Education for Early Career Researchers
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Learn moreGraduate education for doctoral researchers and postdocs
Education is the letter „E“ in PIER and has two pillars:
- The PIER Helmholtz Graduate School (PHGS) ensures that doctoral researchers receive an internationally recognized and optimally supervised education in their respective research fields. Our graduate school has a wide and interdisciplinary scope, offers a high-degree of service-orientation, and focuses on transferable skills training.
- The PIER Education Platform (PEP) for both, doctoral and postdoctoral researchers, is a cooperation of research schools on the the science campus Bahrenfeld. PEP offers transferable skills training, language courses, career orientation and interdisciplinary scientific training for young scientists. The portfolio is tailor-made for doctoral and postdoctoral researchers and focuses on the needs in the respective stage of the individual research projects - from research effectiveness for first year doctoral researcher to career advice and networking events for postdocs.
The science campus Bahrenfeld with its unique research environment is where all PIER activities unfold. The campus hosts around 3,000 guest researchers from more than 40 countries every year who are attracted by the world-class research facilities available in Bahrenfeld.
The campus will be the nucleus of Science City Hamburg Bahrenfeld – one of Hamburg’s most ambitious urban planning projects. The aim is to boost Hamburg as a hub for science by offering researchers a creative and sustainable space to learn, teach, research, innovate, live, and work. Key pillars are the further expansion of DESY and the University of Hamburg research facilities as well as the permanent establishment of the university's physics, chemistry and biology departments on campus. In this environment innovative startups and new technologies can thrive in close proximity to science.
A perfect place for growing knowlegde, ideas and interdisciplinary exchange
PIER Helmholtz Graduate School doctoral programme
The PIER Helmholtz Graduate School (PHGS) is a joint graduate programme of Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY) and the University of Hamburg with support of the Helmholtz Association.
Doctoral candidates benefit from outstanding research in the PIER research and competence fields. The PHGS offers its members internationally recognized training in their respective research fields as well as the opportunity to conduct interdisciplinary research. Furthermore, all PHGS members choose from a variety of tailor-made transferable trainings and benefit from a special focus on career planning for their future career. By offering a wide range of services and support measures, personal well-being is guaranteed.
Meet your mates
The Science campus Bahrenfeld hosts hundreds of early career researchers from all over the world, who form an extremely lively and colorful graduate community.
