Graduate Institute
Qualification Modules for PhD students
Workshops, Talks and Information Sessions
11.
November
2026
PhD Project Exhibition and PK NRW Doctoral Seminars
On Wednesday, November 11, 2026, the H-BRS Graduate Institute will host the PhD Project Exhibition, featuring the Best Poster Prize. In the afternoon, doctoral student colloquia will be held in collaboration with two departments of the PK NRW.
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20.
November
2026
Workshop Almost There: Making Sense of the Challenges in Your Final PhD Year
The final year of a PhD requires a significant shift in mindset and working style. Candidates move from open-ended research to focused writing and a clear set of priorities geared towards completion. This shift requires several changes in working style and self-organisation and is often experienced as one of the most challenging phases of the doctoral journey. Self-doubt, perfectionism, and uncertainty about what "done" actually looks like can all contribute to delays and frustration.
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The Graduate Institute offers its members a wide range of qualification opportunities. The voluntary offer for doctoral students includes scientific working techniques as well as leadership and communication skills and subject-specific and interdisciplinary topics.
Some modules are "classics" and are offered annually, e.g.:
Development of a research proposal
PhD seminars, PhD project exhibition
Scientific writing
Project management
Scientific presentation
Predatory publishers
Statistics
Other modules are offered on a one-off basis or at longer intervals:
Preparation of proposals for external funding
Intellectual networks and legal aspects of online publications
Sustainability
Science ethics
IMPORTANT: Let us know your topic preferences
As a doctoral student, you know your own needs best and we are happy to accommodate individual topic requests. These may also be topics that are only relevant to individual subject areas. Find 5 or more like-minded people who are interested in the topic and contact us!
Individual Consultation:
Intellectual Property Right Protection (IPR)
Systematic Individual Business Coaching
Proofreading
Advanced Statistics
The prerequisite for individual counselling on the topics "Proofreading" and "Statistics" is prior attendance of the corresponding courses "English Writing Day" and "Statistics in a Nutshell".
Further workshops can be attended together with doctoral candidates from other HAW via the Doctoral College NRW. The complete programme for members can be found here.
At the H-BRS, the International Digital Studium Generale (DISG) offers students and doctoral researchers the chance to expand their own intercultural competence from the couch.