Micro Credentials - Build Up Your Key Skills!

Micro Credentials are compact, certified qualifications for doctoral students that allow you to build up and make visible key transerable skills. You can acquire these by attending workshops as part of our Doctorate plus qualification program. You can choose from four areas of competence: Innovation & Entrepreneurship, Leadership & Management, Research Ethics & Integrity and Resilience & Well-Being.

The practice-oriented content can be flexibly combined and individually integrated into your doctoral phase - for a tailor-made profile building. You can apply for a micro credential in the form of a certificate if you have successfully completed at least four workshops from one area of expertise. This allows you to systematically add key future skills to your professional expertise and show potential employers what skills you have.

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Our Micro Credentials at a Glance

Innovation & Entrepreneurship

Develop your entrepreneurial skills and discover creative ways to turn research findings into innovative solutions. This competence field supports you in putting ideas into practice in a structured way.

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Leadership & Management

Strengthen your leadership skills and learn how to motivate teams, design processes and manage projects effectively. This competence field offers you practical knowledge for future leadership roles in science and business.

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Research Ethics & Integrity

Learn what constitutes responsible research - from scientific honesty to ethical decision-making processes. This competence field teaches you key principles for scientific practice with integrity.

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Resilience & Well-Being

Doing a doctorate also means dealing with stress. In this competence field, you will reflect on personal resources, learn strategies for coping with stress and strengthen your mental health for everyday research and beyond.

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Micro Credential: Innovation & Entrepreneurship

Practical Tools for Strategic Innovation Management
In-person Workshop on July 8, 2025
Unlocking Research Potential
In-person Workshop on July 9 and 10, 2025
Unlock Your Inner Sciencepreneur: A LEGO® Serious Play Workshop
In-person Workshop on August 28, 2025

Micro Credential: Leadership & Management

Leadership Essentials - What Does It Take to Be an Inspiring Leader?
Online Workshop on July 8 and 9, 2025
Practical Tools for Strategic Innovation Management
In-person Workshop on July 8, 2025
Developing Leadership Skills for Research Success: A Workshop for Doctoral Students
In-person Workshop on July 29, 2025
Managing Scientific Projects
Online Workshop on September 18 and 19, 2025
Leadership Skills für den außerakademischen Arbeitsmarkt
Online-Workshop am 25. und 26. September 2025

Micro Credential: Research Ethics & Integrity

Unconscious Bias
In-person Workshop on July 9, 2025
Research Data Management – A Crash Course
Online Workshop on July 22, 2025
Einführung in das Forschungsdatenmanagement
Präsenz-Workshop am 9. September 2025
Deal with It – A Practical Introduction to Research Ethics
In-person Workshop on September 10, 2025
Good Laboratory Practice
In-person Workshop on September 11 and 12, 2025

Apply for Micro Credential!

Have you successfully participated in at least four workshops from a competence field and received the corresponding certificates of attendance? Then you can apply for the Micro Credential within the respective field.

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Qualification Program: Doctorate plus

Doctoral students at the University of Bonn have the opportunity to expand their academic and transferable skills through the Doctorate plus program. Workshops are offered in three tracks to prepare you specifically for your career aspirations: Research Track, Research Management Track and Business and Organizations Track.

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