DocDay 2024 - A day all about the doctorate!

Hearing condensed information, getting exciting impulses and making interesting new connections will be the focus of the DocDay, revolving around all the skills and challenges associated with getting a PhD. The DocDay will be held in-person, offering participants the opportunity to make more personal connections and meet important institutions at TU Dortmund.

The DocDay is organised by the Graduate Center and is open to all people currently working on or interested in pursuing a PhD. Participation is free of charge.

The event will be held in-person at IBZ, TU Dortmund on January 24th 2024 starting at 10 a.m. 

Program

10:00 | Welcome

10:15 | PhD Speed Dating

10:15 | Info Sessions

• A PhD – the right thing for me? (doctoral candidates)
• Stressmanagement in der Qualifikationsphase (doctoral candidates and prospective and those interested in a PhD)
• Your Data Matters - Simple steps to a better Research Data Management (doctoral candidates)

12:30 | Lunch break with Market of Opportunities and PhD Safe Space

13:30 | Keynote: "Building a cross-disciplinary research program: challenges and opportunities" Prof. Britta Trappmann, Fakultät für Chemie und Chemische Biologie, TU Dortmund

14:30 | Info Sessions

• Financing your PhD (doctoral candidates)
• Gute Lehre von Anfang an – Tipps und Tricks aus der Hochschuldidaktik (doctoral candidates and those interested in a PhD)
• Essentials for the first grant proposal (doctoral candidates)

16:00 | Panel discussion

• From manuscript to publication: Challenges and best practices in academic publication

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