You are a Predoc at TUW?

As a doctoral candidate with an employment contract at TU Wien, you are undergoing intensive professional training, but you are also in a temporary employment relationship. The Human Resources Development department at TU Wien therefore supports you with opportunities for transferrable skills development. With programs, seminars, summer schools, and individual coaching, we prepare you as best as possible for your next career steps—within or outside TU Wien, in academia, or beyond.

Click on the individual topics below to find out more about the offers for Predocs from Human Resources Development Department and our cooperation partners.

What is WINA+?

In our one-year group coaching program, you will be part of an interdisciplinary group with other TUW predocs and receive support from our experienced coach Dr. Martina Friedl in developing your personal and interdisciplinary skills. Technical input, self-reflection, and peer group coaching will support you in setting and achieving your goals, provide you with clarity about your own values, and teach you skills that go beyond your technical training in your working group. Here you can acquire skills that will help you achieve your next career steps.

Support for an ideal starting point

WINA+ is TU Wien's one-year development program for young researchers in temporary substitute positions. The university invites all predoctoral research assistants (Predocs) at TU Wien to join the program.

Each year 2 program cycles start: a German class in winter term, an English class in summer term.

Customized Skill Development

WINA+ offers support in customised skill development during fixed-termed employment. The target agreement with your supervisor serves as a basis of this.

WINA+ structure: Coaching sessions 

Networking

In addition to your personal development in your individual research area, the university-wide networking and interdisciplinary exchange is core to the program.
Four times within the two-year period, you meet with your colleagues for a group coaching session to share successful steps taken, challenges and achievements.

Input

The Coaching Cycle is accompanied by our trainer Dr.in Martina Friedl, opens an external URL in a new window, who also holds a PhD from TU Wien.

Get insight and tipps from the experts during the four sessions:

  1. Target Agreement: identifying and agreeing upon goals, planning your PhD project, guest: Fachschaft Doktorat (student council)
  2. Scientific Writing: observing and training your writing skills and language style, dealing with writer's block, guest: Dr.in Eva Müller (scientific writer)
  3. Time- and selfmanagement: getting more efficient with your time and energy
  4. Networking, interviewing & career decision-making (inside or outside Academia)
     

NEW: additionally: Career.planning with the TU Career Center, opens an external URL in a new window:

  • Self-reflection on own strengths and competences
  • Corporate cultures
  • Job search and application: application documents, interview & salary negotiations

Here you can find the current dates of the ongoing WINA+ programmes in TISS (after login):

Participants are expected to attend at least 75% of all appointments. Switching single appointments of a cycle is possible upon request by email to the administrative person of the Human Resources Development (currently: Stefanie Madsen).

The WINA+ program also includes additional benefits such as access to seminars and workshops, summer schools and new exclusive informations. Zugang zu Seminaren und Workshops, Summer schools und den Zugriff auf neue exklusiven Informationen.

As a participant, you gain access to different forms of support and to all the seminars of the HR development program, opens an external URL in a new window, so that you are left in the best possible situation at the end of your fixed-term employment at TU Wien. On request, we also organise seminars on special topics for your group.

During the semester, there is often hardly enough time to deal with your own further education. The HR Development organises and manages the TU Austria, opens an external URL in a new window Summerschool Doc+, opens an external URL in a new window and international Summerschool cooperations.
Together with an international group of PhD students you can take part in various seminars and trainings - a perfect opportunity for social interaction and networking.

You can find out about the application and registration deadlines through the WINA+ newsletter in advance of the Summer Schools. Registration for the newsletter WINA+, opens an external URL in a new window

As a WINA+ participant, you receive a quarterly newsletter with the latest information and news about events and workshops, compiled especially for you. Registration for the newsletter WINA+, opens an external URL in a new window

During your studies, there may be times when you feel particularly stressed or overwhelmed. In such moments, it's important to seek support!

The Student Support of TU Wien offers psychological counseling sessions for students. In these one-on-one sessions students can discuss study-related or personal challenges with a clinical psychologist and work together to find solutions.

