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Future: Careers and Competencies
Future: Careers and Competencies

Key competencies

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Future: Careers and Competencies offers more than a hundred different courses and seminars that are very useful for your future career. For international students we provide a tailored programme or a number of seminars in the English language. If you are looking for information about our other courses and seminars, please view our German website. 

Courses offered in the current semester

Personal skills

Zentrale Einrichtungen > Referat IV/2 - Karriere und Kompetenzen > Schlüsselkompetenzen > Personale Kompetenz > Selbstmanagement
Course
60001 Work smarter – not harder: self-management, time management and learning management
Dates on Saturday, 25.04.2026 - Sunday, 26.04.2026 09:00 - 17:00, Room: (LU 8) SR 309 (U)
Dr. Günther Koch
60002sf Managing yourself, your time and your learning: seminar for law students
Dates on Saturday, 11.04.2026 - Sunday, 12.04.2026 09:00 - 17:00, Room: (LU 8) SR 307
Dr. h. c. Barbara Lange
60008 Resilience training
Dates on Friday, 19.06.2026 14:00 - 18:00, Saturday, 20.06.2026 10:00 - 14:00, Room: (LU 8) SR 307
Dr. Karola Schulz
Zentrale Einrichtungen > Referat IV/2 - Karriere und Kompetenzen > Schlüsselkompetenzen > Personale Kompetenz > Selbstpräsentation
Course
60022 Understanding and using non-verbal communication
Dates on Friday, 26.06.2026 14:00 - 18:00, Saturday, 27.06.2026 09:00 - 17:00, Room: (LU 8) R 206
Alexander Veit
60024 Using your voice effectively and carefully
Mon.. 10:00 - 11:30 (weekly), Location: (ESG-Saal (Kl. Exerzierplatz 15a, 1. Stock))
Reinhard Bauer
60025sf Voice training introductory seminar
Dates on Saturday, 11.04.2026 09:00 - 17:00, Room: (LU 8) SR 309 (U)
Dr. Elke Krauser
60032 W Successful networking
Dates on Friday, 24.04.2026 13:30 - 17:00, Saturday, 25.04.2026 09:00 - 12:30, Room: (ONLINE über Zoom)
Julia Mahr
Zentrale Einrichtungen > Referat IV/2 - Karriere und Kompetenzen > Schlüsselkompetenzen > Personale Kompetenz > Persönlichkeitsentwicklung
Course
60045 Smart decision-making strategies: your compass for clarity and success
Dates on Saturday, 04.07.2026 09:00 - 17:00, Room: (WIWI) SR 029, (WIWI) SR 028 (HA)
Julia Hülsdünker

Social and communication skills

Zentrale Einrichtungen > Referat IV/2 - Karriere und Kompetenzen > Schlüsselkompetenzen > Sozial-kommunikative Kompetenz > Gesprächsführung
Course
61001 Communicate successfully! Basic seminar on conversation skills
Dates on Saturday, 30.05.2026 10:30 - 18:30, Sunday, 31.05.2026 10:00 - 18:00, Room: (LU 8) SR 309 (U), (LU 8) SR 307
Wolfgang Fänderl
61002 Communication training for budding lawyers
Dates on Saturday, 09.05.2026 13:00 - 17:00, Sunday, 10.05.2026 09:00 - 17:00, Room: (WIWI) SR 033
Vesselina Meurer
Zentrale Einrichtungen > Referat IV/2 - Karriere und Kompetenzen > Schlüsselkompetenzen > Sozial-kommunikative Kompetenz > Rhetorik
Course
61024 Public speaking: the repartee
Dates on Saturday, 25.04.2026 09:00 - 17:00, Room: (LU 8) R 206
Paula Schmidt
Zentrale Einrichtungen > Referat IV/2 - Karriere und Kompetenzen > Schlüsselkompetenzen > Sozial-kommunikative Kompetenz > Team-, Führungs- und organisationales Management
Course
61051 Team management: Practical methods for successful collaboration
Dates on Saturday, 20.06.2026 09:30 - 18:00, Sunday, 21.06.2026 09:00 - 17:00, Room: (LU 8) R 206
Tanja Horn
61053 Discovering the power of leadership in you
Dates on Saturday, 09.05.2026 09:15 - 17:15, Sunday, 10.05.2026 09:15 - 13:15, Room: (WIWI) SR 034
Oliver Hinz
61058 W Personal leadership
Dates on Saturday, 04.07.2026 - Sunday, 05.07.2026 09:00 - 16:30, Room: (ONLINE über Zoom)
Nina Jane Merrens
Zentrale Einrichtungen > Referat IV/2 - Karriere und Kompetenzen > Schlüsselkompetenzen > Sozial-kommunikative Kompetenz > Interkulturelle Kompetenz
Course
61072 W Intercultural competence: connecting across cultures
Dates on Saturday, 27.06.2026 - Sunday, 28.06.2026 09:00 - 16:30, Room: (ONLINE über Zoom)
Nina Jane Merrens

