Welcome Center Events

Picnic on Friendship-Island Potsdam - Career Edition

7^th August | 5:00 p.m.

Let’s have a Picnic at Friendship-Island Potsdam and enjoy the summer weather on the waterside of river Havel! We warmly invite you to our International Picnic Series taking place during this year’s summer months of July, August and September. These events are open to everyone who would like to meet fellow students, PhD students and researchers, connect across different fields of study, and spend some enjoyable time together during the summer break. We will provide some games and blankets, but we kindly ask you to bring your own food and drinks. You can also get something to eat or drink at the Inselcafé on the island. If you would like to take-part, please send us an e-mail. The picnic also takes place in light rain: at Freundschaftsinsel Potsdam on the meadow next to the Inselcafé.. More info

Bike Tour

16^th August | 11:00 a.m. 

Join us on for a relaxed and scenic ride through the beautiful surroundings of Potsdam. Our route will take us through Geltow, Caputh, Ferch, Petzow, and Glindow, following the shores of the Schwielowsee and Glindower See. No special fitness level is required — it’s a casual tour meant to be fun and easy. If everyone brings a bit of food, we’ll stop along the way for a picnic in nature. It’s a great chance to explore some corners of the region that you might not see in everyday life. Some parts of the route run along roads, so it would be good if participants have some cycling experience and feel confident riding in traffic.

Need a bike? No worries — you can rent one easily via Nextbike, for example.

Meeting point is: Train station Potsdam "Bahnhof Charlottenhof" | Zeppelinstr. 146, 14471 Potsdam

If you would like to take-part, please send us an e-mail until August 13^th.

Zoom Meet Up for new researchers

11^th September | 10:00-11:00 a.m.

Our regular Zoom Meet-Ups are addressed to soon-to-be-arriving or just-arrived scientists in Potsdam, and we would like to bring you a bit closer to your new home and give you tips for excursions in the region. In addition, we will provide you with some hints for the flat hunt.

You can get to know each other a bit better and make contacts with scientists and PhD students already living here locally. If you would like to join us and meet your international colleagues, please send us a short message.  We will then send you the details.

We look forward to seeing you!

Boat Trip "Historic City Tour" Berlin 

13^th September | 10:30 a.m.  

Get a comprehensive overview of the sights of Berlin’s city center on the Historical City Tour. Within an hour, you will see the most important landmarks such as the “Reichstag”, Central Station, Museum Island and Nikolai Quarter from the water. While you sit back and enjoy the view of the attractions on the banks, you will learn lots of interesting facts about the history of the city.

Please sign up via e-mail by 13^th August.

Inside Germany: Decode the Workplace Culture

23^th +24^th September | 10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. each day

Then take part in the next Intercultural Training offered by our colleagues Lydia and Pia, who are trainers for intercultural communcation. Strengthen your communication skills in the German working environment and get an Intercultural Communication Certificate for your participation.

The workshop is free of charge and will take place at Telegrafenberg campus.

Please register by sending us an e-mailuntil 12^th September.