Workshop “How to Become a Professor: Academic Career Planning and Optimizing” as a part of the Mentoring Programs of the Graduate Academy of the University of Stuttgart

Time:	June 18, 2026, 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Lecturer:	Dr. Dieta Kuchenbrandt
Event language:	English
This continuing education course is aimed at:	postdocs
Meeting mode:	online
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The aim of the seminar is, on the one hand, to provide you with a framework for reflecting on your own professional motives. On the other hand, the seminar offers knowledge, background and orientation for planning and developing the next steps towards a long-term academic career in Germany.

Questions will be discussed such as:

• What long-term career options does the academic job market offer for researchers and what are the actual chances here?
• What requirements and criteria should be met for this career path?
• When are which tasks particularly important?
• What has the highest priority?
• How important is the habilitation?
• What time frame is appropriate?

The seminar will inform you about the central requirements and milestones for an academic career (even beyond publications and third-party funding). Furthermore, the seminar will provide you with concrete tips and advice on both the weighting of these requirements and on strategic considerations during the PhD and postdoc phase on the path to a professorship. Building on this, the seminar offers you the opportunity to take stock and reflect on your own academic profile and ideally derive the next important steps from this.

TARGET AUDIENCE: The seminar is geared towards participants who are interested in an academic career in Germany and would like to find out more about the opportunities and requirements. It is aimed at doctoral candidates in the advanced phase (R1) and postdocs in the early phase (approx. 1st-4th postdoc year, R2) who are participants in the mentoring programs of the Graduate Academy (GRADUS).

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