Doctoral students

The THA Graduate School is happy to advise all THA doctoral students on organizational issues and provide further support on topics related to the challenging time of the doctorate.

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Compulsory further training for doctoral candidates in the doctoral centers:

In the winter semesters, the THA Graduate School always offers the following continuing education courses:

• Research data management (date WiSe 2025/2026 in planning)
• University didactics (date WiSe 2025/2026 in planning)

In the summer semesters, the THA Graduate School always offers the following continuing education courses:

• Good scientific practice and avoidance of scientific misconduct (date SoSe 2025 in planning)
• Ethics and data protection (date SoSe 2025 in planning)

These courses will vary from semester to semester in terms of format (face-to-face/online/blended) and seminar language (German/English).

Further continuing education courses offered by the THA Graduate School for doctoral students:

In addition, further seminars with impulses on research-relevant topics are offered throughout the year. We will inform you about these here and also by e-mail.

October 2024: Effective Research Strategy (completed)

You will always find the respective registration link here as soon as a new date has been scheduled.

Further further education offers of the THA:

The library and the Didactics and Media Center (DMZ) at Augsburg University of Applied Sciences offer a wide range of target group-specific training and advisory services for students and researchers. Our doctoral students are also very welcome to take advantage of these.

The Graduate School also offers personal coaching, e.g. on presentations at international conferences or on managing employees. Internal and external staff from the Faculty of Applied Humanities and Natural Sciences (AWP courses) and the Centre for Languages and Intercultural Communication are primarily available for the coaching program.

During the brown bag meetings at lunchtime, doctoral candidates can exchange ideas in a relaxed atmosphere - this is particularly beneficial for doctoral candidates from faculties with a small number of doctoral candidates. A small lunch is provided by the university.

In addition to the exchange, the brown bag meeting offers doctoral students a platform, e.g. for test presentations before conferences.

External speakers are also regularly invited to give presentations on various topics relevant to doctoral studies.

The brown bag meetings are repeated every two months.