International Tutoring Service
Support for newly arriving doctoral candidates and postdocs
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The Graduate Academy offers international doctoral candidates and postdocs a free peer-to-peer support service to help you organising your stay in Jena.
What are the issues the tutoring service can help me with?
- questions about entry and stay (visa issues, citizens' service, immigration office)
- orientation in the city and at the university (search for the right contact person)
- procedures at Jena University (admission as a doctoral candidate, enrolment, multimedia centre, computer centre, library)
- doctorate and family (finding childcare, kindergarten, school)
- issues and problems of everyday life (finding accomodation, bank accounts, insurances)
Who are the tutors?
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The tutors of Graduate Academy are pursueing their doctorate at Friedrich Schiller University Jena. They speak English, German, and some other languages.
How can I contact the tutoring service?
Please write an e-mail with your issue to ga-tutor@uni-jena.de. Your contact person is Dr. Alexander Schwarzkopf.
Dr. Alexander Schwarzkopf