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Academic Career

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

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 Portal
External 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

Three Minute Thesis Competition
25 Feb 2026
19 s.t. ·
- Graduierten-Akademie
In this competition doctoral candidates present their research in three minutes
- presence
- public
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Alumni Talks meets ….
3 Mar 2026—3 Mar 2027
- Informationsveranstaltung
a series of events that provides PhD candidates and postdocs with insights into various career paths outside academia
- online
- public
- barrier-free
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News

University of Jena uses artificial intelligence to simplify binational doctoral procedures

EC2U User workshop from the 20. -22. January in Pavia
29 January 2026

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BOTANICA project: Historical botanical knowledge becomes digitally accessible

Thuringian University and State Library and Senckenberg Institute for Plant Form and Function digitize the Herbarium Haussknecht collection for research, education and the public
15 January 2026
- Life
Image: Nicole Nerger (University of Jena)
Thuringia invests 4.8 million euros in start-ups at Thuringian institutions of higher education

Friedrich Schiller University Jena coordinates state-wide project to expand start-up programmes
15 January 2026

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Highlights

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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Social Media for Doctoral Candidates and Postdocs

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