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Graduate Centre

Are you interested in pursuing a doctorate or are you already a doctoral researcher at the University of Freiburg? Then here is you central service point. The Graduate Centre (GraCe) offers transdisciplinary advising, qualification and financial support. We are guided by the intention to create the best possible conditions for doctoral research at the university. The advisory board, which has an eye on these conditions, therefore includes representatives from all faculties – and the doctoral candidates themselves. Because this is also an important objective for us: giving doctoral candidates a strong voice.

You can find some of our services here:

Newsletter

If you want to be regularly informed about our offerings for doctoral candidates, you can register for our newsletter, via e-mail or via My Account.

News and Events

Doc On! Winter Semester 2025


30 October 2025, 14:00-16:00

Online via Zoom

Register in HisInOne or via Email to grace@zv.uni-freiburg.de

Award ceremony – Prize for excellent doctoral supervision


22.10.2025, 09:00 – 12:00
 
Pauluskirche and Paulussaal

The prize will be awarded as part of the opening ceremony for the academic year 2025/2026

LERU Doctoral Summer School 2026 “Inter-, Multi- and Transdisciplinary Perspectives on Health”
Call for applications (Deadline 15 December, 2025)


The 15th League of European Research Universities (LERU) Doctoral Summer School will be hosted by the KU Leuven from 6-11 September 2026. You can find more information about the programme here.