Advice & Counseling
The Graduate Center provides advice and counseling for (prospective) doctoral researchers. You are welcome to contact us with your questions regarding your doctorate.
Our website answers the most important questions on topics such as:
- Why do a doctorate?
- What are the personal requirements for a doctorate?
- What are the formal requirements for a doctorate?
- How do I become a doctoral candidate?
- How do I find a supervisor for my doctoral project?
- How do I finance a doctorate?
- What support is available for international doctoral candidates?
- What opportunities are there for stays abroad?
Make an appointment
Do you still have questions? Then make an appointment with us for a counseling!
Advice & Counseling
From the initial consideration of pursuing your own doctoral project to the choice of career path after the successful disputation: the doctorate is a phase in which you make important decisions and set the course for your own future. An individual consultation can help to create a better basis of information and to gain more clarity about your goals.
We often provide advice on the following topics:
- Administrative matters (registration, regulations, etc.)
- Application and supervision
- Career planning inside and outside academia
- Financing your doctorate
- Managing your supervision relation
- Project planning and management of a doctorate
- Stays abroad: Planning and financing
- Transferable Skills Training
You can contact us with all your questions. If we cannot help you with your request, we will be happy to refer you to the appropriate service point at TU Dortmund University.
Were you satisfied with our counseling?
To ensure high quality, we evaluate our councelings on a regular basis. The evaluation is anonymous. For this purpose, we only store your e-mail address without any further data and delete it after the evaluation.
We are pleased if you support us with your feedback. If you do not wish to do so, please feel free to let us know that you do not wish to be contacted.
Further contact persons
If we are unable to help with a question, we will be happy to put you in touch with suitable service points or research institutions at TU Dortmund University.
Important counseling services for doctoral researchers at TU Dortmund University are, for example:
- Beschwerdemanagement (Complaint Management, also available at Department level)
- DoBus (Counseling for doctoral researchers with disabilites or chronic diseases)
- Grants Services at Research Support Services (Third-Party Funding)
- Library of TU Dortmund University (Publications, submitting dissertations, paper-based dissertation)
- Ombudspersons (Good scientific practice)
- Personnel Department (Conflict Moderation)
- Psychological Student Counseling, Central Student Counseling
- SchuDS - Central Counseling Center for Protection against Discrimination and Sexualized Violence
- Social Counseling for International Doctoral Researchers, International Office
- Staff Council (Questions or concerns with regard to your contract or employment)
- Welcome Services, International Office
