The university didactics program

This year, the Center for Good and Innovative Teaching is once again offering a university didactics program with a wide range of further training opportunities for lecturers.

Further training in the field of digital teaching

Since the winter semester 2021/22, the Center for Good and Innovative Teaching has also been offering further training in the field of digital teaching. Thematically, the entire spectrum is covered, from conception to implementation and execution to examination. The courses can be taken individually or as part of a certificate program.

The Office for Gender Equality at Trier University regularly offers events for female PhD candidates and postdocs. Information on the event series “Perspectives and Practice” is available on the department's website.

You can find the entire current staff development training program under “Upcoming events”. The program is open to all academic and research-supporting employees of Trier University.

The Research Support regularly offers events for young scientists.

The Start-up Officeregularly offers events for young scientists.

On the homepage of our library, the range of tutorials is growing, enabling (re)learning independent of time and place. Lay videos, short text tutorials and audiobook-style library tours provide a concise overview of terms, orientation and tips & tricks for literature research.

The International Office of Trier University regularly offers German courses twice a week during the semester.

The university didactics program

This year, the Center for Good and Innovative Teaching is once again offering a university didactics program with a wide range of further training opportunities for lecturers.

Further training in the field of digital teaching

Since the winter semester 2021/22, the Center for Good and Innovative Teaching has also been offering further training in the field of digital teaching. Thematically, the entire spectrum is covered, from conception to implementation and execution to examination. The courses can be taken individually or as part of a certificate program.

The Office for Gender Equality at Trier University regularly offers events for female PhD candidates and postdocs. Information on the event series “Perspectives and Practice” is available on the department's website.

You can find the entire current staff development training program under “Upcoming events”. The program is open to all academic and research-supporting employees of Trier University.

The Research Support regularly offers events for young scientists.

The Start-up Officeregularly offers events for young scientists.

On the homepage of our library, the range of tutorials is growing, enabling (re)learning independent of time and place. Lay videos, short text tutorials and audiobook-style library tours provide a concise overview of terms, orientation and tips & tricks for literature research.

PhD candidates have free access to the range of key competence modules offered by UniGR partner universities. This gives you the opportunity to take part in multicultural courses and to choose from an even wider range of courses tailored to your needs.

You can find an overview on the UniGR homepage.

Courses at the Interdisciplinary Research, Graduate Support and Personnel Development Center of the University of Koblenz (IFGPZ) are also open to PhD candidates at Trier University. For several years now, the Graduate Center of Trier University (GUT) and the IFGPZ (previously: Interdisciplinary Doctoral Center of the University of Koblenz-Landau) have had a lively exchange.

Since the IFGPZ course program could also be of interest to you, you now have the opportunity to participate in workshops at the Koblenz Center.
If you are interested, please register for the courses at the following e-mail address and mention that you are doing your PhD at the University of Trier: orga.ifgpzuni-koblenzde

The International Office of Trier University regularly offers German courses twice a week during the semester.

The university didactics program

This year, the Center for Good and Innovative Teaching is once again offering a university didactics program with a wide range of further training opportunities for lecturers.

Further training in the field of digital teaching

Since the winter semester 2021/22, the Center for Good and Innovative Teaching has also been offering further training in the field of digital teaching. Thematically, the entire spectrum is covered, from conception to implementation and execution to examination. The courses can be taken individually or as part of a certificate program.

The Office for Gender Equality at Trier University regularly offers events for female PhD candidates and postdocs. Information on the event series “Perspectives and Practice” is available on the department's website.

You can find the entire current staff development training program under “Upcoming events”. The program is open to all academic and research-supporting employees of Trier University.

The Research Support regularly offers events for young scientists.

On the homepage of our library, the range of tutorials is growing, enabling (re)learning independent of time and place. Lay videos, short text tutorials and audiobook-style library tours provide a concise overview of terms, orientation and tips & tricks for literature research.

The university didactics program

This year, the Center for Good and Innovative Teaching is once again offering a university didactics program with a wide range of further training opportunities for lecturers.

Further training in the field of digital teaching

Since the winter semester 2021/22, the Center for Good and Innovative Teaching has also been offering further training in the field of digital teaching. Thematically, the entire spectrum is covered, from conception to implementation and execution to examination. The courses can be taken individually or as part of a certificate program.

You can find the entire current staff development training program under “Upcoming events”. The program is open to all academic and research-supporting employees of Trier University.