Methodological skills

Zentrale Einrichtungen > Referat IV/2 - Karriere und Kompetenzen > Schlüsselkompetenzen > Methodenkompetenz > Problemlösen und analytisches Denken
Course
62011 Smart reading and speed reading for academic purposes
Dates on Saturday, 20.06.2026 - Sunday, 21.06.2026 09:00 - 17:00, Room: (LU 8) SR 309 (U)
Dr. Günther Koch
62015 Practical aspects in drafting contracts
Dates on Friday, 29.05.2026 15:00 - 18:00, Saturday, 30.05.2026 09:00 - 12:00, Room: (LU 8) SR 308
Prof. Dr. Alexander Krafka
Zentrale Einrichtungen > Referat IV/2 - Karriere und Kompetenzen > Schlüsselkompetenzen > Methodenkompetenz > Projektmanagement
Course
62021 W Project management - introductory seminar
Dates on Saturday, 30.05.2026 09:00 - 17:00, Sunday, 31.05.2026 09:00 - 16:30, Room: (ONLINE über Zoom)
Pia Ballmann
62021sf Project management - introductory seminar
Dates on Friday, 10.04.2026 09:00 - 17:00, Saturday, 11.04.2026 08:30 - 15:30, Room: (LU 8) SR 308
Pia Ballmann
62022 W Project management – advanced course
Dates on Friday, 26.06.2026 09:00 - 17:00, Saturday, 27.06.2026 09:00 - 16:30, Room: (ONLINE über Zoom)
Pia Ballmann
62024 Experience Agile Practices – Creative Project Work with Agile MemoGame Development
Dates on Friday, 12.06.2026 14:00 - 18:00, Saturday, 13.06.2026 09:00 - 17:00, Room: (LU 8) SR 307
Franz Erdmannsdorffer
Dr. Stefan Leibelt
62025 Management of international projects
Dates on Saturday, 13.06.2026 09:00 - 18:00, Sunday, 14.06.2026 09:00 - 16:00, Room: (WIWI) SR 029
Nicola Garratt-Gnann
Zentrale Einrichtungen > Referat IV/2 - Karriere und Kompetenzen > Schlüsselkompetenzen > Methodenkompetenz > (Wissenschaftliches) Schreiben
Course
62039 W Writing good PR copy
Dates on Friday, 24.04.2026 09:00 - 17:00, Saturday, 25.04.2026 09:00 - 12:30, Room: (ONLINE über Zoom)
Isabel Nitzsche
62042 W The craft of academic writing
Dates on Saturday, 09.05.2026 - Sunday, 10.05.2026 09:00 - 16:00, Room: (ONLINE über Zoom)
Andrew Joseph Halliday

