Our Offers
By implementing a structured PhD program, a vocational concept, and shared supervision of doctoral researchers by Thesis Advisory Committees (TAC), HBIGS has executed the guiding recommendations to promote young scientists issued by the Senate of Heidelberg University. The HBIGS tutoring concept offers assistance, encourages students to take personal responsibility, and stimulates individual creativity. This concept is designed to allow the doctoral researcher to develop and win confidence over time, and to eventually mature to become an independent scientist.
Courses, Seminars, Workshops
HBIGS doctoral students are fully integrated into the research and training environment of Heidelberg University and the non-university institutions. HBIGS has implemented a PhD program that combines the benefits of the traditional individual PhD with a structured interdisciplinary teaching program covering the entire life science spectrum. Recognizing that a growing number of doctoral researchers after graduation will take up positions beyond academia, HBIGS also organizes a career development course program and complementary skills trainings. Some of the 40+ courses, workshops, and seminars HBIGS offers every year are organized in cooperation with our partners from various business branches.
HBIGS Career Service
An integral part of the monitoring and tutoring concept of HBIGS are Personal Career Development Plans. Recognizing that an ever increasing number of doctoral researchers eventually take up positions in industry after graduation, HBIGS offers a professional career service to better prepare our doctoral researchers for leading positions in the private sector and to help doctoral researchers find suitable career perspectives outside academia.
Thesis Advisory Committees (TAC)
A close, professional and trustful relationship between the main supervisor and the student forms the basis of a successful and rewarding PhD thesis. The HBIGS program strengthens the relationship between the supervisor and the doctoral researcher. The Thesis Advisory Committees (TAC) are a crucial cornerstone of the HBIGS mentoring and supervision concept.
Retreats & Schools
HBIGS PhD students organize the annual retreat to experience scientific culture first-hand. During the retreat, the doctoral researchers present their scientific work and they can socialize with their colleagues and invited guest speakers. 25 passionate PhD students take part in the three-day event.
The concept of the HBIGS “Summer/Winter School” program is to invite internationally renowned scientists working in distinct areas molecular life sciences and to promote the exchange and collaboration of doctoral researchers and lecturers.