The Research Support regularly offers events for young scientists.

On the homepage of our library, the range of tutorials is growing, enabling (re)learning independent of time and place. Lay videos, short text tutorials and audiobook-style library tours provide a concise overview of terms, orientation and tips & tricks for literature research.

Since 2012, the member universities of the Quality Circle for the Doctorate have been offering an annual one-and-a-half-day or two-day workshop on doctoral supervision in German. This offer is exclusively for supervisors at universities that are members of the QZP graduate institutions (usually 2-3 participants from each member university).

The next workshop will take place on February 26–27, 2026 (Thu./Fri.) at the TU Darmstadt City Center Campus.

If you are interested, please send an email to gut@uni-trier.de as soon as possible. The registration deadline is Wednesday, October 15, 2025.

Doctoral programs are a special form of academic examination preceded by several years of research. The success of doctoral programs depends not only on whether the PhD candidates are suitable and sufficiently motivated for this research work. Rather, good supervision by the primary supervisor provides the support that can often make the difference between success and failure.

But what criteria define good doctoral supervision? What constitutes an optimal relationship between PhD candidates and supervisors? What needs to be considered during the supervision process? What criteria can or should a potential supervisor use to decide whether or not to accept a request for supervision from someone interested in pursuing a doctoral degree? These are just some of the questions that arise in connection with the supervision of the multifaceted doctoral (examination) process.

In the recent debate initiated by the German Council of Science and Humanities and the German Rectors' Conference on the quality and professionalization of doctoral supervision, workshops for self-reflection and joint training of dissertation supervisors play a central role. The Quality Circle for Doctoral Studies (QZP), a cross-disciplinary and cross-location network, is offering a two-day workshop on doctoral supervision for the thirteenth time, aimed in particular at scientists with relatively little experience in supervision and newly appointed professors.

The workshop aims to provide participants with tools and opportunities for intensive collegial exchange of experiences so that they can deal with questions and problems arising in connection with the supervision of doctoral candidates as efficiently and professionally as possible in the future. After all, optimal research results and fruitful discussions can only be achieved if the relationship between supervisors and doctoral candidates is positive.

Contents of the workshop

• International and national developments in doctoral supervision
• Mutual expectations in the supervisory relationship
• Phases of doctoral studies and their challenges
• Roles of supervisors in the doctoral process
• Legal issues in doctoral supervision
• Identifying and solving problems
• Collegial exchange of experiences

Speaker

• Dr. Theo Jäger, CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security
• Dr. Sybille Küster, Goethe University Frankfurt a.M.
• Dr. Kerstin Lundström, Justus Liebig University Giessen
• Dr. Kathrin Ruhl, University of Koblenz
• Dr. Agnes Schindler, Trier University
• Dr. Thomas Schmid, Julius-Maximilians-University Würzburg
• Dr. Bettina Wagner, Technical University of Darmstadt

Participants
Maximum 18 participants, 2-3 from each of the institutions involved in the QZP.

Costs
The participation fee for the two-day workshop is approximately €120, which includes lunch and coffee breaks on both days of the workshop.

Hotel reservation
Under the keyword “QZP-Workshop,” a block of 25 double rooms for single use is available at the hotel “THE Darmstadt” until November 15, 2025, at a price of €89 per night, including breakfast. Please make your own booking if you wish to use the room allocation at this hotel and settle the hotel bill yourself or via your travel expense report.

Hotel: THE Darmstadt, Kasinostraße 6, 64293 Darmstadt, Phone 06151-39700, E-Mail infothe-dade, Internet www.TheHotelExperience.de

Homepage of the Quality Circle for the Doctorate (QZP) with information on previous workshops: http://www.qz-promotion.de/home/workshop/.

Workshop-Programme

Since the summer semester of 2017, this colloquium has given PhD candidates in literary studies from all disciplines the opportunity to present their projects, obtain feedback and discuss them with representatives from various disciplines. There is already a fixed group of participants. However, new interested parties are still very welcome. The colloquium will be moderated and led by Eva-Maria Windberger and Britta Colligs (both English Studies). If you have any questions or are interested, please send an e-mail stating your name and doctoral subject to the contact persons listed.

Contact Persons:

The interdisciplinary doctoral colloquium “DocColloq” is organized by PhD candidates for PhD candidates. Further information and current dates can be found on the DocColloq info page.