International Teaching Professionals
Fit for Teaching
Target group: International and German PhD candidates, postdoctoral researchers and junior professors
Language: English
Duration of the program: 12 months
The application round for the ITP 2023/2024 is closed.
Program overview
You want to gain teaching experience and improve your didactic skills? You are uncertain about the local teaching culture? Your students seem uninterested? You would like to improve your career opportunities by earning a certificate?
Then join the International Teaching Professionals program!
The annual certificate program includes:
- Didactic training by experts in academic teaching practice (8 workshops in English)
- Practical teaching project at the University of Potsdam
- Mentoring by an experienced university teacher
- Networking: Mutual teaching observations and exchange in the ProTeaching Forum
Program goals
- Confident and self-assured appearance in class
- Gain new ideas and motivation for teaching
- Dealing with stress and improving the teaching atmosphere
- Reflection of your teaching project with experienced teachers and colleagues
- Interdisciplinary exchange with other ITP participants
- Constructive feedback on problems from colleagues, mentors and trainers
- Dealing with critical students
Upon successful completion of the program, you will receive a certificate for your future applications.
Conditions of participation & Additional information
Program Costs
Please note that the program costs are based on three membership groups:
- University of Potsdam
- Partner institution
- External applicant
The participation fee depends on your affiliation. For further information please check the current announcement.
Are you interested in this program?

Contact person: Dr. Robin Möser
Dr. Robin Möser
Potsdam Graduate School
WIS | Wissenschaftsetage, 4. Floor
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Am Kanal 47
14467 Potsdam