Core Event: Career Day for Doctoral Researchers

Tuesday, January 28, 2025, 9 am – 5 pm

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Objectives

Get to Know Professional Career Paths!

The Career Day is an annual event organized by the Berlin University Alliance. It is designed for doctoral candidates in Berlin who are looking to expand their horizons and learn about the various career options available to them. It is an excellent opportunity for doctoral candidates in Berlin to explore future perspectives and meet exciting guests.

Whether you’re looking to pursue a career in academia, research management, consulting, policy making, patent law or business, the Career Day offers a chance to connect with individuals who have chosen these paths and can provide valuable insights into the different paths available to you.

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Program

Panel discussions

Live discussions about career paths after the PhD: Meet professionals from various sectors, including academia, research management, policy making, start-ups,consulting, and counseling. The professionals – most of them former doctoral students – tell about their transition from doctoral research to job life. They inform about the sectors they work in and provide valuable insights and advice on possible careers.

Lectures

We proudly present exciting lectures in the morning and afternoon. Experienced experts will talk about "Navigating the German Labor Market" and "From Academia to Business: Employers' Perspectives".

Advice

A limited number of slots for individual counseling sessions can be booked (after registration). You can chose from mini CV checks (15 minutes) and mini career counselings (30 minutes).

Exchange & Networking

Delicious food will be served. During coffee breaks, lunch and get-together you will have ample opportunities to get in touch with the speakers and with fellow doctoral students.

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Location

• In-person event. Selected parts of the program will be streamed on Zoom
• Humboldt Graduate School, Luisenstraße 56, 10117 Berlin
• Directions & map

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Registration

• Registration is obligatory.
• The booking period will start soon.

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Language

The main language of the event is English. Questions and comments in German are welcome.

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Participants

We welcome doctoral students from all research fields. It is organized by the Graduate Studies Support Program of Berlin University Alliance, but doctoral researchers from other universities are equally welcome.

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Organizers

A group of doctoral researchers co-organizes the Career Day under the professional supervision of Humboldt Graduate School. The Career Day was established by Humboldt Graduate School in 2014, and since 2020 has been a part of Graduate Studies Support Program at Berlin University Alliance.

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Participation fee

The Career Day is free of charge for all doctoral researchers from inside and outside Berlin University Alliance. Every registered participant is welcome to join lectures and panel discussions and to register for CV checks or career counselings. 

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Retrospective

Career Day 2024: Event page 2024 at Humboldt Graduate School

Career Day 2023: Event page 2023 at Humboldt Graduate School

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Career Counseling and Peer Mentoring

 Do you already know what you want to do after your doctorate? Do you have an overview of interesting fields of work in which you can imagine a career? Are you questioning whether or not you want to pursue a career in academia?

Counselling sessions and peer mentoring groups at Berlin University Alliance are here to address and to discuss this kind of questions.

For dates and places go to the workshop list.

Contact

The core event “Career Day” is organized by Humboldt Graduate School (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin).

Contact person: Dr. Karolin Sengebusch