Areas of Qualification

Five areas

MAPEX aims to support doctoral researchers in the best possible way in the acquisition of professional and interdisciplinary skills and competences during their doctoral phase.

In this regard, the MAPEX qualification programme proposes milestones within five areas of qualification, which should enable all doctoral students to acquire comprehensive further and advanced training regarding important topics.

Publications

  • Peer-reviewed first-author publications

  • Conference talks in front of international audience

  • Poster presentations

  • Contributions in the area of science communication

Networking

  • Research stays in another groups

  • Contributions to joint research proposals (‘Verbundantrag’)

  • Coordinations of joint-authors publications with another research groups

  • Internships

  • Organization of tasks at fairs / exhibitions

  • Research stays abroad

Professional Skills

  • Principles and rules of scientific work, among others,

    • Good scientific practice
    • Research data management
  • Personal competencies, among others,

    • Gender and intercultural competence
    • Conception & presentation of scientific work
    • Moderation and leadership
  • Higher-education didactics

  • Student supervision and teaching

  • Organization of scientific workshops/events

Lectures and Courses

  • Attendance to advanced courses and lectures

  • Attendance to technical/scientific trainings and schools

  • Lecture courses on fundamental competences

Languages

  • Proficient scientific English

  • Basic to independent knowledge of German

  • Additional languages

General Information

Documentation of acquired milestones and the transcript of records

MAPEX curates a central list of achieved milestones for every member of the programme. Please hand in all certificates and proofs of achievements/participation via input mask.

Milestones achieved before registration to the programme will be accepted provided they have been acquired after graduation from the university degree programme, that entitles to pursue a doctorate.

A transcript of records based on this list, as well as a certificate of participation on the MAPEX Doctoral Qualification Programme, can be issued at any time. Please contact us directly via our email address: mapexphdprotect me ?!uni-bremenprotect me ?!.de

We consider the milestones marked with an (*) to be particularly important.

 

Qualifikation area 1

* Peer-reviewed first-author publication

 

* Conference talk in front of international audience

 

* Poster presentation

 

* Contribution in the area of science communication

Possible contributions are

  • popular scientific article
  • blog article on a research topic
  • press release
  • public talk (science goes public, science slam, …)
  • contribution to an exhibition
  • similar contributions
 

 

Qualification area 2

*Cooperation with science or industry partners

 

This could be

  • research stay in another group
  • contribution to a joint research proposal (‘Verbundantrag’)
  • coordination of joint-authors publications with another research group
  • internships
  • organization of tasks at fairs or exhibitions
 
 

*Research stay abroad

 
  
Qualification area 3

Principles and rules of scientific work

Overview of offerings in this field

*Good scientific practice

 
  

*Research data management

 
  

Ethics in science

 
  

The German/European science system

 
  

 

Personal competencies

Overview of offerings in this field

*Gender competence and intercultural competence

 
  

*Conception and presentation of scientific work

 

This can involve training and workshops in

  • presentation skills
  • writing skills
  • science communication
  • how to write proposals and applications
  • similar courses and/or workshops
 
 

*Moderation, leadership

 
  

Time management, project management

 
  

Assessment centre training

 
  

 

Higher-education didactics - student supervision - workshop organization

Higher-education didactics

Overview of offerings in this field

 
  

*Student supervision and teaching

 

Examples are:

  • supervision of theses, projects, student assistants
 
  • courses, tutorials, exercises, lab courses
 
 

* Organization of scientific workshops/events

 
  
Qualification area 4

Overview of offerings in this field

Attendance to advanced courses and lectures

 
  

Attendance to technical/scientific trainings and schools

 

For example

  • summer/winter schools
  • trainings for methods or equipment
 
 

Lecture courses on fundamental competences

 

For example

  • statistics
  • metrology
  • quality management
  • business economics
  • patent law
  • programming
 
 
Qualification area 5

*Proficient knowledge of scientific English

 
The Language Centre of the Universities in the Land of Bremen offers courses for all target groups and language levels 

*Basic to independent knowledge of German

 
  

Additional language certificates

 
  
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