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Seminars and workshops

The University of Cologne offers its researchers a series of seminars and workshops on the following overarching topics:

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)dateTimeProvider*

Workshop Good Scientific Practice

(Prof. Dr. Nicole Skoetz - Institute of Public Health)

Jun 17 - 18, 202509:15 - 11:15IPHS

Workshop Good Research Practice

(Prof. Dr. Martin C. Michel - Institute for Pharmacology | University Mainz)

May 12, 2025
Sept 22, 2025
13:00IPMM/ZMMK

Gute wissenschaftliche Praxis – Grundlagenwissen für Doktorand*innen (online)

(Dr. Julia Verse)

Jun 23 - 24, 2025

Sep 11 - 12, 2025

9:30 - 16:15AMC

Good Scientific Practice – Basic principles for Doctoral Candidates (online)

(Dr. Julia Verse)

Jun 26 - 27, 2025

Sep 16 - 17, 2025

9:30 - 16:15AMC

Scientific writing

Title (Lecturer)dateTimeProvider*

Workshop Advanced Scientific Writing

(Dr. Ruth Willmott (Bioscript, Vienna))

Jul 16 -18, 20252,5 daysIPMM/ZMMK

Academic Writing in English for Doctoral Candidates in the Life and Natural Sciences

(Lesley-Anne Weiling)

Apr 8 - 9, 2025

Oct 7 - 8, 2025

9:00 - 15:30AMC

Academic Writing in English for Doctoral Candidates in the Humanities and Social Sciences

(Lesley-Anne Weiling)

Feb 19 - 20, 20259:00 - 15:30AMC

Academic Writing for Postdocs

(Lesley-Anne Weiling)

May, 6, 20259:00 - 13:00AMC

Scientific presentation

Title (Lecturer)dateTimeProvider*

Workshop Power Point Presentation

(Dr. Ruth Willmott (Bioscript, Vienna))

April 14 - 16, 2025 3 daysIPMM/ZMMK

Workshop Poster Design and Presentation

(Dr. Ruth Willmott (Bioscript, Vienna))

Aug 7 - 8, 2025 2 daysIPMM/ZMMK

Confident performance – presentation skills for female researchers

(Dr. Saskia Schottelius)

Oct 30 - 31, 2025

 

9:30 - 16:00AMC

Disputationstraining

(Thorsten Rother)

Mar 10 - 11, 2025

Sep 29 - 30, 2025 

9:00 - 16:00AMC

Getting it Right: Scientific Presentation for Doctoral Candidates

(John Kluempers)

Feb 25 - 26, 20259:00 - 17:00AMC

Wissenschaftliche Präsentation in der Promotionsphase – souverän vortragen und diskutieren

(Sabine Scheerer)

Nov 3 - 4, 20259:00 - 17:00AMC

Statistics and bioinformatics

Title (Lecturer)dateTimeProvider*

Statistics with the Software "R"

(Prof. Dr. Achim Tresch - Institute for Medical Statistics and Bioinformatics)

each Thursday,

07.11.24 - 12.12.24

10:00 - 15:00IPHS/IMSB

Grundlagen der medizinischen Statistik

(Prof. Dr. Martin Hellmich - Institute of Medical Statistics and Bioinformatics)

Block course:

17.-21.03.2025

9:15 - 13:00IMSB

Statistics for the Life Science (with GraphPad Prism)

(Prof. Dr. Martin C. Michel - Institute for Pharmacology | University Mainz)

Sept 23 - 24, 20252 daysIPMM/ZMMK

Ethics

Title (Lecturer) date Time Provider*

Research Ethics and Theory of Science

(Dr. Christian Hick - Institute for History and Ethics of Medicine)

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IPHS

Project/data management

Title (Lecturer)dateTimeProvider*

Project Management

(Dr. Christine Kohistani)

May 6, 202509:00 - 16:30PE

Projektmanagement Basisschulung

(Rainer Klein, Abteilung 15 - Organisationsentwicklung)

Oct 8 - 9, 202509:00 - 13:30PE

Forschungsdatenmanagement (FDM/RDM): Eine praxisbezogene Einführung

(Andreas Mühlichen und Denis Arnold)

Jul 2, 202509:00 - 16:00C³RDM

Research Data Management (RDM/FDM): A Practice-Oriented Introduction

(Denis Arnold und Andreas Mühlichen)

Oct 8, 202509:00 - 16:00C³RDM

Aufbaukurs Forschungsdatenmanagement (FDM/RDM): Wie schreibe ich einen Datenmanagementplan (DMP)?

(Jasmin Schenk und Andreas Mühlichen)

Nov 19, 202509:00 - 12:00C³RDM

Advanced Course on Research Data Management (RDM/FDM): How to Write a Data Management Plan (DMP)

(Jasmin Schenk und Andreas Mühlichen)

May 7, 202509:00 - 12:00C³RDM

Research funding

Title (Lecturer)dateTimeProvider*

Workshop: Funding Opportunities for Postdocs and Clinician Scientists

(Dr. Simona Walker (Research Funding Support Medicine))

on requeston requestDean's Office

Individual funding advice for all scientists at the Faculty of Medicine

(Dr. Simona Walker (Research Funding Support Medicine))

on requeston requestDean's Office

Workshop Getting funded: Writing an individual fellowship

(Dr. Ruth Willmott (Bioscript, Vienna))

Jun 12, 2025
follow-up: Jun 16 or 17
1,5 daysIPMM/ZMMK

Proposal Writing Workshop (for (Ad)CCSP Fellows only)

(Priv. Doz. Melanie Conrad, PhD)

Jan 27, 202509:00 - 16:00CCSP/AdCCSP

CCSP Antragswerkstatt

(Dr. Simona Walker (Forschungsförderberatung Medizin))

