April 2025
frühstarter excursion offer summer semester 2025
Hands-on career guidance - free of charge & directly on site!
Do you want to get to know exciting companies, take a look behind the scenes and prepare for your career start? Then take part in frühstarter!
In the summer semester, exclusive excursions to top employers in business, technology & IT await you - organised by students for students. You will not only gain practical insights, but also...
June 2025
Karriereorientierung: Gruppenberatung für Promovierende und Postdocs
This event takes place in German. For more information, please visit the Hamburg Research Academy website.
Indian Talent: University to Workforce
Context & Relevance
Germany’s demand for skilled professionals continues to grow, with Indian students forming a significant share of international talent. Those pursuing their education in Germany have a distinct advantage, as they gain academic, cultural, and professional exposure that enhances their employability. The DAAD-funded FIT (Promotion of International Talents for Integration into...
Alumni talk: From Particle Physics to Data Science at Lufthansa
The PIER Education Platform and the Clusters of Excellence CUI/AIM and QU are hosting a new series of alumni talks.
We are excited to welcome Dr. Abtin Narimani. He completed his PhD in Physics at the University of Hamburg, where he worked on the Belle II experiment, developing machine learning techniques (CNNs) for particle identification. He is currently a Data Scientist at Lufthansa Group...
Exposé-Werkstatt. Von der Idee zum Text
This event takes place in German. For more information, please visit the Hamburg Research Academy website.
Leadership für Frauen
This event takes place in German.
University Players present: COPENHAGEN
Das Impostor Phänomen verstehen: Sicherer Umgang mit Unsicherheit
HUL - Short Sessions
Sie möchten entspannt beim Frühstücks-Kaffee inspirierende Anregungen bekommen und sich über Themen der Lehre austauschen? Dann sind Sie hier richtig!
In einstündigen, interaktiven Websessions möchten wir Ihnen Impulse für Ihre Lehre an der UHH und Raum für Austausch und Fragen geben.
Es sind ausdrücklich alle an der Lehre interessierten Personen der UHH herzlich...
E-Learning: Starting your PhD or Postdoc in Hamburg successfully
Getting Started in the German Academic System
At the beginning of your doctoral or postdoctoral journey, it is crucial to first and foremost organize the research tasks of your work – while at the same time not losing sight of other relevant aspects that arise in this early phase of your career. Researchers who have not yet gained experience in the German academic system in their previous career...
Berufliche Ziele entwickeln
This event takes place in German.
July 2025
„Stellen Sie sich vor!“ Übungen zur Selbstpräsentation im Bewerbungsgespräch (Kleingruppe)
This event takes place in German.
Culture in Action: Kompetenz für den internationalen Erfolg
This event takes place in German.
Einführung ins Projektmanagement – Work Breakdown Structure und Aufgabenverteilung im Team (Online)
This event takes place in German.
Lernfortschritte sichtbar machen: Vorteile und Umsetzungsmöglichkeiten in der Lehre
HUL - Short Sessions
Sie möchten entspannt beim Frühstücks-Kaffee inspirierende Anregungen bekommen und sich über Themen der Lehre austauschen? Dann sind Sie hier richtig!
In einstündigen, interaktiven Websessions möchten wir Ihnen Impulse für Ihre Lehre an der UHH und Raum für Austausch und Fragen geben.
Es sind ausdrücklich alle an der Lehre interessierten Personen der UHH herzlich...
Gründungstoolbox – Pitch Perfect: In-person pitch training
Join us for an exclusive in-person pitch training session designed for teams and individuals with a developed pitch deck. You'll have the opportunity for live practice, receive valuable feedback, and benefit from expert coaching to enhance both your pitch deck and
presentation skills.
This event is held by Startup Port.
Effektives Zeitmanagement für Promovierende
This event takes place in German. For more information, please visit the Hamburg Research Academy website.
Science Communication in Grant Proposals
This workshop is aimed at scientists who apply for funding for their research, especially postdocs. The seminar enables you to adequately reflect the topic of science communication in your grant applications and to implement the communication projects planned within the framework of your research proposals.
The workshop will cover essential basic principles of science communication. You will then...
Erfolgreiches Projektmanagement für Promovierende
This event takes place in German. For more information, please visit the Hamburg Research Academy website.
Wie funktioniert Recruiting im Mittelstand?
This event takes place in German.
Ich werde Vater! – ein Vorbereitungskurs rund um Geburt und Elternzeit/Wiedereinstieg
Developing Your Emerging Research Ideas for Funding Proposal
Don’t let funding calls pass you by because you haven't had time to put the ideas in your head down in to a coherent proposal. This is an opportunity to spend a day taming your great research ideas. These may be ideas that you have been pondering for some time, have discussed with colleagues, but have not quite got them organised and on to paper. In this interactive session you will spend some...
