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 2024/25
Information Session: Get to know the CGS
Wednesday, 16 October 2024, 2.15 – 3.45 pm, Senatssaal (K.11.07)
Wege zur Promotion Teil A – Promovieren, ja oder nein?
Monday, 21 October 2024, 4.15 – 5.45 pm, HS 31 (I.12.02)
Wege zur Promotion Teil B – Finanzierungsmöglichkeiten
Thursday, 24 October 2024, 4.15 – 5.45 pm, Seminar K8 (K.11.10)
Wege zur Promotion Teil C – Exposé
Wednesday, 30 October 2024, 3.15 – 5.45 pm, Senatssaal (K.11.07)
Academic Writing in English
with Theo Best
4 & 5 November 2024, 9 am – 5 pm, Gästehaus Campus Freudenberg
Wissenschaftliches Schreiben: Themenfindung, Konzeption und Einstieg
with Dr. Julian Hanebeck and Dr. Antonius Weixler
new date tba
Stressmanagement, Resilienz und Motivation
Monday, 9 December 2024, 10 am – 6 pm, Gästehaus Freudenberg
Individuelles Bewerbungscoaching für Promovierende
16 – 20 December 2024, time by individual appointment, P.08.10
Leadership und Führung von unten
with Robert Kötter (zweirat)
Friday, 31 January 2025, 10 am – 5 pm
Erfolgreich Promovieren – Steuerungsgrößen im Promotionsprozess
new date: Friday, 24 January 2025, 10 – 4 pm, Gästehaus Freudenberg
Extracurricular activities and excursions in the winter term 2024/25
A Guided Tour through the Von der Heydt Museum
Lucio Fontana - Erwartung
Saturday, 26 October 2024, 3 pm
Von der Heydt-Museum
University Ball
Saturday, 9 November 2024, 8 pm
Historische Stadthalle
A Visit to the Cinema (movie screening in English)
Sunday, 1 December 2024, in the evening
Rex or Cinema
A Visit to the Pina Bausch Dance Theatre
Água
Friday, 31 January 2025, 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: