Competence-oriented personnel development for academics

Zia – Visible Women in Science is a fellowship program run by ZEIT Verlag that provides targeted support to young female researchers in their professional and personal development. The program is conducted primarily in German.
As a partner of the Zia program, the University of Erfurt will be able to support the academic career of one female postdoctoral researcher with a fellowship in the next round of the program, which begins in October 2026.

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Personnel development in the academic field is practised and implemented at the University of Erfurt as competence development and the promotion of skills.

In this respect, as part of its academic staff development programme, the University of Erfurt aims to provide its academics with interdisciplinary further training during qualification phases, which equips them optimally for their future career path - both within and outside of universities. Academics working at the University of Erfurt on a temporary or permanent basis should also be given special opportunities to develop into leaders or to be mentored as leaders.

Due to the diversity of academic cultures and career developments as well as the very different development needs of academics, the range of qualification, further education and counselling services for all career levels in various areas and in various formats is broad and always tailored to requirements.

The offer is aimed at all academics, i.e. those interested in doing a doctorate, doctoral candidates, postdoctoral researchers and lecturers or professors.
It is divided into the following two areas:

Academic Skills Training with the components