Science Management Course
On the "Science Management Course", you will spend a year deepening your knowledge in the areas of Human Resources law, higher education law, financial law and budgetary law.
Training for specialist staff and managers
The Science Management course offers in-depth and practically-oriented training to enable participants to operate successfully within the dynamic environment of research and teaching. The course content is aimed at academic staff members, doctoral candidates, postdoctoral researchers and academic support staff in roles such as programme officers, team leaders and heads of department.
Benefits at a glance:
- Practical skills: Deepening knowledge in the areas of Human Resources law, higher education law, financial law and budgetary law.
- Leadership & Strategy: Developing abilities in lateral leadership, negotiation and strategic management.
- Intensive learning: Small groups of up to 16 participants to ensure effective discussion.
- Certificate: The course concludes with a certificate confirming the skills acquired.
- Flexible academic credit transfer: For doctoral candidates, the modules may be recognised as compulsory elective modules.
Course overview and programme:
The course runs for one year and involves a workload of approximately 52 hours. The next intake starts in January 2026.
Structure
Learning objective: Participants will gain an overview of the German and European research systems and understand how they are interlinked
Date: 3 February 2026, 9.00 am – 1.00 pm
Room: T0.012
Learning objective: Participants will learn about the key areas of responsibility, roles and challenges involved in research management and reflect on their own role within the system.
Date: 3 March 2026, 9.00 am – 1.00 pm
Room: T0.012
Learning objective: Participants will gain a basic understanding of the framework governing employment law within the academic sector.
Date: 16 April 2026, 9.00 am – 1.00 pm
Venue: online
Learning objective: Participants will understand the funding mechanisms of the research system and be able to apply the basics of budget planning.
Date: 13 May 2026, 9.00 am – 1.00 pm
Room: T0.012
Learning objective: Participants will be familiar with the principles and tools of lateral leadership and negotiation, and will be able to apply them practically-oriented ways.
Date: 25 June 2025
Room: T0.011
Learning objective: Participants will understand the fundamentals and tools of strategy development and implementation (= strategic management), with a particular focus on scientific organisations, and will be able to apply them.
Date: 18 September 2026, 9.00 am – 5.00 pm
Room: tba
Learning objectives:
- identify a specific problem or area for improvement within your own working environment,
- apply knowledge and methods specific to science management,
- work together to develop a concept/solution/analysis,
- document your findings in a report and
- present these at the closing event (e.g. a pitch).
Format: Topic-identification workshop – Peer coaching – Report – Final presentation
Workload: approx. 16 working hours over 6–8 weeks
Workshop on choosing a topic:
15 October 2026, 09:00 – 12:00, T 0.011
Presentation of the practical project:
10 December 2026, 3.30 pm – 5.30 pm, T 0.013
dinner afterwards (at your own expense)
