Seminars and workshops
The University of Cologne offers its researchers a series of seminars and workshops on the following overarching topics:
- Good scientific practice
- Scientific writing
- Scientific presentation
- Statistics and bioinformatics
- Ethics
- Project / data management
- Research funding
- Didactics
- Career planning and orientation
- Leadership and Management
- Seminar series
- Scientific Career Day
- Life Sciences Lectures
- ZKS Akademie - Qualifying for clinical research
- Further offers
Doctoral students in the Interdisciplinary Program Health Sciences (IPHS) and Molecular Medicine (IPMM) as well as Clinician Scientists in the Cologne Clinician Scientist Program (CCSP) will find a selection of courses for their mandatory modules here.
Please refer to the respective provider's website for information on the conditions of participation, the language of the course and the specific target group.
The events listed here do not claim to be exhaustive. If you are missing something, please send us an e-mail.
Good scientific practice
| Title (Lecturer) | date | Time | Provider* |
|---|---|---|---|
Workshop Good Scientific Practice (Prof. Dr. Nicole Skoetz - Institut für Öffentliches Gesundheitswesen) | Feb 3 - 4, 2026 | 9:15 - 11:15 | IPHS |
Workshop Good Researcher Practice (Prof. Dr. Martin C. Michel - Institute for Pharmacology | University Mainz) | April 27, 2026 Aug 17, 2026 | 13:00 - 17:00 | IPMM/ZMMK |
Gute wissenschaftliche Praxis – Grundlagenwissen für Doktorand*innen (online) (Dr. Julia Verse) | Mar 11 - 12, 2026 Nov 19 - 20, 2026 | 9:30 - 16:15 | AMC |
Good Scientific Practice – Basic principles for Doctoral Candidates (online) (Dr. Julia Verse) | Jul 1 - 2, 2026 | 9:30 - 16:15 | AMC |
Scientific writing
| Title (Lecturer) | date | Time | Provider* |
|---|---|---|---|
Workshop Advanced Scientific Writing (Dr. Ruth Willmott (Bioscript, Vienna)) | May 6 - 8, 2026 | 2,5 days | IPMM/ZMMK |
Academic Writing in English for Doctoral Candidates in the Life and Natural Sciences (Lesley-Anne Weiling) | Mar 24 - 25, 2026 Nov 24 - 25, 2026 | 9:00 - 15:30 | AMC |
Academic Writing in English for Doctoral Candidates in the Humanities and Social Sciences (Lesley-Anne Weiling) | May 5 - 6, 2026 | 9:00 - 15:30 | AMC |
(Lesley-Anne Weiling) | Apr 21, 2026 | 9:00 - 13:00 | AMC |
Scientific presentation
| Title (Lecturer) | date | Time | Provider* |
|---|---|---|---|
Workshop Power Point Presentation (Dr. Ruth Willmott (Bioscript, Vienna)) | Mar 25 - 27, 2026 | 3 days | IPMM/ZMMK |
Workshop Poster Design and Presentation (Dr. Ruth Willmott (Bioscript, Vienna)) | May 11 - 12, 2026 | 2 days | IPMM/ZMMK |
Competent Performance: The Art of Self-Presenting for Female Researchers (Saskia Schottelius) | Sept 24 - 25, 2026 | 9:30 - 16:00 | AMC |
(Thorsten Rother) | Feb 25 - 26, 2026 Sept 22 - 23, 2026 | 9:00 - 16:00 | AMC |
Getting it Right: Scientific Presentation for Doctoral Candidates (John Kluempers) | Feb 09 -10, 2026 | 9:00 - 17:00 | AMC |
Wissenschaftliche Präsentation in der Promotionsphase – souverän vortragen und diskutieren (Sabine Scheerer) | Nov 16 - 17 2026 | 9:00 - 17:00 | AMC |
(Dr. Sashima Läbe, twentyoneskills) | Sept 22, 2026 | 9:00 - 17:00 | AMC |
Statistics and bioinformatics
| Title (Lecturer) | date | Time | Provider* |
|---|---|---|---|
Statistics with the Software "R" (lectured in English) (Prof. Dr. Achim Tresch - Institut für Medizinische Statistik und Bioinformatik) | tba | tba | IPHS/IMSB |
Grundlagen der medizinischen Statistik (Prof. Dr. Martin Hellmich - Institut für Medizinische Statistik und Bioinformatik) | Blockkurs: 16.-20.03.2026 | 9:15 - 13:00 | IMSB |
