Offers for doctoral students
Offers for doctoral candidates include workshops, information events and consultations. Since the page is constantly updated, it is worth visiting regularly.
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Qualification program 2025
The qualification program is open to all doctoral students of the four universities of applied sciences in Saxony-Anhalt, i.e. to cooperative doctoral students and doctoral students in the doctoral centers. The program is also open to participants from the Graduate Academy of the OVGU. Remaining places may be allocated to other interested parties.
The workshops are free of charge. Please note the registration deadlines.
You can apply for educational leave to attend our workshops if your employer is in Saxony-Anhalt. Please contact Kerstin Tänzer for more information.
December 10, 2025, Wednesday, online - Scientific integrity in science communication
When? December 10, 10:00 - 12:00
Where? online
Course language? German
What?
Scenario 1: Climate change deniers use your published research findings to deny climate change.
Scenario 2: A local newspaper asks for your scientific opinion on a topical issue. You are now considering whether or not to comment on it.
Are these scenarios similar to what could happen to you? Then let's think together about how you can deal with it! In this short workshop, we will use case studies to link science communication with good scientific practice.
The workshop is not about learning communication techniques. It is not necessary to attend the workshop "Introduction to good scientific practice" beforehand.
Learning objectives:
- Participants are sensitized to fundamental aspects of good scientific practice in relation to science communication.
- Participants can reflect on the integrity of their own science communication.
The target group are doctoral students from the four Universities of Applied Sciences in Saxony-Anhalt.
You can register at josephin.winkler@h2.de by November 26, stating your supervising university, your subject and your supervisor.
The trainers:
- Sandra Dietzel M.A., trainer for good scientific practice and consultant for the promotion of early career researchers, Merseburg University of Applied Sciences
- Josephin Winkler M.A., trainer for good scientific practice and consultant at the Doctoral Center for Social, Health and Economic Sciences, Magdeburg-Stendal University of Applied Sciences
December 11+12, 2025, Thursday+Friday, online - Scientific Publishing
When? 09:00 - 13:00 each day
Language: English
Click here for registration at Merseburg University of Applied Sciences.
January 28, 2026, Wednesday, Online - SciComm-Workshop "Gewalt, Hassrede und Wissenschaftsfeindlichkeit"
When? January 28, 10.00 - 12.00
Where? Online
Language? German
Please find more information here on the webpage of Anhalt University of Applied Sciences.
March 5, 2026, Thursday, Magdeburg - Research data management
When? Thursday, March 5, 10:30 - 16:00
Where? Magdeburg-Stendal University of Applied Sciences, Magdeburg Campus, Breitscheidstr. 51, 39114 Magdeburg
Language: German
What?
Research data is still often neglected, although good research data management - including comprehensible documentation - is a requirement of good scientific practice. In the first part of the workshop, participants will learn the basics of research data management, including legal issues, documentation and data storage. In the second part, they will write their own data management plan under the individual supervision of the trainers, which they can use for their doctorate or research project.
The workshop is open to doctoral candidates and research assistants from the four Universities of Applied Sciences in Saxony-Anhalt. Remaining places can be allocated to doctoral candidates from OVGU and MLU.
You can register with Josephin Winkler by February 19, stating your supervisor, subject area and university.
Trainers:
Christian Schache, transfer manager at Magdeburg-Stendal University of Applied Sciences
Josephin Winkler, trained trainer for good scientific practice
April 3, 2025, Wednesday, online - Introduction to good scientific practice
When? April 4, 10.00 - 12.30
Where? Online
Language? German
What? This workshop provides participants with an overview of the rules of good scientific practice. Participants will be sensitised to how to deal with scientific misconduct. Values and attitudes in science are reflected upon.
Good scientific practice - what does it actually mean and what does it have to do with me as a doctoral candidate and my research?
In this entertaining online format, we will develop a definition of the rules of good scientific practice, discuss values in science and discuss ethical boundaries using a case study on scientific misconduct. We will also address the question of what conditions can contribute to compliance with good scientific practice.
List of course objectives
Develop a basic understanding of the rules of good scientific practice
Raising awareness of scientific misconduct
Methods
Presentation and inputs by trainers
Exchange in the plenum
Exchange and processing of tasks in small groups
Individual work
Work on case studies - role plays and feedback rounds if necessary
Note: Doctoral candidates at the doctoral centres in Saxony-Anhalt should note that, according to the doctoral regulations of the doctoral centres IWIT, Life Science, Architecture & Design Research and Environment and Technology, they must provide proof of attendance at events on ‘good scientific practice’. This workshop can be part of the proof.
This workshop is an introduction to the various areas of good scientific practice. Further in-depth workshops will be offered throughout the year at the universities of applied sciences and at the universities in Halle and Magdeburg.
Your speakers
Sandra Dietzel, consultant for the promotion of young scientists at Merseburg University of Applied Sciences, has completed a train-the-trainer programme for good scientific practice. She also has many years of proven experience in adult education, including in the areas of conflict management and diversity-sensitive team development. She also supports individuals and teams through coaching and counselling.
Katja Czech, consultant for the promotion of young academics at Anhalt University of Applied Sciences, has many years of proven experience in adult education and university teaching. She has completed a train-the-trainer programme for good scientific practice. She has experience in supporting individuals and teams through coaching and counselling.