Take the Stage: Pitch & Connect (Women's Career Day)
Highlighting research across disciplines and institutions - join us for half a day of networking on the Bahrenfeld Campus!
We warmly invite all female doctoral and postdoctoral researchers across Hamburg to half a day of networking, inspiration, and science. Share your research in a 5-minute flash talk, connect with fellow researchers, enjoy a relaxed free lunch reception together - and receive...
Approaches to Good Supervision. Session 4: Facilitate
About the Series
Starting as a postdoc, junior group leader or junior professor, it is usually expected to supervise doctoral candidates. Supervision however is one of the tasks that are so "normal" in academia that we quite often neglect to further explain and prepare: "Everybody knows what supervision is so we don’t need to talk about it." As a result of this mindset, researchers who start...
Hamburg Innovation Summit 2025
Career Orientation: Group Counseling for Doctoral and Postdoctoral Researchers
Academic Career: yes or no? And what comes next?
This one-hour event supports you in clarifying individual career questions in a small group (max. 4 doctoral candidates and/or postdocs). Particularly those of you who are "not yet decided" will receive suggestions for confident and timely decision-making.
Systemic questions and resource-oriented coaching methods enable you to change your...
3MT & Science Slam
(Bi-lingual workshop)
This workshop is primarily aimed at doctoral students who would like to take part in the fifth Hamburg Three Minute Thesis competition (3MT) on 9 September 2025. Speakers will be given preference when allocating workshop places, therefore you can only register for the waiting list. Further information on the competition will follow soon.
At events such as the Three Minute...
Sternstunden Festival: Music meets Cosmos
The Sternstunden Festival: a musical-scientific liaison under Hamburg's starry summer sky. Classical choral and ensemble music, open-air brass and big bands, scientific lectures and guided tours, sound installations: for one and a half days, the historic astronomy park of the Hamburg Observatory in Bergedorf will be home to a special combination of culture and astrophysics, offering visitors a...
August 2025
Female Founders Breakfast
The team of Startup Port invites you to a breakfast with female founders. Are you interested in founding a company? Are you about to start a business or have you already founded one? Then come by to exchange ideas with other women about the topic of "founding" and to support each other.
What awaits you?
Depending on your wishes, there will be a keynote speech or you, as an expert, can exchange...
Karriereorientierung: Gruppenberatung für Promovierende und Postdocs
This event takes place in German. For more information, please visit the Hamburg Research Academy website.
September 2025
Mit Storytelling Forschung neu denken
This event takes place in German. For more information, please visit the Hamburg Research Academy website.
Academic Career Perspectives – From PhD to Postdoc
Many PhD researchers opt for further careers in higher education and research. So, they work as postdoc as the next step. But the application process can be mysterious, the transition phase from doctorate to postdoc may seem difficult, expectations and requirements remain uncertain. In this workshop, we will demystify the process from PhD to postdocs. We will describe the roles, rights and duties...
Conference Presentation: Engaging the Listener in Your Talk
The seminar provides participants the opportunity to perfect their public-speaking skills. This is an activity-based workshop led by theatre professionals whose expertise is in helping the speaker effectively communicate the importance and relevance of the work and the core message in the talk. Repetition is a key aspect of the training so that participants can strengthen the narrative, the...
Three Minute Thesis-Wettbewerb 2025
This event takes place in German. For more information, please visit the Hamburg Research Academy website.
Approaches to Good Supervision. Session 5: Laws, Rules and Regulations
About the Series
Starting as a postdoc, junior group leader or junior professor, it is usually expected to supervise doctoral candidates. Supervision however is one of the tasks that are so “normal” in academia that we quite often neglect to further explain and prepare: “Everybody knows what supervision is so we don’t need to talk about it.” As a result of this mindset, researchers who start...
Videos für die Wissenschaftskommunikation
This event takes place in German. For more information, please visit the Hamburg Research Academy website.
HRA Spotlight – Early Career Researchers in der Wissenschaftskommunikation
This event takes place in German. For more information, please visit the Hamburg Research Academy website.
Female Founders Breakfast
The team of Startup Port invites you to a breakfast with female founders. Are you interested in founding a company? Are you about to start a business or have you already founded one? Then come by to exchange ideas with other women about the topic of "founding" and to support each other.
What awaits you?
Depending on your wishes, there will be a keynote speech or you, as an expert, can exchange...
October 2025
Ferienpraktikum Chemie
This event takes place in German.
November 2025
Spuk im Labor – Die rätselhafte Welt der Quantenmechanik
This event takes place in German.