Mental Health Awareness Days 2025 for doctoral and postdoctoral researchers – Improving your resilience during the early career phases
are a joint initiative of Leipzig University, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, yDiv/iDiv and HIGRADE/UFZ. Organized by its graduate academies and occupational health management units, we want to support you as researchers at our universities and research institutions.
Aims
Our main aim is to inform and sensibilize you on how to cope with demanding or stressful situations during your research. Ideally, the presented topics will help you to smoothen stressful situations and even prevent too heavy mental load. During these three days, you will find various online offers (most of them in English), such as stress reduction in private and professional life, leadership positions and well-being in the academic environment, playfulness in the work context, and time and self-management skills.
The next PhD Round Table will take place on November 6, 2025 at 7.30 pm at Colonne Morris. As always, PhD students, postdocs, and their partners are very welcome. It is the perfect place to meet new people and chat about life and work in Halle.
Für interessierte Bewerber:innen bieten die Stiftung zwei Mal jährlich digitale Informationsabende an. Der nächste Termin ist für den 13. November 2025, 18.00 Uhr angesetzt.
Die Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes fördert junge Menschen mit hoher wissenschaftlicher oder künstlerischer Begabung, die erfolgreich studieren und forschen, aus eigenem Antrieb Ideen entwickeln und umsetzen sowie sich tatkräftig über die eigenen Belange hinaus engagieren.
who have defended an excellent dissertation of particular social significance in 2025. With three top prizes of 25,000 euros each, it is one of the most highly endowed German prizes for young researchers. The closing date for the current call for entries is March 1, 2026.
The Körber Foundation wants to encourage scientists to confidently represent the social value of their research and contribute to the public debate. With the “Deutscher Studienpreis“, the foundation therefore honors doctoral students who have presented tangible results that are of outstanding interest to society. The patron of the award is Julia Klöckner, President of the German Bundestag.
All information on how to participate can be found here (in German).
There are free places available in the JTC Graduate School Section “Transfer” Programme for the current semester.
Are you a PhD researcher in a graduate school, research training group, or collaborative research centre (SFB) in the region?
The JTC Graduate School Section “Transfer” offers an interdisciplinary learning environment that connects researchers from different scientific backgrounds across the region. The seminars are designed to strengthen transferable skills, foster interdisciplinary dialogue, and support you in developing your own research and career pathways.
The doctoral representation council invites all PhD-Students of the MLU Halle-Wittenberg to join the annual Get-Together in the winter semester. Share your stories, your struggles and secret weapons (for finishing your PhD-thesis) and enjoy some drinks with Your PhD-representatives.
Where: SSR (Selbstverwalterer Studierendenraum), Adam Kuckhoff-Str. 34a, Halle (Saale) (Steintor Campus) (openstreetmap)
In this lecture, you will receive an introduction into German labour law, with a special focus on the regulations relevant for international students. Are you searching for a job but feeling uncertain whether the contract is legally sound? Do you want to know how to successfully transition into professional life in Germany after your studies, and which rules apply to you? Then join this lecture to learn everything you need to know about fair employment in Germany!
Kickstart Your Career in the Life Sciences with this GMP Basic Course!
GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice) are legally binding guidelines for quality assurance in the production, filling, packaging, storage and distribution of pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, food and feed. Knowledge of GMP is therefore an important core competence for a career start in the pharmaceutical, food or cosmetic industry.
Register for this course and learn the essentials of GMP, gain practical knowledge directly applicable to your future career and connect with potential employers!
Welcher Englischkurs ist der richtige für mich? Unter diesem Motto lädt das Sprachenzetrum der Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg zu Beginn des neuen Semesters alle Studierenden ein, ihren Wissensstand zu prüfen und herauszufinden, welches Sprachniveau der ideale Einstieg ist.
The next PhD Round Table will take place on Thursday, October 2, 2025 at 7.30 pm at Irish Fiddler. As always, PhD students, postdocs, and their partners are very welcome. It is the perfect place to meet new people and chat about life and work in Halle.
