Resources for PhD students
Here you will find useful links for PhD students at Freiburg University
- ENROLLMENT / REGISTRATION
Compulsory Enrolment / Registration for PhD students
- PhD SERVICES
International Graduate Academy
Central service department of the University for all PhD students. Offers wide range of courses and counselling.
Ombudsprocess
Supports PhDs and their supervisors in resolving conflicts arising from the supervision relationship or work on the dissertation.
- PhD REPRESENTATION
Assembly of Faculty‘s Doctoral Candidates
General assembly and representatives of the Faculty´s doctoral candidates
Joint Working Committee of the Doctoral Candidate Councils Representatives of Freiburg’s ten faculty doctoral candidate councils.
- RESEARCH
Central service department of the university for researchers. Comprises International Graduate Academy (IGA), EU Office and Science Support Centre (SSC).
Science Support Centre
Advising and support for planning and preparing proposals of third-party-funded research projects.
Freiburg Funding Portal
Allows online search for current calls for applications and funding opportunities. Includes more than 1000 national and international funding programs.
Research Database
Documents and presents the research activities of the entire university.
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- PUBLISHING
Freidoc
Freiburg´s documentation of research. Here you can publish your dissertation and search for publications produced at Freiburg University.
- POSTER PRINTING
Print Service offered by Rechenzentrum (Computer Center of Freiburg University)
- TEACHING
Hochschul-Didaktik-Zentrum
Centre for academic teaching and learning
English Medium Instruction
Support services for teachers who teach in English to a multilingual, multicultural student body.
- GENDER
CORA
Coaching and workshops for female researcher at the end of the doctoral process (strategic career planning)
STAY! / Come and STAY
Bridging scholarships for the time needed to write a habilitation or research exposé or an application for leadership of a research unit.
- YOUNG TALENT PRIZES AND AWARDS
Prizes and awards of the faculty
- WORK-LIFE-BALANCE
Uni Sports
Offers all kind of sports for students and staff
Studium Generale
Offers all kind of courses including dance, arts, excursions, orchestras, choirs etc.
- PSYCHOSOCIAL SUPPORT
SWFR (if matriculated)
Responsible for social care of students (including psychological counselling)
Psychosozialer Beratungsdienst
Psychosocial counselling for employees of Freiburg University
- USEFUL ONLINE RESOURCES
The following resources provide useful tips and guides to support your doctoral writing and study:
- Read the invaluable blog Patter of Prof Pat Thompson, Professor of Education in the School of Education, The University of Nottingham, for all things academic writing and other helpful tips for PhD students.
- The Research Whisperer - long-time favourite of graduate researchers the world over, Dr Inger Mewburn, Director of Research Training at The Australian National University, has many tips for taming your PhD and improving your academic writing.
- For some concrete support to manage information overload, Associate Professor Dr Raul Pacheco-Vega in the Public Administration Division of the Center for Economic Teaching and Research (Centro de Investigacion y Docencia Economicas, CIDE) in Mexico provides detailed descriptions of both analogue and digital note-taking methods over on his blog. You'll also find useful videos on note-taking using the Cornell Method here.