Overview of Services
Have you just begun your studies or are you in the middle of them? Don't be fooled; time is passing more quickly than you think, and suddenly graduation is around the corner. The University of Potsdam offers a wide selection of services, even during your studies, to inform you about opportunities for after graduation and help you keep your goals in view from the very beginning.
Counseling Opportunities
- Central Student Advisory Service
The Central Student Advisory Service is the first point of contact if you need general information about completing your degree. In addition to obtaining information about your course and the final phase of your studies at the University of Potsdam, you can also get information about other advisory services as well as career opportunities for afterwards.
- Career Services
Career Services provides various services to help you to find your own career path and answers your questions on the topics of career orientation, internships and applying for jobs.
- International Office
In the event that you would like to go abroad during the final stage of your studies or after graduation, the International Office can provide information about internships and other work or study opportunities.
- Potsdam Transfer
Potsdam Transfer is the central scientific institution for start-ups, innovation and the transfer of knowledge and technology, and is open to all students and employees who wish to develop original ideas further or take the results of their research to the market.
- Potsdam Graduate School
As a central research institution at the University of Potsdam, PoGS is the central contact point and support institution for doctoral candidates and postdocs from all faculties. It offers young scientists and scholars an attractive selection of education and continuing education, first-class supervision and interdisciplinary exchange.
- Alumni Program
The Alumni Program is open to all former students, doctoral candidates and visiting scholars, as well as university employees, and aims to foster contacts with the university and with each other, creating a link between theory and practice.
- Equal Opportunity Coordination Office
The Equal Opportunity Coordination Office is a central institution concerned with measures promoting equality and achieving a balance between family, studies and work for all students and staff. In addition to the six-month "Equal Opportunity" gap-bridging scholarship, the Equal Opportunity Coordination Office provides support through advising services and programs geared towards assisting female students and researchers with all manner of concerns.
- Division of Planning, Statistics, Research and Organization: Department for Research and Young Academics
The Division of Planning, Statistics, Research and Organization is the contact point for all questions and concerns regarding research and deals with all matters involving planning and statistics.