Statistics for the Life Science (with GraphPad Prism) (Prof. Dr. Martin C. Michel - Institute for Pharmacology | University Mainz) | Aug 18 - 19, 2026 | 2 days | IPMM/ZMMK |
Ethics
| Title (Lecturer) | date | Time | Provider* |
|---|---|---|---|
Research Ethics and Theory of Science (Dr. Christian Hick - Institute for History and Ethics of Medicine) | SS26 (date tbd) | IPHS |
Project/data management
| Title (Lecturer) | date | Time | Provider* |
|---|---|---|---|
Projektmanagement Basisschulung (Rainer Klein, Abteilung 15 - Organisationsentwicklung) | Oct 12 - 13, 2026 | 09:00 - 13:30 | PE |
Forschungsdatenmanagement (FDM/RDM): Eine praxisbezogene Einführung (Andreas Mühlichen und Jasmin Schenk) | Sep 23, 2026 | 09:00 - 16:00 | C³RDM |
Research Data Management (RDM/FDM): A Practice-Oriented Introduction (Andreas Mühlichen und Jasmin Schenk) | Apr 15, 2026 | 09:00 - 16:00 | C³RDM |
Aufbaukurs Forschungsdatenmanagement (FDM/RDM): Wie schreibe ich einen Datenmanagementplan (DMP)? (Jasmin Schenk und Andreas Mühlichen) | Sep 30, 2026 | 09:00 - 12:00 | C³RDM |
Advanced Course on Research Data Management (RDM/FDM): How to Write a Data Management Plan (DMP) (Jasmin Schenk und Andreas Mühlichen) | Mar 18, 2026 | 09:00 - 12:00 | C³RDM |
09.08 Projekte erfolgreich führen (Cornelia Schneider) | Jul 17, 2026 | 09:00 - 16:30 | UKK |
Research funding
| Title (Lecturer) | date | Time | Provider* |
|---|---|---|---|
Workshop: Funding Opportunities for Postdocs and Clinician Scientists (Dr. Simona Walker (Forschungsförderberatung Medizin)) | on request | auf Anfrage | Dean's Office |
Individual research funding support for all scientists of the Medical Faculty (Dr. Simona Walker (Forschungsförderberatung Medizin)) | on request | auf Anfrage | Dean's Office |
Workshop Getting funded: Writing an individual fellowship (Dr. Ruth Willmott (Bioscript, Vienna)) | Apr 9 - 10, 2026 follow-up: Apr 13 or 14 | 1,5 days | IPMM/ZMMK |
Funding Opportunities for PostDocs (for late-stage PhD students) (Dr. Simona Walker (Forschungsförderberatung Medizin)) | Jul 2, 2026 | 10:30 - 12:00 | Dean's Office |
Funding Pioneering Research - ERC Synergy Grants (D7) | tba | D7 | |
Funding Pioneering Research - ERC Starting & Consolidator Grants (D7) | tba | D7 | |
Fit for Research Funding: Equal opportunity measures in DFG’s funding procedures (D7) | tba | D7 | |
(D7) | tba | D7 | |
Fit for Research Funding: Fit for Open Science and Research Data Management (D7) | tba | D7 |
Didactics
| Title (Lecturer) | date | Time | Provider* |
|---|---|---|---|
12.01 Medizindidaktik: Curriculum Development (Dr. Dino Carl Novak, Heike Zims) | Mar 20 - 21, 2026 Oct 9 - 10, 2026 | Mar 20: 10:00 - 19:00 Mar 21: 10:00 - 14:00 | UKK |
12.02 Medizindidaktik: Plenardidaktik (PD Dr. Jürgen-Christoph von Kleist-Retzow, Prof. Dr. Jan Matthes) | Jul 3 - 4, 2026 | Jul 3: 10:00 - 19:00 Jul 4: 10:00 - 14:00 | UKK |
12.03 Medizindidaktik: Interaktiver Kleingruppenunterricht (Prof. Dr. Jan Matthes, Dr. Christoph Stosch) | Oct 9 - 10, 2026 | Oct 9: 10:00 - 19:00 Oct 10: 10:00 - 14:00 | UKK |
12.04 Medizindidaktik: Unterricht am Krankenbett (Dr. Eva Schönefeld, Dr. Helmut Ahrens) | Apr 17 - 18, 2026 Sept 4 - 5, 2026 | Apr 17: 09:00 - 18:00 Apr 18: 09:00 - 14:00 | UKK |
12.05 Medizindidaktik: E-Learning (Dr. Dino Carl Novak, Dr. Yassin Karay, Birger Reiß) | Mar 6, 2026 Oct 2, 2026 | 10:00 - 19:00 | UKK |
12.06 Medizindidaktik: Richtig (?!) Prüfen (Priv.-Doz. Dr. Jan Matthes, Dr. Christoph Stosch) | May 8 - 9, 2026 Nov 6 - 7, 2026 | May 8: 10:00 - 19:00 May 9: 10:00 - 14:00 | UKK |
