Becoming a Professor! Academic Career Planning and Development

Graduate Studies Support Program

This workshop is part of the Graduate Studies Support Program of Berlin University Alliance. For an overview of all Graduate Studies Support Program events, click here.

Objectives
The aim of the seminar is, on the one hand, to provide you with a framework for reflecting on your own professional motives. On the other hand, the seminar offers knowledge, background and orientation for planning and developing the next steps towards a long-term academic career in Germany. 

Content
The seminar will inform you about the central requirements (also beyond publications and third-party funding) and milestones for an academic career. Furthermore, the seminar will provide you with concrete tips and advice on both the weighting of these requirements and on strategic considerations during the postdoc phase on the path to a professorship. Building on this, the seminar offers you the opportunity to take stock and reflect on your own academic profile and ideally derive the next important steps from this.

• What long-term career options does the academic job market offer scientists, and what are the actual prospects here?
• What requirements and criteria should be met for this career path?
• When are which tasks particularly important and what has the highest priority?
• How important is the habilitation?
• What is an appropriate time frame?