Planning the Completion of your Dissertation - online

The Berlin University Alliance (BUA) is an alliance of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Technische Universität Berlin and Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin. Together, they are pursuing the goal of creating and shaping an integrated research space in Berlin. This alliance aims to establish Berlin as a leading international science location. All workshops and events offered by the Graduate Studies Support Program are funded by the BUA and therefore free of charge.

Participation

Doctoral researchers (all disciplines) of the Berlin University Alliance.

Before booking a workshop, please make sure that you can attend for the entire duration. Please check our terms and conditions.

Objectives

Towards the end of your doctoral study many questions arise, which are discussed in this module. The course addresses the many factors affecting the effective structuring of the final phase of your doctorate, and focusses on proven methods that will form the framework of clear future perspectives for the period after the successful dissertation.

Content

• Effective use of your time: How to focus your efforts
• Daily, weekly, monthly and whole-PhD Plans
•  7 methods of priorisation
• Planning and focussing on the writing process and the correction phase
• Dismantling practical and psychological barriers to writing
• Techniques for productivity
• Problems in the End-phase of the PhD - with resolutions
• Getting the best from your supervisor
• Staying motivated
• Developing clear goals for your PhD and beyond