An academic career consists of different qualification phases and may follow different paths. Often, at least twelve years pass between the beginning of a doctoral project and an appointment to a professorship.
Graduates holding a doctoral degree are qualified to assume responsibility in research and development, administration and management or business and politics.
Besides statutory provisions at state or university level, the academic workplace is also shaped by university statutes, regulations, recommendations and guidelines.
JGU has succeeded in developing a distinctive research portfolio with focuses on natural sciences, medicine as well as the humanities and social sciences.
As one of Germany’s leading universities, JGU considers successful HR development as well as targeted promotion of young research talents to be part of its core responsibilities.
In order to pursue a doctoral degree at JGU, formal and professional requirements have to be fulfilled. Graduate schools, research training groups or doctoral programs have additional requirements.
Central departments and institutions at JGU as well as contact points of the different disciplines inform doctoral candidates about enrollment, training and educational opportunities and promotion and funding options.
Doctoral candidates can cover their research and living costs with, among other possibilities, scholarships, funding for travel expenses to attend conferences, publication grants or prizes.
JGU offers various training and educational opportunities and courses to acquire qualifications beyond individual fields of study tailored specifically to the needs of doctoral candidates.
Central departments and institutions at JGU as well as contact points of the different disciplines inform and advise postdoctoral researchers on professional issues and issues beyond their fields.
With its own funding line, JGU maintains special funding for young researchers, for instance to support their first independent projects or setting up their own junior research groups.
Different training and educational opportunities promote the development of skills that go beyond individual research fields to prepare for a career in academia or elsewhere.
The introduction of junior professorships has created another path to attain the qualifications for a professorship at an early stage enabling postdoctoral researchers to carry out independent research and teaching.
Central departments and institutions at JGU as well as contact points of the different disciplines inform and advise junior professors on professional issues and issues beyond their fields.
Continuing education courses on teaching-related subjects and the staff training program of JGU’s HR development prepare junior professors for the professional requirements of their positions as academic leaders.
This qualification possibility on the road to a professorship promotes autonomous research with high financial independency at an early stage in the academic career.
Different fields within JGU offer several possibilities to promote these qualification positions which are exclusively funded by third party research funding.
JGU’s various training and educational possibilities prepare young leaders for the requirements and tasks posed by assuming responsibility for their own working group.
JGU supports leaders of junior research groups regarding their personal development, career planning and network building through individualized measures.
The academic career of an artist requires outstanding achievements. Cultivating contacts and networks are just as important as receiving awards and prizes.
In addition to the art and music schools’ offers, JGU has created auxiliary programs and structures in order to systematically inform and give advice to young artists.
The art and music schools as well as several JGU institutions offer training and educational opportunities and qualification courses to promote skills beyond individual disciplines.
In addition to independent network building, mentoring as well as goal-oriented individual coaching supplement the young artists’ professional careers.
JGU’s HR development comprises a system of coordinated measures for employees and to support supervisors. Moreover, JGU currently participates in the European Human Resources Strategy for Researchers.
JGU considers quality assurance and development as strategic and sustainable tasks which keep the entirety of JGU’s responsibilities in mind. JGU has a uniquely institutionalized and renowned system to ensure quality.
JGU is committed to diversity and equal opportunities. In the course of currently conducted auditing, a diversity strategy will be developed which will take into account all employees of JGU as well as all aspects of diversity in the long run.
At JGU, women have been systematically promoted for over two decades. In this context, the scientific qualification phase is a crucial field of action for strategic, operational and advisory gender equality activities.
As an international place of research and teaching, JGU is particularly devoted to crossing borders between nations and cultures. This is set out in JGU’s mission statement and reflected by its strong international relations.
The maxim of academic integrity enshrined in JGU’s mission statement is supported by measures developed and evaluated to promote and anchor good academic practice in research and teaching.
