The Friedrich Schiller University Jena regularly organises events in order to support communicative exchange and networking.
Information on the regular events can be found in detail below. The search mask offers you an overview of all events since 2019.
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Welcome to the Doctorate
18 s.t. ·
- Informationsveranstaltung
At this event, all new doctoral candidates will get an overview of the offers and possibilities at the Friedrich Schiller University Jena
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- public
- barrier-free
- Subject to registration
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Career Days 2024
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- Graduierten-Akademie
- Informationsveranstaltung
A broad variety of workshops, information lectures and talks supporting doctoral candidates and postdocs in preparing their next career step in academia or in industry and society.
- online
- Subject to registration
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Networking with Alumni Working in Industry and Society
18:00 ·
- Informationsveranstaltung
Four Alumni talk about their careers in industry and society
- presence
- Subject to registration
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Welcome to the Doctorate
At this Welcome Event, all new doctoral candidates are welcomed by the Vice-President for Young Researchers and Diversity Management. At this two-hour event, the city of Jena and Friedrich Schiller University are presented to the new doctoral candidates, of which there are approximately 450 each year. The focus of these presentations is to inform new doctoral candidates about the offers for support that are available.
Additional information according the event this year, you can find here.
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PhD Day
Once a year, the Graduate Academy offers a PhD Day with an information fair and various talks. At the information fair, doctoral candidates and prospective candidates can gain information about PhD-relevant topics at Jena University. In the talks, you can get answers to questions like: How can I finance my PhD? How can I manage my doctoral work with a family? How can I finish my PhD?
Additional information, including impressions from the last event, can be found hereExternal link.
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"Three Minute Thesis" - Competition
In the evening of the PhD Day, there will be the Jena final of the internationally renowned Three Minute Thesis Competition®. In this event, doctoral candidates from all disciplines present their dissertations in English, on one slide only and with no more than three minutes time! A jury will award the winner.
Additional information, including impressions from the last event, can be found hereExternal link.
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Summer party of Graduate Academy
Each year, at the end of May the Graduate Academy has a Sommerfest at the House for Young Researchers. Jena's young researchers participate in the programme. There is an exhibition of photos of the most creative self-made doctoral hat, and other young researchers present a look into their current research at a science slam. Afterwards there is music and networking.
Additional information, including impressions from the last event, can be found hereExternal link.
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Schillertag (Schiller Day) and Graduation Ceremony
The graduation ceremony and presentation of doctoral diplomas takes place once a year, on Schillertag. Schillertag is the academic holiday of the Friedrich Schiller University Jena and its community of friends and supporters. It is in honor of the inaugural lecture of the namesake of the university and is followed by the university's Sommerfest.
Schillertag is where doctoral and habilitation prizes are awarded and where all doctoral candidates are honoured who completed their doctoral degrees at Friedrich Schiller University Jena in the previous year. All finished doctorates will also be included in a yearbook. Doctorates who participate in this event receive this yearbook along with their doctoral diploma. Family members and friends, as well as the doctoral commissions, are also welcome to attend.
Additional information, including impressions from the last event, can be found hereExternal link.
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Career Days
Doctoral candidates and postdocs face at some point the question of how to shape their career after the doctoral and in the postdoc phase. During the Career Days they will gain insights into career possibilities in academia and get the opportunity to explore strategies for applications in industry and society.
The Career Days take place once a year in autumn. Further information can be found here de.
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Welcome EventImage: Christoph Worsch (University of Jena)
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Welcome EventImage: Jan-Peter Kasper (University of Jena)
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Welcome EventImage: Christoph Worsch (University of Jena)
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Welcome EventImage: Jan-Peter Kasper (University of Jena)
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Welcome EventImage: Jan-Peter Kasper (University of Jena)
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PhD DayImage: Christoph Worsch (University of Jena)
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PhD DayImage: Christoph Worsch (University of Jena)
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PhD DayImage: Christoph Worsch (University of Jena)
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PhD DayImage: Christoph Worsch (University of Jena)
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PhD DayImage: Jan-Peter Kasper (University of Jena)
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PhD DayImage: Christoph Worsch (University of Jena)
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PhD DayImage: Jan-Peter Kasper (University of Jena)