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Computer literacy

Zentrale Einrichtungen > Referat IV/2 - Karriere und Kompetenzen > IT-Kompetenz > Office
Course
64002A W MS Excel: introductory course
Dates on Thursday, 30.04.2026 17:00 - 20:00, Room: (ONLINE)
Raphael Walter
64002B W MS Excel: introductory course
Dates on Thursday, 07.05.2026 17:30 - 20:30, Room: (ONLINE)
Raphael Walter
64002C W MS Excel: introductory course
Dates on Wednesday, 10.06.2026 17:00 - 20:00, Room: (ONLINE über Zoom)
Raphael Walter
64004 W MS Excel: advanced course - functions
Dates on Saturday, 25.04.2026 09:00 - 13:00, Room: (ONLINE)
Andreas Opitz
64005A W MS Excel: compact course
Dates on Sunday, 31.05.2026 09:00 - 16:00, Room: (ONLINE)
Raphael Walter
64005B W MS Excel: compact course
Dates on Saturday, 30.05.2026 09:00 - 16:00, Room: (ONLINE)
Raphael Walter
64005sf W MS Excel: compact course
Dates on Saturday, 11.04.2026 09:00 - 16:00, Room: (ONLINE)
Raphael Walter
64009 W Excel: data analysis for users
Dates on Sunday, 26.04.2026 09:00 - 14:00, Room: (ONLINE)
Andreas Opitz
64013 MS PowerPoint: Designing professional presentations
Dates on Saturday, 20.06.2026 14:00 - 18:00, Room: (WIWI) CR 031/032
Jochen Slabon
64015 Working efficiently with MS Word
Dates on Saturday, 20.06.2026 09:00 - 11:45, Room: (WIWI) CR 031/032
Jochen Slabon
Zentrale Einrichtungen > Referat IV/2 - Karriere und Kompetenzen > IT-Kompetenz > Arbeitstechniken
Course
64011sf Citavi & Co: Introduction to Literature Management
Dates on Tuesday, 07.04.2026 11:00 - 11:30, Room: (ZB 213 (Schulungsraum ggü. Library Lounge))
Angela Güntner
Keyvan Djahangiri
64012 W Zotero: Alternative to Citavi
Dates on Monday, 15.06.2026 14:00 - 15:00, Room: (ONLINE via ZOOM)
Angela Güntner
64041A Citavi: crash course with exercises
Dates on Thursday, 23.04.2026 14:00 - 16:00, Room: (ZB 213 (Schulungsraum ggü. Library Lounge))
Angela Güntner
64041B Citavi: crash course with exercises
Dates on Tuesday, 19.05.2026 12:00 - 14:00, Room: (ZB 213 (Schulungsraum ggü. Library Lounge))
Keyvan Djahangiri
64041C Citavi: crash course with exercises
Dates on Tuesday, 09.06.2026 14:00 - 16:00, Room: (ZB 213 (Schulungsraum ggü. Library Lounge))
Christoph Nieberlein
64042A How to efficiently conduct research for your seminar papers and bachelor's dissertation
Dates on Thursday, 07.05.2026 14:00 - 16:00, Room: (ZB 213 (Schulungsraum ggü. Library Lounge))
Susanne Hillenbrand-Sturm
Vera Baumgartner
64042B W How to efficiently conduct research for your seminar papers and bachelor's dissertation
Dates on Wednesday, 20.05.2026 10:00 - 12:00, Room: (ONLINE)
Tatjana Vogt
Franziska Hupf
64042C How to efficiently conduct research for your seminar papers and bachelor's dissertation
Dates on Tuesday, 09.06.2026 10:00 - 12:00, Room: (ZB 213 (Schulungsraum ggü. Library Lounge))
Susanne Hillenbrand-Sturm
Christoph Wittmann
64042sf W How to efficiently conduct research for your seminar papers and bachelor's dissertation
Dates on Thursday, 09.04.2026 14:00 - 16:00, Room: (ONLINE)
Christoph Wittmann
Dr. Cornelia Bögel
64047 Research strategies for academic writing
Dates on Thursday, 21.05.2026 10:00 - 12:00, Room: (ZB 213 (Schulungsraum ggü. Library Lounge))
Dr. des. Hafsa Idrees
64048A Mastering your master's thesis
Dates on Wednesday, 13.05.2026 10:00 - 12:00, Room: (ZB 213 (Schulungsraum ggü. Library Lounge))
Dr. des. Hafsa Idrees
64048B Mastering your master's thesis
Dates on Wednesday, 12.08.2026 12:00 - 14:00, Room: (ZB 213 (Schulungsraum ggü. Library Lounge))
Dr. des. Hafsa Idrees
64055 W How to efficiently conduct research for your seminar papers and bachelor's dissertation
Dates on Wednesday, 20.05.2026 16:00 - 18:00, Room: (ONLINE)
Anja Richter
64056 W How to efficiently conduct research for your seminar papers and bachelor's dissertation
Dates on Thursday, 13.08.2026 14:00 - 16:00, Room: (ONLINE)
Anja Richter
Zentrale Einrichtungen > Referat IV/2 - Karriere und Kompetenzen > IT-Kompetenz > Grafik & Design
Course
64022A Adobe InDesign: introductory course
Dates on Saturday, 13.06.2026 - Sunday, 14.06.2026 09:00 - 15:00, Room: (ZMK) R U03 (Newsroom)
Sarah Marhold
64022B Adobe InDesign: introductory course
Dates on Saturday, 04.07.2026 - Sunday, 05.07.2026 09:00 - 15:00, Room: (ZMK) R U03 (Newsroom)
Sarah Marhold
64028 Adobe Photoshop: introductory course
Dates on Saturday, 09.05.2026 - Sunday, 10.05.2026 09:30 - 15:00, Room: (ZMK) R U03 (Newsroom)
Anna-Maria Saller
64028sf Adobe Photoshop: introductory course
Dates on Wednesday, 08.04.2026 - Thursday, 09.04.2026 09:30 - 15:00, Room: (ZMK) R U03 (Newsroom)
Anna-Maria Saller
Zentrale Einrichtungen > Referat IV/2 - Karriere und Kompetenzen > IT-Kompetenz > Statistik
Course
64035 W R in a scientific context - introductory course
Dates on Saturday, 13.06.2026 09:00 - 16:00, Sunday, 14.06.2026 10:00 - 14:00, Room: (ONLINE)
Dragosh Christian Otto
Zentrale Einrichtungen > Referat IV/2 - Karriere und Kompetenzen > IT-Kompetenz > Web
Course
64020 WordPress: introductory course
Dates on Saturday, 27.06.2026 10:00 - 16:00, Sunday, 28.06.2026 10:00 - 14:00, Room: (JUR) CR 057
Phil-Levin Scholz

