Offers for doctoral candidates

People interested in doing a doctorate and doctoral students at the University of Applied Sciences Magdeburg-Stendal can contact us by mail or telephone:

Josephin Winkler - Doctoral Center Social, Health and Economic Sciences and cooperative doctoral students from the departments of Applied Human Sciences, Social Work, Health and Media, and Economics.

Kerstin Tänzer - Doctoral Center Environment & Technology and cooperative doctoral students of the departments Engineering and Industrial Design as well as Water, Environment, Construction and Safety

We are at your disposal for all questions concerning doctoral studies!

You are sitting in front of a blank page and can't find a beginning? Are you struggling with your research question? You read a lot and then forget some things again? You can't find a structure in your text? Or would you just like to talk to someone about your writing project in peace and quiet? Come to the peer writing consultation for your scientific writing concerns! This takes about 45 minutes, during which you will receive non-hierarchical and non-directive help for self-help from a trained writing coach, e.g. reflect on your work process, generate ideas, try out writing methods and strategies, set goals, and receive text feedback on exemplary text passages. You are and remain the expert for your text - the writing coach does not need to be an expert on your subject.

Please feel free to make an appointment (also possible in the evening) with Josephin Winkler. The writing consultation can take place online or in person at an arranged location in Magdeburg or Stendal.

About the consultant: Josephin Winkler is a trained peer trainer for scientific writing and is doing her doctorate at the University of Halle-Wittenberg.

Frustrated by doing your doctorate? During your doctorate, there are phases that are difficult or unsettling. For example, your own self-management and time management do not work out, or there are difficulties in the supervision of your doctorate. For more clarity in your mind, our colleague Sandra Dietzel of the Merseburg University of Applied Sciences offers you the opportunity to work on your personal concerns in individual coaching sessions in a confidential and solution-oriented manner. This way you reflect on your resources, strengths and stumbling blocks and can find a concrete way to deal with your challenges.

Coach: Sandra Dietzel (Speaker of Promoting Early Career Researchers, Merseburg University of Applied Sciences)

Duration: max. 1 hour, several appointments possible; online

Registration: appointment by mail

Doctoral students of the University of Applied Sciences Magdeburg-Stendal can apply to have part of their travel expenses reimbursed if they attend a classroom workshop of our qualification program or if they travel to a conference in Germany for their doctoral studies.

More information will follow shortly.

A mentoring program for PhD students is currently being developed. As soon as the program starts, we will inform you here.

Every year, the Magdeburg-Stendal University of Applied Sciences offers "University Didactic Weeks", in which doctoral students of the University of Applied Sciences Magdeburg-Stendal can also participate. You can find more information here (in German language).

The university's open course offerings bundle cross-topic, cross-discipline and cross-departmental courses. They are designed to enable students to acquire knowledge, skills and, above all, important key competencies that are useful for successful study, career entry, a professional career or personal development. You can find the course offer here (in German language). Registration is via a login to the booking portal, to which anyone can register.

Doctoral students of all four universities of applied sciences are charged the student rate. You do not need to be enrolled for this, but you do need to provide proof to Ms. Darius that you are a doctoral student if you do not have a student e-mail address at the Magdeburg-Stendal University of Applied Sciences.

Doctoral students of the Doctoral Centers and cooperative doctoral students of the four universities of applied sciences in Saxony-Anhalt can also participate free of charge in the qualification program of the Graduate Academy of the University of Magdeburg. You can find the course overview here. To always receive the latest offers, you can subscribe to the newsletter of the OVGU Graduate Academy.

The qualification program is open to all doctoral students at the University of Applied Sciences Magdeburg-Stendal, Anhalt, Harz and Merseburg. This includes cooperative doctorates and doctorates at all doctoral centers in Saxony-Anhalt.

Some other offers on this website are only open to doctoral students of the University of Applied Sciences Magdeburg-Stendal (cooperative or first supervision sits at the University of Applied Sciences Magdeburg-Stendal). This is explicitly stated in the offers. You can find out whether the other three universities have similar offers on their doctoral websites.

Unless otherwise stated, the offers are free of charge for the target group mentioned. If you do not belong to the target group but would still like to take advantage of an offer, you are welcome to contact the person responsible.

Since the offers come from different institutions of different universities, it is important to read up on how to register for each offer and, if applicable, when the registration deadline is. It is also worth asking after the registration deadline if there are still places available.

Doctoral students of the Magdeburg-Stendal University of applied sciences can apply for a subsidy for travel expenses if they want to attend a face-to-face course of the qualification program or if they travel to a conference in Germany that is important for their doctoral research. You can find more information under "Advice".