research. … Continued
The German Research Foundation (DFG), Germany’s largest independent research funding organization, offers a series of online talks introducing its funding portfolio for researchers at various career stages.
This series is particularly relevant for doctoral candidates and postdocs from all disciplines. It provides a comprehensive overview of DFG funding instruments for the post-PhD phase, … Continued
The special exhibition “Like magic! How our world organizes itself” had its opening on 28 August 2025 at Forum Wissen. Until 1 February 2026 you can explore dynamics and self-organization in nature and observe a 3D simulation of cells, experience turbulent currents and experiments on a model wind farm trying to find the best position of the wind turbines. … Continued
Diskriminierung kann auf vielen Ebenen und in allen Lebensbereichen auftreten – ob im Hörsaal, im Bewerbungsgespräch oder unter Kolleg*innen im alltäglichen Miteinander.Was verstehen wir unter Diskriminierung (rechtlich, alltagsbezogen, strukturell und individuell)? Was heißt Antidiskriminierung und nach welchen Merkmalen (u.a. gemäß dem Allgemeinen Gleichbehandlungsgesetz) können Menschen diskriminiert werden? Was ist Antidiskriminierungsberatung und was ist sie nicht? Wie können Mitarbeitende handeln, … Continued
From 18 October – 2 November 2025 Göttingen’s Literary Festival “Literaturherbst” is about to take place for the 34th time and will definitely be worth a visit for everyone who is interested in literature.
You can either attend in person or purchase a ticket for “Literaturherbst ON AIR” (29€) which will enable you to watch all of the events online via video streaming. … Continued
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
