University-wide networking
Personal networks are an indispensable resource - for a successful doctorate as well as for further career planning. The Graduate Center sees itself as a platform that enables doctoral candidates from all departements to exchange ideas and build their personal network.
DocNet – Doctoral Researchers' Network
DocNet is the interdisciplinary network of the Graduate Center for Doctoral Students at TU Dortmund University. It provides a space for exchange, networking, and mutual support during doctoral studies. The events address topics that concern doctoral students in their day-to-day academic lives—from academic culture and unwritten rules to questions of collaboration, career development, and the day-to-day realities of research. Information on upcoming events can be found on the events page.
Information on upcoming dates can also be found on our events page.
Current DocNet groups
This monthly online meeting provides a space for open discussion about everyday life as a doctoral student, academic culture and informal experiences within the academic system. It is particularly aimed at doctoral students who are the first in their family to study or pursue a doctorate, or who wish to discuss issues of belonging, academic culture and the often unspoken unwritten rules of academia. New participants are always very welcome.
In this session, which takes place once a semester, doctoral students offer each other advice on specific issues and challenges they face in their day-to-day doctoral work. Using the peer counselling method, participants work together to develop new perspectives and approaches to solving problems, and benefit from the experiences of their fellow doctoral students.
DocDay - Doctoral Researchers' Day
At DocDay, everything revolves around the doctorate. (Prospective) doctoral researchers have the opportunity to make new contacts across department boundaries. In addition, they receive information on topics relevant to doctoral studies - from financing the doctorate to research data management.
Further networking opportunities at TU Dortmund University
For doctoral researchers with disabilities, in addition to the general requirements of a doctorate, various other questions and challenges often arise in connection with further academic qualification.
DoBuS, the area of Disability and Studies at the Center for Higher Education at TU Dortmund University, offers doctoral candidates with disabilities a space for the exchange of experiences and peer support within the framework of regular moderated group meetings.
The group is open to doctoral students with disabilities/chronic illnesses of the TU Dortmund of all faculties. The digital meetings take place very 4 to 6 weeks.
For more information, please contact:
Andrea Hellbusch
E-mail: andrea.hellbusch@tu-dortmund.de
Phone: 0231/ 755-6565
Finding time to work on your dissertation, a journal article, or a research proposal can be challenging, given the many demands doctoral researchers face.
Joining a writing group can make a real difference: it helps you set aside dedicated writing time while also creating space to share experiences, challenges, and successes with peers. The doctoral writing groups organized by the Writing Lab w.space meet regularly, with meeting times adjusted to the current participants and the semester schedule.
If you’re interested in joining or learning more, please contact Dr. Claudia Sassen (claudia.sassen@tu-dortmund.de) at the Writing Lab w.space, Center for Higher Education.
UA Ruhr Research Academy
The Research Academy enables doctoral researchers to network within the Science Region Ruhr. Networking formats in the field of doctoral studies include:
- connecting.ruhr: Career Prospects for Postdocs in the Business Region Ruhr
- Dialogue: Science meets business
- Frühjahrsakademie: For a good start into your doctorate
- Herbstakademie: Throughout your doctorate until its successful completion
- Karriereforum Wissenschaft und Forschung: Paths to Professorships
- Karriereforum Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft: Practical Dialogue on Non-University Career Paths
- mentoring³: Academic career development for young female scientists
- Research Career Day: All About Making a Career in Research
All information and the possibility to register can be found on our event page and on the website of the Research Academy.
