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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Micro Credential: Leadership & Management
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Managing Scientific Projects
Online Workshop on February 24 and 25, 2026
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Leadership Skills für den außerakademischen Arbeitsmarkt
Online-Workshop am 23. und 24. März 2026
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Agile Project Management
Online Workshop on March 30 and 31, 2026
Micro Credential: Research Ethics & Integrity
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Gute Herstellungspraxis (GMP)
Online-Workshop am 23. und 24. Februar 2026
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Research Data Management: An Interactive Crash Course
In-person Workshop on March 3, 2026
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Good Laboratory Practice
In-person Workshop on March 5 and 6, 2026
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Deal with It - A Practical Introduction to Research Ethics
In-person Workshop on March 20, 2026
Micro Credential: Resilience & Well-Being
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Resilient Researcher: Building Stress Competence during Your Doctorate
Online Workshop on February 26, 2026
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My Supervisor and Me - Shaping the Doctoral Supervision Process Together
Online Workshop on March 12 and 13, 2026
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Stärken nutzen: Als Introvertierte*r in der Wissenschaft überzeugen
Online-Workshop am 17. und 18. März 2026
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.
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.
Contact
Bonn Graduate Center
Adress
Alte Sternwarte
Poppelsdorfer Allee 47
53115 Bonn
Also see
Doctorate plus certificate and Add-On
Find out more about the Doctorate plus certificate and the additional offers in the form of add-ons.
Funding and Support
Learn about the numerous funding opportunities and grants for doctoral students.