Each student can book up to three 50-minute sessions per calendar year.

Registration: via the student supports booking platform, opens an external URL in a new window.

In addition, the Student Support offers workshops on study-related topics. You can find current workshops on the Student Support website.

The Ombudsman for studies and teaching  is a service for TU students who have concerns about their everyday life at the university. You can get advice, support and help with communication. We contact the responsible persons and work together with them to find appropriate solutions.

You can contact them in conflict situations relating to your supervision, your teaching, or your own doctoral studies.

Further information can be found on the website: Ombudsman for studies and teaching.

The Fachschaft Doktorat is the representation of interests of doctoral candidates at the TU Wien. 

We are a group of volunteers, including five officially elected representatives, who represent your interests in university governing bodies and provide advice and assistance with questions related to your studies and research.

In addition, we organize workshops and social events to help you expand your skills and connect with other doctoral students. 

Our FAQ section, opens an external URL in a new window is especially helpful if you are just starting your doctoral studies or preparing to begin, as it covers many of the most important questions and first steps. If you still can’t find the answer you are looking for, you can reach out to us by email or visit us during our office hours.

If you’d like to strengthen our team or bring in your own ideas and concerns, you’re welcome to join our Jour Fixe.

You can find dates of our next office hour, Jour Fixe, or upcoming events on our website: Fachschaft Doktorat, opens an external URL in a new window.
 

Contacts:
Website: Fachschaft Doktorat, opens an external URL in a new window
Location: AF EG 32, opens an external URL in a new window
Email: fsdr@fsdr.at

Further Offers

For your individual career development, we invite you to exchange ideas with your supervisor via the annual structured appraisal interview. Seminars are held annually for this purpose. If required, you can arrange an individual counselling interview with us.

In our HR development program, opens an external URL in a new window, you will find special workshops and seminars in categories such as Focus Science, Focus on Teaching, Methods Competence, etc., in which you can acquire skills such as academic writing, presentation or communication techniques as well as tools such as project management or IT programs. Our in-house experts inform and advise you in topic-specific seminars about national and international research funding opportunities, citation methods or didactics in teaching. Application training and workshops on negotiation strategies round off your qualifications for a career after TU Wien.

Of course, we are also at your disposal for personal concerns and look forward to your visit, call or email.


Support for parents through TU Kids

The baby is born or are you looking for different care formats? In addition to the various care options for all age groups, we offer interesting workshops for the kids, especially on school holidays. Get an overview at Compatibility: TU KIDS. The TU Kids Newsletter , opens an external URL in a new windowprovides you with relevant information.

Support for parents through TU Kids

In addition to the TU Care Newsletter, opens an external URL in a new window we also offer events for carers as an opportunity for networking, information and relief. Further information can be found at Compatibility: TU Care.

Representative for Family Work Balance Issues

The Representative for family work balance issues is also available to support you with your concerns.

Offers from our external cooperation partners

For several years now, TUW pre- and postdocs have been able to take advantage of the services offered by the Ludwig Boltzmann Society's Career Center, opens an external URL in a new window free of charge. You can benefit from selected workshops, individual coaching and counseling, skills training, programs, summer and winter schools, expert discussions, potential analyses, and more.


Mission Statement of the LBG Career Center: 
We support researchers and leaders in their career development so they can work purposefully in or outside of academia!
The LBG Career Center is the first point of contact for all questions concerning career development from pre- and post-doc researchers and their leaders.
We provide confidential advice and accompany young researchers and leaders in  their career development. We also implement programs and build social networks with relevant communities in science and business.

Our services, opens an external URL in a new window are provided in German and English.

The Austrian Higher Education Conference (HSK) has developed national recommendations on career paths in academia in a working group. These recommendations were published last summer and presented at a series of information events at Austrian universities in the fall and winter. 

Video Perspektiven für Nachwuchswissenschaftler:innen (Prae- und Post-Doc), opens an external URL in a new window
 

Research Assessment and Career Paths for Researches:

National Recommendations of the Austrian Higher Education Conference Working Group (PDF), opens in new window