Feb 11, 202516:30 - 17:30CCSP/AdCCSP

Funding Opportunities for PostDocs (for late-stage PhD students)

(Dr. Simona Walker (Forschungsförderberatung Medizin))

Feb 4, 202514:30 - 15:30Dean's Office/IPHS/IPMM

Fit for Research Funding: Equal opportunity measures in DFG’s funding procedures 

(D7)

June 5, 202512:00 - 13:00D7

Fit for Research Funding: (International) Research Training Group - The DFG funding program for innovative doctoral training

(D7)

Oct 30, 202512:00 - 13:00D7

Fit for Research Funding: Fit for Open Science and Research Data Management 

(D7)

Dec 4, 202512:00 - 13:00D7

Didactics

Title (Lecturer) date Time Provider*

 12.01 Medizindidaktik: Curriculum Development

(Dr. Dino Carl Novak, Heike Zims)

Dec 13 - 14

Dec 13: 10:00 - 19:00
Dec 14: 10:00 - 14:00

UKK

12.02 Medizindidaktik: Plenardidaktik

(Jürgen-Christoph von Kleist-Retzow, Claus Reinhardt)

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UKK

12.03 Medizindidaktik: Interaktiver Kleingruppenunterricht

(Priv.-Doz. Dr. Jan Matthes, Dr. Christoph Stosch)

tba

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UKK

12.04 Medizindidaktik: Unterricht am Krankenbett

(Dr. Eva Schönefeld, Dr. Helmut Ahrens)

tba

tba

UKK

12.05 Medizindidaktik: E-Learning

(Dr. Dino Carl Novak, Birger Reiß)

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UKK

12.06 Medizindidaktik: Richtig (?!) Prüfen

(Priv.-Doz. Dr. Jan Matthes, Dr. Christoph Stosch)

Oct 25 - 26

Oct 25: 10:00 - 19:00
Oct 26: 10:00 - 14:00

UKK

12.07 Medizindidaktik: Forschung und Medizinstudium

(Priv.-Doz. Dr. Jan Matthes, Dr. Sören Moritz, Dr. Christoph Stosch)

Nov 15 - 16

Nov 15: 10:00 - 19:00
Nov 16: 10:00 - 14:00

UKK

Career planning and orientation

Title (Lecturer)dateTimeProvider*

Workshop Career Mentoring and Management

(Dr. Ruth Willmott (Bioscript, Vienna)

Aug 8, 2025
follow-up: Aug 11 or 12
1,5 daysIPMM/ZMMK

Workshop Career Orientation for Junior PhDs career development

(Dr. Ruth Willmott (Bioscript, Vienna)

Jul 15, 20251 dayIPMM/ZMMK

AMC Career Compass: lecture series about career development and applications

(verschiedene Referent*innen)

Feb 5, 2025
Mar 18, 2025
Jun 24, 2025
Nov 6, 2025
12:00 - 13:30AMC

Bewerbungstraining (außeruniversitär) für Berufseinsteigerinnen

(Diana Ochs)

Jun 25, 202509:00 - 17:00AMC

Career perspectives after PhD in Natural and Life Science

(Dr. Gaby Schilling)

Sep 17, 202509:00 - 17:00AMC

Was hat meine Promotion mit meiner Herkunft zu tun?

(Dr. Ann-Kristin Kolwes)

Mar 19, 202512:00 - 16:00AMC

Wie finde ich heraus, was ich (beruflich) wirklich will? Potentialanalyse für Frauen

(Dr. Sarah Kersten)

Mar 25 & Apr 1, 202509:00 - 15:00AMC

How to become a professor in Germany

(Katharina Lemke, Dr. Vanessa Adam)

tbatbaAMC

Professor wanted! Planning and optimising your academic career

(Dr. Dieta Kuchenbrandt)

Oct 28, 202509:00 - 17:00AMC

Wissenschaftlerinnen auf dem Weg zur Professur

(RA Dr. Ulrike Preißler, RA Katharina Helmig)

May, 8, 202509:00 - 13:30AMC

Starting a career in the non-academic sector

(Dr. Anne Wolfes, Prosciencia)

Apr 2 - 3, 2025Apr 2: 09:00 - 17:00
Apr 3: 08:45 - 17:00

AMC

Leadership and Management

Title (Lecturer) date Time Provider*

Professional Leadership

(Prof. Dr. Uta Bronner)

Feb 21, 2025

Apr 4, 2025

Nov 13, 2025

09:00 - 17:00

PE

Leadership Starter Kit 

(Matthias Merkelbach / Dr. Anja Frohnen, Impulsplus)

Nov 19, 2024

Jun 12, 2025

Nov 21, 2025

09:00 - 17:00

PE

Fachlich führen - Erfolgreich steuern ohne Weisungsbefugnis

(Hubert Sonntag, Hattinger Büro GmbH)

Mar 25 - 26, 2025

Sep 17 - 18, 2025

 

09:00 - 17:00

PE

Team motivation & dynamics for research groups in development - working together for joint success

(Dr. Nils Kasties)

Dec 3, 2024

09:30 - 13:30

PE

In Führung gehen – Promovierende erfolgreich betreuen

(Dr. Matthias Scholz)

Jan 30, 2025

09:30 - 17:00

PE

Führungswerkstatt

(Astrid Linder, relation~s GmbH)

Apr 29 - 30

09:00 - 17:00

PE

Führung kompakt

(Hubert Sonntag, Hattinger Büro GmbH)

Sep 30, 2025

09:00 - 17:00

PE

Overview of management training courses at the university hospital

(various speakers)

see Bildungsportal

see Bildungsportal

UKK

Seminar series

Scientific Career Day

Life Science Lectures

ZKS Akademie - Qualifying for clinical research

Further offers

*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