Are you doing your doctorate and would like to gain an understanding of a research career? Do you want to explore whether a research career could be the right choice for you? The Research Career Day provides insights into career paths, requirements, and considerations for pursuing a career in research. It considers the broader perspective of making a career at universities, non-university research institutions, and universities of applied sciences, helping you make an informed decision about your career direction.
The half-day event provides information on requirements and perspectives for career paths in research, integrating both systemic and personal insights. It combines expert input, the exchange of experiences with researchers who are more advanced in their careers, and interactive elements. We aim to inform doctoral researchers interested in a research career about key aspects they could already consider during their doctorate.
The Research Career Day is designed for doctoral researchers from all research areas at Ruhr-Universität Bochum, TU Dortmund University, and the University of Duisburg-Essen who would like to explore career perspectives in research at an early stage.
Next date: 30 November 2026 | Registration deadline: 23 November 2026
Location: Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Veranstaltungszentrum, level 04
14:00 – 17:15 h with flexible breaks
14:00 h Welcome and Introduction to the day
Part I: Understanding the Research Career System in Germany
In this part of the programme, we provide an overview of the German research career system and discuss fundamental aspects of developing a career in research at different kinds of (research) institutions. Together with experienced researchers, we will explore:
Part II: Key Factors for an Academic Career
In this part, we highlight important career factors, criteria and aspects relevant to an academic career. Together with experienced researchers, we will discuss:
Part III: Exchange with Experienced Researchers
An opportunity to ask questions to advanced researchers and learn from their experiences and perspectives.
17:15 h End and emptying drinks & snacks
The programme offers you to take away the most important information about a research career.
We highly appreciate that researchers from different research areas participate in the event. They bring in expertise from various academic fields and offer a broad range of career perspectives. However, we kindly ask for your understanding that, while we aim to cover a wide range of research areas, it’s not possible to represent every field or explore each one in depth during this event.
Short academic CVs of the participating researchers
You can register for free by 23 November 2026 using the following link: https://eveeno.com/rcd2026
To make the registration process as convenient as possible for you, we partner with the service provider eveeno to provide the registration form. eveeno operates in compliance with the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Your data will not be shared with third parties and will be processed exclusively by the Research Academy / the RUB Research School.
If you have any questions about the Research Career Day, please contact:
Dr. Ursula Justus
Ruhr-Universität Bochum
RUB Research School
FNO 01/142
Universitätsstraße 150
44801 Bochum
Phone: +49 (0)234 32-28070
ursula.justus@rs.rub.de
Research Academy is the cross-university platform of Ruhr-Universität Bochum, TU Dortmund University, and the University of Duisburg-Essen for promoting early career researchers in the University Alliance Ruhr (UA Ruhr).
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