Academic Personnel Development

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Promoting academic careers and offering researchers the best prospects

The academic personnel development at the University of Freiburg aims to create sustainable academic career paths and a culture characterised by appreciative leadership, professional support and good working conditions. We offer tailored programmes to promote personal and professional development and provide valuable guidance for both academic and non-academic career paths.

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Offers for all stages of an academic career

Our offers are optimally tailored to the career stages R1-R4 of the European Framework for Research Careers and take into account the needs and characteristics of each career phase.

More about career stages R1-R4

The Academic Career Stages – an Overview

European Framework for Research Careers

Doctoral candidates conducting research with the support of academic supervisors. Doctoral candidates at the University of Freiburg can find target group-specific training opportunities at the Graduate Centre (GraCe). In addition, our mentoring programme AdvanceMent is available to advanced doctoral candidates and (early) postdocs.

Researchers with a doctorate who are supported in their research and teaching as well as in the acquisition of third-party funding by experienced researchers.

Experienced researchers with a doctorate, including junior research group leaders and junior/tenure-track professors as well as researchers in permanent positions who are independently consolidating their research and teaching experience and developing leadership and management skills.

Professors who are recognised by their peers as leaders in research and teaching.

Graduate Centre (GraCe)

GraCe combines all programmes and services for doctoral candidates (R1), from onboarding and networking events, qualification workshops, coaching and counselling to financial support options and an ombudsperson.

Centre for Advanced Researcher Development (CARD)

CARD offers all researchers with a doctorate, including professors (R2-R4), tailored support and services for their respective career stage. The spectrum ranges from onboarding offers, skills development, coaching and mentoring programmes to counselling services.

Comprehensive funding advice is provided by the Science Support Centre and the EU Office.

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Staff development plan for the academic field

The reference framework and basis for all our measures and programmes is the staff development plan for the academic field, in which the goals, priorities, fields of action, implementation strategies and quality standards of the University of Freiburg’s academic staff development are anchored.

The staff development plan for the academic field is currently being revised and a new version will be available from spring 2025.

Staff development plan for the academic field (Intranet, access via Uni-Account)

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Mentoring culture

The University of Freiburg places a high value on good supervision during the doctoral phase. With the Compass for Good Supervision of Doctoral Candidates, the University is taking responsibility for its researchers and formulating framework conditions for a successful supervisory relationship between doctoral candidates and supervisors. In doing so, it is establishing standards for good supervision and strengthening the supervisory culture at the University. The Compass contains recommendations on how to design a profitable supervisory relationship. It also provides information on the legal framework for doctoral studies.

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Leadership culture

The University of Freiburg is committed to the continuous development of its leadership culture, which is based on shared values and open exchange. The leadership guidelines are fundamental to the shared understanding of leadership at the University of Freiburg and are intended to provide orientation for the actions of all of its leaders (in both academia and in the areas of administration, service and technology).

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