Computer literacy

Zentrale Einrichtungen > Referat IV/2 - Karriere und Kompetenzen > IT-Kompetenz > Office
Course
64002A W MS Excel: introductory course
Dates on Thursday, 30.04.2026 17:00 - 20:00, Room: (ONLINE)
Raphael Walter
64002B W MS Excel: introductory course
Dates on Thursday, 07.05.2026 17:30 - 20:30, Room: (ONLINE)
Raphael Walter
64002C W MS Excel: introductory course
Dates on Wednesday, 10.06.2026 17:00 - 20:00, Room: (ONLINE über Zoom)
Raphael Walter
64004 W MS Excel: advanced course - functions
Dates on Saturday, 25.04.2026 09:00 - 13:00, Room: (ONLINE)
Andreas Opitz
64005A W MS Excel: compact course
Dates on Sunday, 31.05.2026 09:00 - 16:00, Room: (ONLINE)
Raphael Walter
64005B W MS Excel: compact course
Dates on Saturday, 30.05.2026 09:00 - 16:00, Room: (ONLINE)
Raphael Walter
64005sf W MS Excel: compact course
Dates on Saturday, 11.04.2026 09:00 - 16:00, Room: (ONLINE)
Raphael Walter
64009 W Excel: data analysis for users
Dates on Sunday, 26.04.2026 09:00 - 14:00, Room: (ONLINE)
Andreas Opitz
64013 MS PowerPoint: Designing professional presentations
Dates on Saturday, 20.06.2026 14:00 - 18:00, Room: (WIWI) CR 031/032
Jochen Slabon
64015 Working efficiently with MS Word
Dates on Saturday, 20.06.2026 09:00 - 11:45, Room: (WIWI) CR 031/032
Jochen Slabon
Zentrale Einrichtungen > Referat IV/2 - Karriere und Kompetenzen > IT-Kompetenz > Arbeitstechniken
Course
64011sf Citavi & Co: Introduction to Literature Management
Dates on Tuesday, 07.04.2026 11:00 - 11:30, Room: (ZB 213 (Schulungsraum ggü. Library Lounge))
Angela Güntner
Keyvan Djahangiri
64012 W Zotero: Alternative to Citavi
Dates on Monday, 15.06.2026 14:00 - 15:00, Room: (ONLINE via ZOOM)
Angela Güntner
64041A Citavi: crash course with exercises
Dates on Thursday, 23.04.2026 14:00 - 16:00, Room: (ZB 213 (Schulungsraum ggü. Library Lounge))
Angela Güntner
64041B Citavi: crash course with exercises
Dates on Tuesday, 19.05.2026 12:00 - 14:00, Room: (ZB 213 (Schulungsraum ggü. Library Lounge))
Keyvan Djahangiri
64041C Citavi: crash course with exercises
Dates on Tuesday, 09.06.2026 14:00 - 16:00, Room: (ZB 213 (Schulungsraum ggü. Library Lounge))
Christoph Nieberlein
64042A How to efficiently conduct research for your seminar papers and bachelor's dissertation
Dates on Thursday, 07.05.2026 14:00 - 16:00, Room: (ZB 213 (Schulungsraum ggü. Library Lounge))
Susanne Hillenbrand-Sturm
Vera Baumgartner
64042B W How to efficiently conduct research for your seminar papers and bachelor's dissertation
Dates on Wednesday, 20.05.2026 10:00 - 12:00, Room: (ONLINE)
