The GAUSS & Examination Office, will be taking a well-deserved break during the Christmas Holidays.
Accordingly we will not be available between 20 December 2025 and 4 January 2026.
Examination procedures (e.g. admission to the doctoral examination) cannot be handled during this time.
We wish you all a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! … Continued
Starting 12 January 2026, GAUSS & GGNB will offer a monthly online meeting for students approaching their thesis submission and examination.
The final sprint meeting takes place every second Monday of the month at 9:00h via Zoom (exception 12 January: 10:00h). The next meetings are scheduled for 12 January, … Continued
The registration for methods and professional skills courses held in March 2026 will be open from 1 January 2025. Please check the updated overviews of Methods and Professional Skills courses.
You can register from 1-20 January online via Stud.IP for courses taking place in March; … Continued
(Poster)
09.01.26 – Péter Lénárt (MPI-NAT): Bioimaging from single molecules to whole organisms16.01.26 – Gražvydas Lukinavičius (MPI-NAT): Fluorescent probes for live-cell imaging23.01.26 – Antonio Politi (MPI-NAT): Bioimaging und Image Analysis30.01.26 – Argyris Papantonis (UMG): Chromatin Structure
Time: 4.15 – … Continued
This course gives an overview over some core principles of Statistics. It is best suited for beginners and those who would like to refresh their knowledge about Statistics for their PhD. The course will not cover any advanced topics for statistical modeling.
The course will cover the following topics:
We’re happy to announce our first GAUSS Career Impulse Session in 2026, this time with Dr. Saskia Gressel, Patent Attorney at HOFFMANN EITLE Biotech in Munich.
If you’re curious about careers at the intersection of science, law, and innovation, this talk is for you!
Elections for the doctoral student council (Promovierendenvertretung (PromV)) for the next one-year term of office (starting 01.04.2026) will take place soon (Monday, 19 January 2026, 12:00 to Tuesday, 27 January 2026, 12:00).
The doctoral student council consists of 13 members, with one member to be elected per faculty. … Continued
The WoCaNet and GGNB Teams would like to invite all PhD students to join the organization team for the next Women’s Careers and Networks symposium (WoCaNet) taking place in 2027.
WoCaNet is a biennial symposium in Göttingen which aims to increase young female scientists’ awareness of their own potentials and opportunities by providing an interactive environment and networking possibilities. … 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 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
Are you looking for a topic for a thesis related to data science? Do you deal with data science in your research and are you interested in the work of colleagues? Come to the CIDAS marketplace for theses and projects on Thursday, 22 January 2026 in the Foyer of Geosciences and Geography, … Continued
The GMP Academy is offering virtual GMP basic courses in February 2026 in German and in English:
The registration fee for each course depends on your current status. … Continued
We are delighted to share that the 12th Biennial Neurizons Conference, organized by the IMPRS for Neurosciences students, will take place from 19 to 22 of May 2026 at the MPI-NAT, Faßberg Campus, Göttingen. Please reserve the dates.
This year an exceptional group of scientists from the fields of Clinical Neurosciences, … Continued
We are pleased to announce that the 23rd Horizons in Molecular Biology Symposium, organized by the students of the IMPRS for Molecular Biology, will take place from 7th–10th of September 2026 at the MPI-NAT, Faßberg Campus, Göttingen. Please save the date in your calendars! … Continued
HERizon offers aspiring female entrepreneurs professional support and a wide range of events to help them develop their start-up ideas and skills in a tailored manner. Over the 10-month programme period (starting 1 March 2026), participants will have access to the following activities and services (subject to funding approval):
– Individual consultation with a start-up advisor (mandatory)
– … Continued
Annually the Körber Foundation is awarding the “Deutsche Studienpreis” for outstanding dissertations (magna or summa cum laude) in all disciplines.
In addition to scientific excellence a specific significance for the society is of particular importance. However, the focus is not necessarily lying on the economic exploitability but on the macrosocial benefit of scientific results. … Continued
FameLab Germany is about to start its next round – sign up now to participate in one of the most fun and entertaining science communication competitions live on stage: The regional heat FameLab Germany: Bielefeld will be held on 26 March 2026.
“FameLab – Talking Science” is an international competition seeking the best new talents in science communication. … Continued
Have you written an outstanding dissertation and are you very keen to explain your research findings in a clear and comprehensible manner to a large number of people, including those not familiar with your subject? Then write an article about your work and enter it into the competition for the KlarText Award for Achievements in Public Understanding of Sciences. … Continued
Until 12 February 2026 the Göttingen Art Publishing House invites you to explore “Christmas with Rembrandt“, a new exhibition featuring prints from the University of Göttingen’s renowned copperplate collection. Landscapes, portraits, and biblical scenes by Rembrandt van Rijn are presented not only in their original graphic form, but also as large-scale contemporary reinterpretations. … 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
