FAQ
Here, you can find the most common questions and answers related to iGRAD. If you could not find an answer to your question here, please contact us via email or visit us in our iGRAD-Office.
You have to attend three 2-day workshops as well as the seminar “Good Scientific Practice”. Each of the 2-day workshops can be replaced by two 1-day workshops. You need at least one workshop from the field of competence Presentation/Communication/Rhetorics, as well as one workshop that deals with either Project-/Self-Management/Organisation or Teaching/Learning/Didactics. You can find more information about the core curriculum here.
No. Normally, the qualification programmes offered by iGRAD’s affiliated member programmes cover the core curriculum offered by iGRAD. Special workshops for key competences run by individual doctoral programmes are usually organized in close cooperation with iGRAD, in order to assure that they are compatible with the core curriculum. In case of doubt, please contact the relevant coordinator in your graduate school or the iGRAD office.
Yes, if you become an iGRAD member. Membership in iGRAD is open to all doctoral research researchers at the MNF, if all the basic requirements are met (nomination of a co-supervisor, at least one supervisor is a member of iGRAD).
You can find more information about the membership here.
Yes, membership in iGRAD is open to all doctoral research students at the MNF if all the basic requirements are met (see above).
In most cases, the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, the Medical Faculty or the President’s Office of Heinrich Heine University bears the expenses for participation in the iGRAD basic curriculum. You can find detailed information here (German only) or at the iGRAD-Office.
Membership in iGRAD is free.
In most cases, the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, the Medical Faculty or the President’s Office of Heinrich Heine University bears the expenses for participation in the iGRAD basic curriculum. You can find detailed information here (German only) or at the iGRAD-Office.
Once you have successfully completed your doctorate and the iGRAD Core Curriculum, you will receive your personal Doctorate Transcript, usually at the graduation ceremony. The Transcript confirms your membership in iGRAD and documents, for future employers, the courses you took. The Transcript can also record further activities undertaken during the course of your doctorate that are related to improving your qualifications, e.g. teaching, learning new methods, attending conferences, publishing, etc. A sample Transcript can be viewed here.
Please return the completed questionnaire by email to the iGRAD office, where your personal Transcript will be prepared. We would also like to ask you to copy your supervisor, or, if you belong to a structured doctoral programme, the relevant coordinating instance, into the Cc of the mail.
Please observe our deadlines for returning the questionnaire, so that you can receive the Transcript punctually at the graduation ceremony.