12.07 Medizindidaktik: Forschung und Medizinstudium (Priv.-Doz. Dr. Jan Matthes, Dr. Sören Moritz, Dr. Christoph Stosch) | Mar 6 - 7, 2026 Sept 11 - 12, 2026 | Mar 6: 10:00 - 19:00 Mar 7: 10:00 - 14:00 | UKK |
12.08 Medizindidaktik: Diversity in der medizinischen Lehre (Dr. Houda Hallal, Dr. Vanessa Romotzky, Prof. Dr. Jan Matthes) | Nov 13 - 14, 2026 | Nov 13: 10:00 - 19:00 Nov 14: 10:00 - 14:00 | UKK |
Career planning and orientation
| Title (Lecturer) | date | Time | Provider* |
|---|---|---|---|
Workshop Career Mentoring and Management (Dr. Ruth Willmott (Bioscript, Vienna) | Jul 22 - 23, 2026 follow-up: July 27 or 28 | 1,5 days | IPMM/ZMMK |
Workshop Career Orientation for Junior PhDs career development (Dr. Ruth Willmott (Bioscript, Vienna) | Jul 24, 2026 | 09:00 - 17:00 | IPMM/ZMMK |
AMC Career Compass: Finding Your Next Career Step: Job Portals and Social Media (Caroline Ketting) | Mar 10, 2026 | 12:00 - 13:30 | AMC |
AMC Career Compass: Tailor-Made Applications for Non-Academic Careers (Caroline Ketting) | Jun 16, 2026 | 12:00 - 13:30 | AMC |
AMC Career Compass: Succeeding in Non-Academic Job Interviews (Caroline Ketting) | Nov 3, 2026 | 12:00 - 13:30 | AMC |
Bewerbungstraining für Berufseinsteigerinnen nach dem Studium (Melanie Klaes) | Mar 11 & 18, 2026 | 09:00 - 16:00 | AMC |
Turning Uncertainty into Action - Career Orientation Outside of Academia (Ulrike Schneeberg) | Apr 29, May 6, 13 & 20, Jun 3, 2026 | 09:00 - 10:30 | AMC |
Initiativbewerbung in der Wirtschaft - Strategien und Wege (Simone Flachmann) | Jun 22, 2026 | 12:00 - 13:30 | AMC |
Karriere im Wissenschaftsmanagement (Dr. Helene Schruff) | Oct 16, 2026 | 10:00 - 16:00 | AMC |
Stellensuche außerhalb der Academia mit LinkedIn (Christoph Hornung) | Sept 16, 2026 | 14:00 - 17:30 | AMC |
(Bianca Sievert) | Oct 7, 2026 | 09:00 - 13:30 | AMC |
Leadership and Management
| Title (Lecturer) | date | Time | Provider* |
|---|---|---|---|
(Prof. Dr. Uta Bronner) | Mar 12, 2026 Nov 6, 2026 | 09:00 - 17:00 | PE |
(Dr. Anja Frohnen, Impulsplus) | Feb 27, 2026 Jun 26, 2026 Nov 20, 2026 | 09:00 - 17:00 | PE |
Fachlich führen - Erfolgreich steuern ohne Weisungsbefugnis (Hubert Sonntag, Hattinger Büro GmbH) | Mar 25 - 26, 2026 Sep 9 - 10, 2026 | 09:00 - 17:00 | PE |
Leading forward - Führungskräfteprogramm (Astrid Linder und Dr. Thomas Becker, relation~s GmbH) | Starting Feb 23, 2026 (8 dates) | 09:00 - 17:00 | PE |
(Astrid Linder, relation~s GmbH) | Nov 3 - 4, 2026 | 09:00 - 17:00 | PE |
(Hubert Sonntag, Hattinger Büro GmbH) | Mar 3, 2026 Sept 17, 2026 | 09:00 - 17:00 | PE |
Übersicht der Führungskräftetrainings der Uniklinik (different speakers) | see Bildungsportal | see Bildungsportal | UKK |
ZKS Akademie - Qualifying for clinical research
Further offers
You can find further interesting training opportunities here:
- Continuing education program of the University of Cologne
- Albertus Magnus Center (AMC)
- Education portal of the University Hospital Cologne
- Events of the Faculty of Medicine
- SchreibArt courses of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities
- Courses offered by the University and City Library (USB)
- Courses offered by ZB MED
*Legend
AMC - Albertus Magnus Center
C³RDM - Cologne Competence Center for Research Data Management
D7 - Department 7 "Research Management" of the University of Cologne
IMSB - Institute for Medical Statistics and Bioinformatics
IPHS - Interdisciplinary Program Health Sciences
IPMM - Interdisciplinary Program Molecular Medicine
PE - Human Resources Development at the University of Cologne
UKK - University Hospital Cologne (Education Portal)
ZMMK - Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne