Courses offers by the Center for Graduate Studies
Courses and events coming up next
Please note that the CGS courses are normally held in German. In some cases it is possible to use English as a language of instruction in order to accommodate participants who speak only English. Please contact us for further information.
Tip: Subscribers to the CGS mailinglist are regularly informed about imminent courses with free spaces available.
Course programme for the winter term 2025/26
Please note: most of the following courses are normally held in German. Only the workshops with English titles below are conducted in English.
Information Session: Get to know the CGS
Wednesday, 22 October 2025, 4.15 – 5.45 pm, K8 (K.11.10)
Wege zur Promotion, Teil 1: Promovieren an der Bergischen Universität: Rahmenbedingungen, Promotionskultur(en) und Anbahnung
Thursday, 30 October 2025, 4.15 – 5.45 pm, Senatssaal (K.11.07)
Wege zur Promotion, Teil 2: Promovieren, ja oder nein? Entscheidungsfindungsworkshop
Thursday, 6 November 2025, 4.15 – 5.45 pm, Seminar K4
Wissenschaftliches Schreiben: Das Exposé
Thursday, 13 November 2025, 4.15 – 5.45 pm, Seminar K7
Wissenschaftliches Schreiben: Themenfindung, Konzeption und Einstieg
with Dr. Julian Hanebeck and Dr. Antonius Weixler
Friday, 28 November 2025, 10.15 am – 1.45 pm, Senatssaal (K.11.07)
Erfolgreich Promovieren – Steuerungsgrößen im Promotionsprozess
Monday, 1 December 2025, 10 – 5 pm, Gästehaus Freudenberg
Motivation and Stress Management
Monday, 15 December 2024, 10 am – 6 pm, Gästehaus Freudenberg
Führung in der Wissenschaft – Strategien für Nachwuchswissenschaftler*innen
with Robert Kötter and Ellen Winter (zweirat)
Tuesday, 13 January 2026, 10 am – 5 pm, VW.10.002
Individuelles Bewerbungscoaching für Promovierende
2 – 6 January 2026, individual dates by arrangement, P.08.10
ZGS-Forum
ZGS-Forum zur aktuellen hochschulpolitischen Diskussion um Promotionen
Wednesday, 5 November 2025, 5 - 7 pm (sharp)
K5 (K.11.20)
Extracurricular activities and excursions in the winter term 2025/26
University Ball
Saturday, 8 November 2025, 8 pm
Historische Stadthalle
fully booked
Exchange Meeting for PhD Students with Child(ren)
Wednesday, 12 November 2025, 11 - 12 am (sharp)
Family Office (K.12.30-35)
A Visit to the Cinema (movie screening in English)
Sunday, 23 November 2025, in the evening
Rex or Cinema
Escape Room "Out of the Box"
Thursday, 4 December 2025, 4 pm
Hamburger Str. 9, 42109 Wuppertal
City Rally and a Visit to the Christmas Market
Tuesday, 16 December 2025, 4 pm
Meeting point: main station
A Visit to the Pina Bausch Dance Theatre
Masurca Fogo
Sunday, 25 January 2026, 7 pm
Opernhaus Wuppertal
Registration
Please register by the indicated deadline.
If you are a doctoral student of the University of Wuppertal (the key criterion is that your PhD supervisor is here and that it is the UW that will eventually award your doctoral degree), please use this form:
Registration PhD students of UW
Even if you are not a doctoral student yet but interested in pursuing a PhD at the University of Wuppertal, or if you are so not (yet) a member of the UW, you can attend selected CGS courses under certain circumstances. Please use the following form for your request. We will get back to you as soon as possible to let you know whether your participation in the desired course(s) is possible:
