The university-wide Graduate Academy is a central service and coordination point for early career researchers. The central target of the Graduate Academy is the support and promotion of early career researchers of the University of Rostock. The range of services comprises the qualification program, funding opportunities for the participation in external qualification courses, travel allowances and diverse networking opportunities. Additionally, the Graduate Academy is the point of contact for all questions and issues that arise during the doctoral studies or the postdoc phase. We consider support, advice and information as our elementary base. We focus on the needs of our target group - early career researchers.

The Graduate Academy supports their members within the scope of their qualification with an interdisciplinary qualification program. A further aim of the funding opportunities is to support the scientific exchange and presentation of research results. Members of the Graduate Academy can use up to 500 EUR of their member budget for travel allowances. Further 500 EUR of their member budget can be used by the members for external qualification measures. These include language courses at the Language Centre and collegiate didactic courses on university didactics. In addition, special research methods and IT courses are also financed if they are relevant for the qualification phase and are not offered at the University of Rostock. Furthermore, the Graduate Academy aims to establish support programmes for young scientists that contribute to maintaining or restoring personal and inner balance in order to be able to cope with professional and private stress situations with self-confidence in the long term.