Early Career Support
General information
Here you will find all the information you need to support you during your doctorate or early post-doc phase. The faculty regularly organises events for early career researchers to support you during this phase of your career. You can also find an overview of other offers at the UDE and the Research Academy Ruhr, the support programme of the University Alliance Ruhr together with Ruhr-Universität Bochum and TU Dortmund University.
Stay up to date
Are you new to the Faculty and would like to stay up to date? Then subscribe to our mailing lists especially for doctoral candidates and post-docs here:
Events/Dates
Regular network meetings, workshops and other events are published under the following link and announced via the mailing list. In this way, we can build up a large network of Early Carer Researchers from the faculty to exchange ideas about everyday research or everyday situations.
Personal contact
If you have a personal request or an idea for an event or workshop, you can get in touch with us at any time!
Miriam Böhm
☎ +49203/37-91741
MB 361A Campus Duisburg
NEW: Peer Mentoring Programm for PhDs and Postdocs at an early career stage
The faculty’s new Peer Mentoring program is open to all doctoral students and postdocs in the early stages of their careers! The program aims to help you set a personal goal and work toward it with the support of other mentees and mentors. You’ll exchange ideas in small groups and take on the roles of both mentee and mentor. Two experienced mentors will also be on hand to provide additional support. The program runs for one year and begins in October 2026. During the program, you’ll build a network, learn new soft skills, and much more. We offer the program in collaboration with CENIDE, the Center for Nanointegration Duisburg-Essen, so you’ll have the opportunity to meet many new people from the fields of engineering, physics, chemistry, and medicine.
All information about the program and registration is available via this link! If you have any questions, you can also contact Miriam Böhm by email at any time.
Further support offers
Graduate Center Plus
The Graduate Centre Plus (GSC) is the central point of contact at the University of Duisburg-Essen for interdisciplinary questions relating to doctoral studies, the post-doc phase and the path to a professorship. With transparent information and individual counselling, we support you on your career path according to your needs.
Science Support Center
The Science Support Centre (SSC) advises on funding opportunities for basic and applied research in close cooperation with the responsible third-party funding department of the administration. The SSC also offers a wealth of information on funding from foundations or science prizes.
Research Academy Ruhr
The Research Academy Ruhr (RAR) is the cross-location platform of Ruhr-Universität Bochum, TU Dortmund University and the University of Duisburg-Essen for the promotion of scientists on their career path within and beyond academic research.
Promotion und Habilitation
Habilitation
The habilitation should certify the ability to independently represent a scientific subject of the Faculty of Engineering in research and teaching It is the prerequisite for the award of the Venia Legendi (authorisation to teach). The duration of the habilitation procedure should not exceed twelve months from the submission of the application for admission. The applicant must have a special aptitude for academic work, which is demonstrated by proof of a doctoral examination at a German university or an equivalent academic degree from a foreign academic university, and must prove that he/she has continued to work academically in the academic subject for which he/she is seeking the teaching qualification after the doctorate.