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Information and support for the PhD, the postdoc phase and the start of a professorship

International scientist in optics lab

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Career phases, institutions and funding opportunities

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Research-oriented Studying Academic careers already start within bachelor and master studies
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Doctoral Phase Welcome service, advice, qualification and networking
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Postdoctoral phase Information on career steps, general conditions and offers of the university
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Becoming a professor Tenure track, appointment procedures, new appointments
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Institutions Contacts for all matters around your PhD and postdoc phase
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Funding schemes of Jena University Scholarships, material and travel cost support as well as mentoring programmes for doctoral candidates and postdocs
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Welcome and Service Desk for Doctoral Candidates and Postdocs Service and advice for doctoral candidates and postdocs
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Qualifications PortalExternal link Workshops and more to further your professional qualification
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Announcements & Job offers Job vacancies, scholarship announcements & scholarship databases

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Upcoming events

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Tenure Track Tagung 2025
15—16 May 2025
- Informationsveranstaltung
National Conference "Das Tenure-Track-Prinzip: Karrierwege und Kulturwandel im deutschen Wissenschaftssystem." Berlin, 15. to 16. May 2025
- presence
- public
- barrier-free
- Subject to registration
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Schillertag (Schiller day)
27 Jun 2025
10:00 ·
- Festveranstaltung
Festive event and graduation ceremony, church service and summer fest
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- public
- barrier-free
- Subject to registration
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PhD Graduation Ceremony on Schillertag
27 Jun 2025
14 s.t. ·
- Festveranstaltung
Awarding of the doctoral prizes and the Rowena-Morse prize and honouring of all doctoral researchers who completed their doctoral degrees in the previous year
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- public
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News

19 March 2025 50 shades of yellow
Doctoral candidate Sayali Hanamghar wins the jury prize of the Three-Minute-Thesis-Competition

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5 March 2025 Jena University Hospital is one of the TOP25 clinical departments in Germany
Global hospital ranking "World's Best Hospitals 2025" confirms the high quality of the only university hospital in Thuringia

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3 March 2025
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FAIRest Dataset Award 2025
The Thuringian Competence Network for Research Data Management is organizing the sixth "FAIRest Dataset Award".
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Highlights

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Excellent support and trendsetting projects – The University of Jena as a pioneer in the support of early career researchers in Germany

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