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Career Certificates for Doctoral Researchers
The certificate programs "Academia & Research" and "Management & Leadership" prepare doctoral researchers optimally for their career after the doctorate.
The certificates offer you the advantage of structured preparation for your future career path, and the acquisition of appropriate transferable skills already during your doctorate. In addition, you can use the certificate in applications to signal your commitment to potential employers.
At some departments, you can also fulfill parts of the requirements of your structured doctoral program by acquiring the certificate.
As a doctoral student at TU Dortmund University, you can choose from two program lines:
Career Certificate Tracks
The Academia & Research certificate prepares doctoral researchers for the challenges of a research career - on the path to a university professorship or as a researcher outside academia.
The certificate comprises 80 work units from the following areas:
- Information & Networking: 8 work units.
- For example, DocDay, DocNet or Fall Academy of the Research Academy Ruhr
- For example, DocDay, DocNet or Fall Academy of the Research Academy Ruhr
- Transferable Skills Training: 64 work units, to be completed in individual qualification areas:
- Project, time & self management: 16 work units
- Presenting, communicating & teaching: 16 work units
- Research, writing & publishing: 16 work units
- Career in Academia and Beyond (focus "career within academia"): 16 work units
- Elective area: 8 work units
- Free choice from the TU Dortmund qualification program
Here you can find an overview of all contents of the certificate as PDF.
The certificate "Management & Leadership" prepares doctoral researchers for a variety of career paths in business, science management, or their own start-up.
The certificate comprises 80 work units from the following areas:
- Information & Networking: 8 work units.
- For example DocDay, DocNet or Autumn Academy of the Research Academy Ruhr
- For example DocDay, DocNet or Autumn Academy of the Research Academy Ruhr
- Transferable skills: 56 work units, to be completed in individual qualification areas:
- Project, Time & Self Management OR Presenting, Communicating & Teaching: 16 work units.
- Career within & outside of academia (focus "career outside of academia") AND Transfer & Foundation: : 40 AE
- Elective area: 16 work units
- Free choice from the qualification programs of TU Dortmund University
Here you can find an overview of all contents of the certificate as PDF.
Certificate Program: How it works
To participate in one of the two certificate programs, please register once: Click here for registration.
To successfully complete one of the certificates, participants must achieve 80 work units (WU) of specific events and workshops. Each work unit typically includes a workload of 45 minutes - however, the specific indication in the workshop description (or table) applies.
Typical length of events and workshops:
- Information event / short workshop: 2 - 4 WU
- One-day workshop: 8 WU
- Two-day workshop: 16 WU
All creditable events are marked and the respective work units are shown! Graduate Center workshops that you have already attended can also be credited.
As soon as you have collected all work units for a certificate, send us an email to graduiertenzentrumtu-dortmundde.
All participations will be listed on the certificate.
Which events can be credited?
In principle, all courses at the Graduate Center can be credited. Please check the description texts to see which certificates and categories are eligible for credit.
You can also receive credit for courses offered by the Graduate Center in cooperation with the Center for Entrepreneurship & Transfer (CET) and the Research Data Management Service (FDM / RDM). You will also find information on creditability and work units for these workshops in the respective description on our website.
For a better overview, please use our tables to calculate the work units:
- Academia & Research (13 November 2024)
- Management & Leadership (13 November 2024)
The calculation tables are updated and improved on an ongoing basis. The latest version on this website applies. We therefore recommend that you check this website regularly for updates.
Courses from other internal TU providers and external providers cannot be credited towards the certificate.