Tatjana Vogt
Franziska Hupf
64042C How to efficiently conduct research for your seminar papers and bachelor's dissertation
Dates on Tuesday, 09.06.2026 10:00 - 12:00, Room: (ZB 213 (Schulungsraum ggü. Library Lounge))
Susanne Hillenbrand-Sturm
Christoph Wittmann
64042sf W How to efficiently conduct research for your seminar papers and bachelor's dissertation
Dates on Thursday, 09.04.2026 14:00 - 16:00, Room: (ONLINE)
Christoph Wittmann
Dr. Cornelia Bögel
64047 Research strategies for academic writing
Dates on Thursday, 21.05.2026 10:00 - 12:00, Room: (ZB 213 (Schulungsraum ggü. Library Lounge))
Dr. des. Hafsa Idrees
64048A Mastering your master's thesis
Dates on Wednesday, 13.05.2026 10:00 - 12:00, Room: (ZB 213 (Schulungsraum ggü. Library Lounge))
Dr. des. Hafsa Idrees
64048B Mastering your master's thesis
Dates on Wednesday, 12.08.2026 12:00 - 14:00, Room: (ZB 213 (Schulungsraum ggü. Library Lounge))
Dr. des. Hafsa Idrees
64055 W How to efficiently conduct research for your seminar papers and bachelor's dissertation
Dates on Wednesday, 20.05.2026 16:00 - 18:00, Room: (ONLINE)
Anja Richter
64056 W How to efficiently conduct research for your seminar papers and bachelor's dissertation
Dates on Thursday, 13.08.2026 14:00 - 16:00, Room: (ONLINE)
Anja Richter
Zentrale Einrichtungen > Referat IV/2 - Karriere und Kompetenzen > IT-Kompetenz > Grafik & Design
Course
64022A Adobe InDesign: introductory course
Dates on Saturday, 13.06.2026 - Sunday, 14.06.2026 09:00 - 15:00, Room: (ZMK) R U03 (Newsroom)
Sarah Marhold
64022B Adobe InDesign: introductory course
Dates on Saturday, 04.07.2026 - Sunday, 05.07.2026 09:00 - 15:00, Room: (ZMK) R U03 (Newsroom)
Sarah Marhold
64028 Adobe Photoshop: introductory course
Dates on Saturday, 09.05.2026 - Sunday, 10.05.2026 09:30 - 15:00, Room: (ZMK) R U03 (Newsroom)
Anna-Maria Saller
64028sf Adobe Photoshop: introductory course
Dates on Wednesday, 08.04.2026 - Thursday, 09.04.2026 09:30 - 15:00, Room: (ZMK) R U03 (Newsroom)
Anna-Maria Saller
Zentrale Einrichtungen > Referat IV/2 - Karriere und Kompetenzen > IT-Kompetenz > Statistik
Course
64035 W R in a scientific context - introductory course
Dates on Saturday, 13.06.2026 09:00 - 16:00, Sunday, 14.06.2026 10:00 - 14:00, Room: (ONLINE)
Dragosh Christian Otto
Zentrale Einrichtungen > Referat IV/2 - Karriere und Kompetenzen > IT-Kompetenz > Web
Course
64020 WordPress: introductory course
Dates on Saturday, 27.06.2026 10:00 - 16:00, Sunday, 28.06.2026 10:00 - 14:00, Room: (JUR) CR 057
Phil-Levin Scholz

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