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
- Seminar series
- Scientific Career Day
- Life Sciences Lectures
- 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* |
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Workshop Good Scientific Practice (Prof. Dr. Nicole Skoetz - Institute of Public Health) | Nov 19 - 20 | 09:15 - 11:15 | |
Workshop Good Scientific Practice (Prof. Dr. Martin C. Michel - Institute for Pharmacology | University Mainz) | tba | tba | IPMM/ZMMK |
Gute wissenschaftliche Praxis – Grundlagenwissen für Doktorand*innen (online) (Dr. Julia Verse) | tba | tba | AMC |
Good Scientific Practice – Basic principles for Doctoral Candidates (online) (Dr. Julia Verse) | tba | tba | AMC |
Scientific writing
Title (Lecturer) | date | Time | Provider* |
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Workshop Advanced Scientific Writing (Dr. Ruth Willmott(Bioscript, Vienna)) | tba | tba | IPMM/ZMMK |
Academic Writing in English for Doctoral Candidates in the Life and Natural Sciences (Lesley-Anne Weiling) | Oct 1 - 2 | 9:00 - 15:30 | AMC |
Academic Writing in English for Doctoral Candidates in the Humanities and Social Sciences (Lesley-Anne Weiling) | tba | 9:00 - 15:30 | AMC |
(Lesley-Anne Weiling) | tba | tba | AMC |
Scientific presentation
Title (Lecturer) | date | Time | Provider* |
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Workshop Poster Design and Presentation (Dr. Ruth Willmott (Bioscript, Vienna)) | tba | tba | IPMM/ZMMK |
Confident performance - presentation skills for female researchers (Dr. Saskia Schottelius) | tba | tba | AMC |
(Thorsten Rother) | Oct 7 - 8 | 9:00 - 16:00 | AMC |
Science Communication - the Basics for First Stage and Recognized Researchers (R1/R2) (Dr. Elisabeth Hoffmann) | tba | tba | AMC |
Wissenschaftliche Präsentation in der Promotionsphase – souverän vortragen und diskutieren (Sabine Scheerer) | Nov 20 - 21 | 9:00 - 17:00 | AMC |
Statistics and bioinformatics
Title (Lecturer) | date | Time | Provider* |
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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 - 15:00 | IPHS/IMSB |
Grundlagen der medizinischen Statistik (Prof. Dr. Martin Hellmich - Institute of Medical Statistics and Bioinformatics) | Block course: 17.-21.03.2025 | 9:15 - 13:00 | IMSB |
Ethics
Title (Lecturer) | date | Time | Provider* |
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Research Ethics and Theory of Science (Dr. Christian Hick - Institute for History and Ethics of Medicine) | tba | tba | IPHS |
Project/data management
Title (Lecturer) | date | Time | Provider* |
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(Dr. Christine Kohistani) | tba | tba | PE |
Forschungsdatenmanagement (FDM/RDM): Eine praxisbezogene Einführung (Andreas Mühlichen and Denis Arnold) | Nov 27 | 09:00 - 16:00 | C³RDM |
Research Data Management (RDM/FDM): A Practice-Oriented Introduction (Andreas Mühlichen and Denis Arnold) | tba | tba | C³RDM |
Aufbaukurs Forschungsdatenmanagement (FDM/RDM): Wie schreibe ich einen Datenmanagementplan (DMP)? (Jasmin Schenk and Andreas Mühlichen) | tba | tba | C³RDM |
Advanced Course on Research Data Management (RDM/FDM): How to Write a Data Management Plan (DMP) (Jasmin Schenk and Andreas Mühlichen) | tba | tba | C³RDM |
Research funding
Title (Lecturer) | date | Time | Provider* |
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Workshop: Funding Opportunities for Postdocs and Clinician Scientists (Dr. Simona Walker (Research Funding Support Medicine)) | on request | on request | Dean's Office |
Individual funding advice for all scientists at the Faculty of Medicine (Dr. Simona Walker (Research Funding Support Medicine)) | on request | on request | Dean's Office |
CATCH-UP DATE - DFG Research Units: Steps from pre-proposal to full proposal CATCH-UP DATE (Dr. Daniela Kussberger & Dr. Claudia Meel (Dept. 72 Large Scale Projects)) | Nov 14 | 12:00 - 13:00 | D7 |
Workshop Getting funded: Writing an individual fellowship (Dr. Ruth Willmott (Bioscript, Vienna)) | tba | tba | IPMM/ZMMK |
Didactics
Title (Lecturer) | date | Time | Provider* |
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12.01 Medizindidaktik: Curriculum Development (Dr. Dino Carl Novak, Heike Zims) | Dec 13 - 14 | Dec 13: 10:00 - 19:00 | UKK |
12.02 Medizindidaktik: Plenardidaktik (Jürgen-Christoph von Kleist-Retzow, Claus Reinhardt) | tba | tba | UKK |
12.03 Medizindidaktik: Interaktiver Kleingruppenunterricht (Priv.-Doz. Dr. Jan Matthes, Dr. Christoph Stosch) | tba | tba | 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) | tba | tba | UKK |
12.06 Medizindidaktik: Richtig (?!) Prüfen (Priv.-Doz. Dr. Jan Matthes, Dr. Christoph Stosch) | Oct 25 - 26 | Oct 25: 10:00 - 19:00 | 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 | UKK |
Career planning and orientation
Seminar series
Scientific Career Day
Life Science Lectures
ZKS Akademie - Für klinische Forschung qualifizieren
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