The counselling service is free of charge for doctoral candidates or those interested in doing a doctorate who have questions about:

• Financing
• Continuing education
• Help with doctorate difficulties
• Good scientific practice
• Doctoral candidates' representation

or who want to become active themselves.

Practical guide to doctoral studies

On the pages of the Graduate Centre you will find all the important information on organisational and administrative matters before and during your doctorate at the CAU.

Financing the doctorate

There are many different ways to finance a doctorate. Some doctoral candidates work outside the university, some as research assistants, others finance themselves through a scholarship. On the website of the CAU's Human Resources Department you will find advertisements for current vacancies. And on the pages of the CAU Graduate Centre you will find several lists of all important contact points for scholarshipse.g. sorted by subject area.

More information on scholarships can be found here:

• Information on financial support for the CAU Graduate Centre
• Scholarship guide + self-test by lernen.net
• Information on the topic ‘Getting and keeping a scholarship’ by schreiben.net

The doctoral cadidates' representation

The doctoral student representatives are elected for a one-year term of office (from April to April) at the General Assembly of Doctoral Candidates. We provide one representative plus deputy on the Executive Board and four representatives plus deputies on the Advisory Board of the Graduate Centre.

Website of the doctoral candidates' representation

Email to the doctoral candidates' representatives