October 9th, 2025, 9:30 am - 3:00 pm
Seminarzentrum Otto-von-Simson-Straße, room 116

Everything you need to know about doing a doctorate at Freie Universität Berlin!

The teams of the Welcome Service and the Dahlem Research School warmly invite:

Get to know the German university system, the administrative process of doing a doctorate/PhD at Freie Universität Berlin and Dahlem Research School and its offers for doctoral researchers. Find out about other services, from the library system, mental wellbeing, diversity and anti-discrimination advice to research funding opportunities.

And meet the Doctoral Council, current doctoral researchers and other newbies from different departments!

*** Please note***:
The afternoon program for the Welcome Day has been altered as follows:

Spotlight on doing a doctorate at FUB (1:00 - 2:00 pm)

1:00–1:05pm Introduction to the afternoon program
1:05–1:20pm The German University System
Bertram Welker (International Division – Center for International Cooperation)

1:20–1:35pm Offers at Dahlem Research School & Berlin University Alliance
Aleksandra Skoric, Dr. Lea Pöhls & Dr. Ruth Hirschberg (Dahlem Research School)

1:35–1:45pm Introduction to members of the Doctoral Council at Freie Universität Berlin

1:45–2:00pm Q&A
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Full program

Registration (via FU-Account): 

https://wikis.fu-berlin.de/spaces/onboarding/pages/1161203092/Anmeldeformular+Registration+form

If you have any difficulties with registration, please contact the Welcome Service (start@personal.fu-berlin.de).

See you there!