With our career advice for UDE's female early career researchers, we would like to support you and give you some guidance during your professional journey. Regardless of whether you are striving for a career as a researcher, a higher education manager, or a position outside of academia.

During an individual appointment, we will explore your goals and options and analyse how to develop your strengths accordingly. Your one-on-one consultation can take into account your individual career goals, as well as your personal circumstances if you wish.

During your studies

• ArbeiterKind.de (support for first generation students)
• Autonomous office for LSBTIQ* students of the AStA
• Autonomous women’s affairs office of the AStA
• Careers Service of the ABZ
• ChanceMINT.NRW Programme (female students in STEM)
• Equal Rights Representative for students
• Financing
• OMBUD service for students
• Programme DiMento (Mentoring programme for master's and doctoral students in transition from university to starting work)
• Representative of Social Inclusion for students with disabilities and/or chronic disease
• Social Policy Unit of the AStA
• UDE-Stipendium (Scholarship of the UDE)

During PhD

• “Feuerwehrtopf” (emergency fund for childcare)
• Funding and financing
• Further training courses in personnel development
• Interdisciplinary qualification offers of the Graduate Center Plus (GC Plus)
• Interdisciplinary qualification offers courses and career events of the Research Academy Ruhr (RAR)
• mentoring³ (Mentoring programme for female researchers)
• Programme DiMento (Mentoring programme for master's and doctoral students in transition from university to starting work)

During Postdoc

• “Feuerwehrtopf” (emergency fund for childcare)
• Dual Career Service
• Funding and financing
• Further training courses in personnel development
• Interdisciplinary qualification offers of the Graduate Center Plus (GC Plus)
• Interdisciplinary qualification offers courses and career events of the Research Academy Ruhr (RAR)
• mentoring³ (Mentoring programme for female researchers)