June 26, 2025, Thursday, online - Introduction to good scientific practice
When? Wednesday, June 17, 2026, 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. (7 hours)
Where? In-person event in Merseburg
Further information can be found on the Merseburg University of Applied Sciences website.
Consultation
For people interested in a doctorate and for doctoral students
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
Make an appointment for a consultation here.
We are at your disposal for all questions concerning doctoral studies!
Solution-oriented individual coaching
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
Reimbursement of travel expenses
Doctoral students of the University of Applied Sciences Magdeburg-Stendal can apply to have part of their travel expenses reimbursed if they attend a face-to-face workshop of our qualification program.
Each application must be decided individually according to the current financial situation of the project CASE. Please contact Kerstin Tänzer or Josephin Winkler at least five weeks before the event for further information.
Consultations for qualitative methods
Doctoral students and prospective doctoral students, who currently write their exposé, of the Magdeburg-Stendal University of applied sciences can get a consultation on qualitative methods, including the planning and conducting of qualitative research projects.
If you are interested, you can write a mail to Paul S. Ruppel (paul-sebastian.ruppel@h2.de) and/or Christoph Stamann (christoph.stamann@h2.de) of the qualitativ-diskursiv-digital-Labor for an individual appointment.
Further offers
- With our newsletter you will regularly receive information about calls, awards and other more general offers for doctoral students. Subscribe to our newsletter here.
- The individual Doctoral Centers also organize their own internal events such as colloquia. In this case, the Doctoral Centers contact their doctoral students with an invitation.
- The German Research Foundation (DFG) offers information events on scientific careers.
Further offers:
Library offers
Doctoral students of the Magdeburg-Stendal University of applied sciences can receive consultations from the university's librarians, e.g. on literature research and on literature administration programmes, individually or in groups. You can best make an appointment via the Bibo-Service-Desk (login with your university account; the website is mainly in German).
Moreover, doctoral students can ask for longer book lending periods (e.g. for one semester) and for free of charge interlibrary loans. The library also borrows laptops, if available, for one semester.
The standard offers of the library are also valid for doctoral students. The library also accepts propositions for buying new books, also via the Service-Desk.
Free open access publishing
The Magdeburg-Stendal University of Applied Sciences covers the costs of open access publications with certain publishers, including Elsevier, SpringerNature and Wiley. The offer applies to doctoral students at the Doctoral Centres, regardless of their enrolment status, and can be requested from the Open Access Officer. The publication must have been produced as part of the doctorate and must state Magdeburg-Stendal University of Applied Sciences as the affiliation.
The current Open Access Officer and more information on open access at Magdeburg-Stendal University of Applied Sciences can be found here (in German).
Continuing education: Teaching skills
Every year in March and September, the university’s Service Department for Quality Development, Didactics and Digitization (SB QHD) offers “Teaching Weeks” with several onsite and online workshops. Doctoral students of Magdeburg-Stendal University of Applied Sciences can also participate.
So, if you are interested in developing your teaching skills, check the information here.
Studium generale
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. 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 the Center for Continuing Education that you are a doctoral student if you do not have a student e-mail address at the Magdeburg-Stendal University of Applied Sciences.
SciFlow
Enrolled doctoral students have a license for SciFlow, an online program that allows you to easily format and cite documents and write them together with others. Particularly interesting:
- SciFlow offers over 5000 templates from specialist journals in which you can start writing straight away.
- If you write a text together, you can see who has written what and can also call up older versions of the text.
Offers of the University of Magdeburg and University of Halle-Wittenberg
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 if there are any remaining places. You can find the course overview here. To always receive the latest offers, you can subscribe to the newsletter of the OVGU Graduate Academy.
They can also participate in the courses of the International Graduate Academy of the University of Halle-Wittenberg if there are any remaining places. You can find the course overview here.
Those courses are often held in English.
FAQ
To whom the offers are addressed?
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.
Are the offers free of charge?
How do I register for offers?
Contact Persons
Contact details
Coordinator Doctoral Center Social, Health and Economic Sciences
Josephin Winkler
Phone: 0049 3931 2187 3812
E-Mail: josephin.winkler(at)h2.de
Address: Stendal, Osterburger Str. 25, House 3, Room 1.18
Make an appointment for a consultation here.
Consultation hours via phone for doctoral students and interested persons:
Mondays 12:00 - 13:00, Central European Time
Wednesdays 11:00 - 12:00, Central European Time
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You can also make an individual appointment for a Zoom meeting.
Coordinator Doctoral Center Environment and Technology
Kerstin Taenzer
Tel.: 0049 391 886 49 92
E-Mail: kerstin.taenzer@h2.de
Address: Forschungs- und Entwicklungszentrum FEZ, Breitscheidstr. 51, 39114 Magdeburg, Room 3.02
Good scientific practice
Like all academics, doctoral candidates must adhere to the rules of good scientific practice.
Participation in an introductory course on good scientific practice is mandatory for doctoral students at most doctoral centers (PZ Environment & Technology, PZ Architecture and Design Research, PZ Life Sciences, PZ IWIT). At the end of the doctoral period, doctoral students must provide evidence of attending this course. Doctoral students at the Doctoral Center SGW, on the other hand, are obliged to attend at least two seminars and events accompanying their doctorate. These can also be colloquia.
