Welcome and Service Desk for Doctoral Candidates and Postdocs

At the Welcome and Service Desk, assistance and advice are offered to all doctoral candidates and postdocs of Jena University.

You can find us on the ground floor in the House for Young Researchers, Johnannisstraße 13 (vis-à-vis to the cafeteria).

Doctoral candidates, people who are interested in a doctorate and postdocs receive information, assistance and advice concerning i.a. the following topics:

• First steps to the doctorate
• Registration and admission as a doctoral candidate
• Enrolment
• Arrival in Germany
• Information on the funding of a doctorate and the postdoctoral phase
• Advice possibilities
• Information about proof reading service
• Information concerning the offers of the Graduate Academy e.g. the qualification programme or events
• Transfer to the proper contact person at Friedrich Schiller University Jena and beyond that

Any further questions? In case you would like a more detailed or a confidential consultation, we would be happy to arrange an individual appointment. Please contact us!